Example sentences of "it makes a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It makes a great difference to our research work , to both our projects . |
2 | * Try to buy Cheddar on the rind — it makes a tremendous difference to the flavour ( like cooking meat on the bone ) , and instantly shows that the cheese has been cut from a truckle and not from a block . |
3 | So it makes a refreshing change to able to write about something nice . |
4 | It makes a useful addition to cooking too , lending its herby delicacy to dishes as varied as Stilton soup and Hazelnut and orange gâteau . |
5 | on balance credit is beneficial , since it makes a useful contribution to the living standards and the economic and social well-being of the majority of British people . |
6 | It makes a good contrast to all those clean white jackets on normal club nights . |
7 | The dynamic level is quite low , so it makes a good background to a spoken narration or a solo singer . |
8 | It makes a sorry epitaph to a great career , ended Emerson 's FI ambitions , wound up breaking up his marriage , alienated the public , caused dissent in his own family and forced Emerson into retirement . |
9 | Robert Jackson , for example , envisages a " middle way " as a " study of religions conducted in such a way that it makes a distinctive contribution to the pupils ' development of a coherent and personally satisfying set of beliefs and values " ( Jackson 1987 : 17 ) . |
10 | So much modern merchandise is themed with bestselling books that it makes a logical extension to the stock profile . |
11 | He is also in charge of an economy so large that it makes a real difference to world trade and to British economic fortunes in particular . |
12 | It makes a significant contribution to the local economy through its generation of manufactured goods and the fact that its staff pay tax and national insurance . |
13 | Yet with an attractive coupling of three Slavonic Dances winningly done , ending with the bestknown of all , the G minor Furiant , B83 ( Op. 46 ) No. 8 , it makes a valuable addition to what might be counted an over-long list . |
14 | Yet in both its anti-art and anti-dada stages it makes a positive contribution to modern art . |