Add it up and you have the makings of a local recession in Silicon Valley.
We saw the makings of a resort town in the first stage called Dasve.
North Korea is believed to have six to eight nuclear bombs, or the makings for them.
Measured by this test, William Hague has all the makings of a successful politician.
If you are comfortable promoting theories like this you have all the makings of an economist.
But he had all the makings of a guy who could be a solid endorser for years.
So far Willow Garage has built twenty PR2s, not exactly the makings of a fearsome robot army.
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Combine this with anytime and anywhere mobile access, and you have the makings of a workplace revolution.
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"They even bought the makings of Molotov cocktails and gave it to them, " Deutsch said in court.
Add to this Mr Kerry's haughty style, and you can see the makings of a populist caricature.
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He even has the makings of a national strategy going after both rural voters and disillusioned suburban Republicans.
Certainly the latest plot, as revealed bit by bit in the press, had all the makings of farce.
Sadly, with such an intriguing club guest list, it had all the makings of a really swell holiday party.
Sounds like the makings of a real collector's item, if you ask us.
But we've got the makings, I think, of a very fine transportation system.
These are the makings of a very interesting and challenging year to come.
While Twitter may have the makings of a fantastic advertising business, its success is largely priced into its stock.
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As she got to know Harry and his fighters, she realized their stories had the makings of a gripping movie.
Darksiders II was far from perfect, but you can see the makings of a great game under the right management.
But the current mix of an ever-greedier U.N. with less and less oversight has the makings of scandals ahead that will dwarf Oil-for-Food.
In most years, this would be the school with all the makings of a team the whole country can get behind.
By Philip II, Spain had the makings of the first police state infused with the ill-gotten moral authority of a tyrannical clergy.
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Add the likelihood of some 1m more repossessions as adjustable-rate mortgages are reset, and you have the makings of a housing glut.
Ral Zarek has all the makings of a four mana competitive planeswalker.
This rumpled figure has few of the makings of a national candidate.
Add to this the birth of the wireless Internet, this survey will argue, and you have the makings of a new telecommunications revolution.
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And if these countries begin to act in concert to the detriment of America, then America has the makings of a big problem.
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The latest trend among private equity investors in China to set up yuan-denominated funds seems to have the classic makings of a bubble.
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