Example sentences of "it makes [art] [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It makes a firmer fabric than an every needle rib , makes a double jacquard pattern shorter and truer to the actual pattern and , also , you can use it for the plain rows instead of the ‘ striper ’ card if you like the texture .
2 It makes a perfect base and not just for enthusiastic golfers and golf societies looking for an ideal location .
3 He says there are a number of ecological as well as economic reasons — it 's a longer , stronger tougher fibre — it makes a longer-lasting paper and it makes economic sense to grow the material in this country rather than importing it .
4 In a softer yarn it can be used as a bedjacket and for girls or slim ladies , it makes an excellent skirt when sewn into a tube .
5 ‘ The court sees no ground for saying that , for present purposes , it makes the slightest difference whether under the old law the offence would have been false pretences or larceny by a trick .
6 The contrast may therefore serve to illustrate one major merit of Brooks 's criticism and of the New Criticism in general : their use of ideas such as irony may seem exaggerated and confusing , but it makes the important point that the meaning of poetry , though possibly analyzable , can not be expressed properly in the form of a conventional prosaic statement .
7 I shall not read it out , because there is not time , but it makes the very point that , purely and simply for medium-term policies and commercial reasons , we shall sterilise billions of tonnes of coal .
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