Example sentences of "make [prep] a [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One person leading into another can make for a smoother flow and a more efficient use of time . |
| 2 | Hand-beating an aluminium panel does not necessarily make for a better car , confers no empirically measurable added value : nonetheless , it is the hand-wroughtness of Aston Martins that make otherwise sensible men write out cheques for £120,000 . |
| 3 | Perchance , as he sees it , such will make for a stronger monarchy . ’ |
| 4 | Perhaps it made for a safer relationship if , instead of arguing to a standstill , the party who felt herself misunderstood took her grievance elsewhere and satiated it in transgression . |
| 5 | All these conditions make for a higher incidence of illness among working-class than middle-class babies . |
| 6 | Optimistic views , not shared by Freud , that liberation from sexual prohibitions would eliminate neurosis and make for a healthier society have proved to be wrong . |
| 7 | This , together with an appreciation of the steeper slopes , soil erosion and the local changes in level and aspect , make for a finer assessment of the subtler aspects which may have been of great significance to the original selector 's choice of site for the particular settlement under study . |
| 8 | The rationale was simple : if arsenic could be made into a better drug by incorporating it into an organic compound , why not mercury ? |
| 9 | May I put some of the comments that have been made into a broader context . |
| 10 | These B flat/F trombones are used a good deal by tenor trombonists too , but the bass trombone is made with a wider bore which improves the tone on the low notes . |
| 11 | However , much more information can be obtained from sections made to a higher specification , with ( 1 ) both rock surfaces ground optically flat and polished , and ( 2 ) special care taken to produce an extremely thin and uniform bonding film between glass and slice . |
| 12 | Only on a bigger scale , they had them made on a bigger scale you see . |
| 13 | Amended claims to group relief and capital allowances will only be valid if made on a further corporation tax return ( CT 200 ) . |
| 14 | Therefore they need only be made at a higher level of aggregation and should highlight potential peaks and troughs . |
| 15 | The teaching of study skills should of course obviate the problems that arise in assignments and projects , but generally this provision has been made at a later stage of the pupils ' school career , at the sixth-form level , when a recognized amount of their time is allocated to private study . |
| 16 | Additional awards were made at a later stage to three individuals who were unable to attend . |
| 17 | I have a streak of economy in me , even when contemplating how to épater les bourgeois , and recipes that make their sauce out of a stock made at an earlier stage tend to appeal most . |
| 18 | As he knows , the decision made at an earlier stage not to complete the slip road was considered to be ludicrous . |
| 19 | Challenges on this ground can be made at an earlier stage in the reference by a construction summons , which is a procedure by which a party who disputes the meaning of a document can apply to the court for a ruling . |
| 20 | It also has power to extend the duration of any order pending appeal made by a lower court but not beyond the appeal period as defined in s40 . |
| 21 | The government squashed a previous recommendation to abolish the ‘ no discrimination ’ clause , made by an earlier inquiry in 1980 . |
| 22 | Dr Remondino attacked the ‘ debateable appendage ’ in his History of Circumcision ( 1891 ) , and compared circumcision to ‘ a well secured life annuity ’ , ‘ a better saving investment ’ , making for a greater capacity for labour , a longer life , less nervousness , fewer doctors ' bills . |
| 23 | We believe that this aspect of general SVQs makes for a better programme , because it emphasises the vocational relevance of skills like numeracy and information technology . |
| 24 | The correct shaft makes for a better shot and added length . |
| 25 | If she is lucky she may find that at least a few children appreciate that ( 4 ) makes for a better drama game than ( 3 ) , and that ( 1 ) is so bland that it does n't feel like a game at all ! |
| 26 | Greater descriptive flexibility makes for a greater flexibility in the formulation of laws . |