The makings of a poet?

But you've got the makings of a great artist.

Yes, you've the makings of a poet in you all right.

He hasn't even got the makings, he's only got the habit.

It was a good game, you know. Oh, he's got the makings...

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.

This has all the makings of a time bomb large scale explosive violence is possible, due to frustration and the desire for revenge.

In 2015, these two powerful industries, and the world as a whole, can start to put things right. We have within our reach the makings of a new global financial system that directs savings where they are urgently needed sustainable development and climate safety, for ourselves and for future generations.

Cameron has said on several occasions that he wishes to avoid a referendum revolving around the simple choice of continued EU membership on the basis of the current terms of membership. 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.

An Israel and Palestine that could resolve their differences and live side by side as democracies would become an island of stability and sanity in a sea of political disorder and economic retrenchment. 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).