And you're gonna have to piece together the makings of a wagon.

little too theoretical and fantastic, but he has the makings of a detective in him.

Our Committee believes that South Africa, reconciled with itself, has the makings of an economic powerhouse.

I'm telling you this for your own benefit, but you have the makings of an outstanding bore.

Once you get her... get her away from her father's influence, she's got the makings of a wonderful wife.

South Africa, reconciled with itself, has the makings of an economic powerhouse in Africa and in the world as a whole.

The draft resolution before the Assembly has the makings of an equitable and lasting solution to the problem of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

However, far from moving steadily toward the achievement of a well ordered international society, those changes have generated the makings of a disquieting explosion.

So far, none of this has shaken democracy, but when enough people become vexed at several things simultaneously, one has the makings of a toxic political brew.

As one of the fastest aging societies in the world, with an economy and a political system inaccessible to its young people, Italy has all the makings of a gerontocracy.

These conditions had all the makings of a depression scenario, with credit rationing destroying businesses indiscriminately, and thus required fast, aggressive, and unconventional action by the US government and the Federal Reserve.

So far, none of this has shaken democracy, but when enough people become vexed at several things simultaneously, one has the makings of a toxic political brew. Nationalism is the classic expression of thwarted democracy.

Not all of them have the makings of an entrepreneur. But most of them have skills worth sharing, whether it s how to run a sales meeting, oversee a development project, or manage a database of customers.

Already some are claiming to discern in his European policy the makings of an heir to Harold Wilson, another famous renegotiator of Britain s terms of membership in the then European Community who went on to win a referendum on Europe.

The Appeals Chamber dismissed the appellant's grounds of appeal in all other respects although it found that the Trial Chamber erroneously qualified the beatings underlying the crime of torture as having all of the makings of de facto attempted murder .

Add a free trade agreement, or even a customs union with Jordan, and you have the makings of a Middle Eastern Benelux (the grouping of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg that formed the economic kernel of what became the original European Community).

To speak of the makings of the continuance and success of the peace process is to speak, as of necessity, once again, of the responsibility of the international community to find a just, comprehensive and lasting settlement to the question of Palestine.

Syria apos s position in this respect stems from its desire to continue with the peace process and to achieve the objectives of that process, namely the establishment of a just and comprehensive peace in the region. Having said this, we must point out that Syria wishes to achieve viable solutions that have the makings of durability and not quot solutions quot and quot agreements quot that carry the seeds of future conflicts.