Example sentences of "make for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would the others make for Castle Menzies ? |
| 2 | The combination of malted wheat and the type of yeasts used by this region 's brewers can sometimes make for a spicy , clove-like character . |
| 3 | The slippage principle should make for enervation and a general whittling away . |
| 4 | But that would not make for easy writing , still less reading . |
| 5 | Only once , late in life when he made as much of an excuse as he would ever make for his anti-Semitism , did Pound ever again enter the plea for himself that he suffered from the cultural anaemia of growing up in a suburb of an Eastern seaboard city . |
| 6 | Williams had a good ear , and since his death some of his admirers have made more sense of his procedures than he could ever make for himself , but the lamentable effect of his example has been to lead poets to trust their ear implicitly , thus discrediting the very notion of measure . |
| 7 | Perhaps even more destructively , the Philharmonic Hall acoustic does not make for the clarity of diction experienced in the average theatre . |
| 8 | But the use of inexpertly laid and brightly coloured bricks , token pitched roofs and arched windows does not make for likeable architecture . |
| 9 | Few performers would be entirely happy touring the country as , say , Oswald Mosley , although it might make for a more interesting evening dramatically . |
| 10 | There are several splendid houses near Long Melford that would make for a gentle afternoon 's potter through the rooms and possessions of the rich of a few centuries ago . |
| 11 | Do not make for it but bear half right aiming just to right of nearest bushes . |
| 12 | An identification consequent on a prior dislocation can make for a creative , empathetic partiality which is then the basis of a further identification and understanding of other kinds of discrimination . |
| 13 | Either because he had the hump or because he thought it would make for a good show he started smashing the footlights one by one . |
| 14 | He says : ‘ Small budgets , apologetic councils strapped for cash , and a complex social and sometimes ethnic mix of young customers and their parents do n't make for an easy life . ’ |
| 15 | Mr Maxwell said that his alterations — which he would make for publication in his newspapers — were to substitute the term ombudsman for readers ' representatives and to widen the clause in the code of practice which refers to non-payment of criminals to include those benefiting from a criminal act . |
| 16 | None of this means Shawcross should stop — the cause is too important — but it can make for a frustrating life . |
| 17 | Theories do not make for liberating music . |
| 18 | These films do not make for easy viewing . |
| 19 | Reunion as charged with forgiveness as this must make for tears . |
| 20 | It may make for some good headlines , but De Niro certainly does n't come on like a tycoon , talking about his company as not so much a business , more an ‘ artistic community ’ where people can freely exchange ideas . |
| 21 | What kind of preparation do you normally make for starting a diet or healthier eating or new exercise regime ? |
| 22 | One person leading into another can make for a smoother flow and a more efficient use of time . |
| 23 | I wandered in a desultory fashion into the family room which looked dead without the fire blazing and began to wonder what I could make for dinner . |
| 24 | Their success at the game did not make for an easy relationship , though . |
| 25 | Inflation in March falling from 4.1 p.c. to 4.0 p.c. , instead of to the expected 3.8 p.c. , could also make for caution , analysts believe . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | But statistics do not necessarily make for good intelligence . |
| 28 | Once off the airfield , Stirling gave orders for the jeeps to split up and make for the rendezvous separately , as he was sure that the following morning the sky would be full of angry German fighters out looking for them . |
| 29 | If we can only slip inside Germany we can make for the autobahn and then for the Black Forest area . ’ |
| 30 | I would make for the Federal Republic . ’ |