Example sentences of "but it makes [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Of course , he might not be geographically correct , but it makes a good story . ’ |
| 2 | I doubt that the public will think that the Bill goes far enough — but it makes a good start . |
| 3 | ‘ No , ’ he laughed , ‘ but it makes a good tale . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ That is a slight exaggeration but it makes a serious point . ’ |
| 5 | That 's a fine distinction , but it makes a big difference . ’ |
| 6 | But it makes the strongest case I have ever read for reassessing the role of the post-war welfare state in the cultural field , and will force even those who are not convinced by his arguments to sharpen up their own . |
| 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |