Example sentences of "make [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Business and friendship can often make for strained bedfellows — as the experience of the man who had made Virgin 's first fortune also proved . |
| 2 | But statistics do not necessarily make for good intelligence . |
| 3 | Good science does not necessarily make for good philosophy . |
| 4 | THERE was an article in The Times the other day which said that good spelling did not necessarily make for good writing . |
| 5 | When it was first mooted that maybe a team of Tropical Plants staff would make for good television on Busman 's Holiday , several folk were keen to take part . |
| 6 | Having read a lot of books does not make for good rock'n'roll lyrics — you end up with a band like XTC ; you might like them , sure , but that does n't make them rock'n'roll . |
| 7 | Of course , only the bad stories are told ; obviously , the good ones do n't make for good copy . |
| 8 | Still , one can see him becoming more loath to accept the evil in the good : and while this is charitable , it does not make for powerful story . |
| 9 | Disciplined operating procedures can be followed more readily and this will make for smoother performances in all areas . |
| 10 | Editing could make for better sound . |
| 11 | Hand-made panels do not necessarily make for better cars . |
| 12 | But see the difficulties the riders will make for each other . |
| 13 | The position of BAT leaders as assessors , funders and evaluators of projects and their role as the key link to other sectors of government may make for administrative efficiency . |
| 14 | This would only make for higher scores which ca n't be good for the game . |
| 15 | Some of my colleagues will regard this gesture on the part of the Board with pleasure that will make for whole-hearted co-operation on their part . |
| 16 | A planted tank may make for healthier fish . |
| 17 | Compared with shifting coalitions of Independent councillors , party groupings can make for coherent policy planning and administration . |
| 18 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 19 | And even that did not make for encouraging listening . |
| 20 | Long sentences , which can stand plenty of repetition or extension , will make for long themes . |
| 21 | Erm , as well as introducing care in community we also have the joy of putting a new standard form of accounts for social services during the current year , and this is a national requirement that I think does make for logical presentation , and does differentiate between what is termed service strategy and regulation , before put management functions that you will be required to incur whether you are a direct provider of the services or not , and then the costs of actually providing or commissioning services for the various client groups . |
| 22 | But the use of inexpertly laid and brightly coloured bricks , token pitched roofs and arched windows does not make for likeable architecture . |
| 23 | Court permission has been granted to sell the property and advice is being sought as to the best way to approach this but the state of the building and the effects of the economic situation do not make for easy decisions . |
| 24 | Court permission has been granted to sell the property and advice is being sought as to the best way to approach this but the state of the building and the effects of the economic situation do not make for easy decisions . |
| 25 | This is in line with the editorial style of the magazines , and with design fashions , but it certainly does n't make for easy reading . |
| 26 | Without following Jakobson 's analysis in detail — it does not make for easy reading — I shall simply give examples of the sort of relationship he identifies under each of these headings . |
| 27 | The Building Regulations themselves do not make for easy reading , but there are various guides designed to explain them and the DoE now produce a Manual to the Building Regulations . |
| 28 | But that would not make for easy writing , still less reading . |
| 29 | These films do not make for easy viewing . |
| 30 | This will make for greater safety for pupils of Currie High School crossing the road . |