Example sentences of "[noun] it [vb past] sense " in BNC.

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1 Evans ' caution , however , is understandable , and until the effectiveness or otherwise of more elaborate organizations could be tested in a variety of settings it made sense to list more modest requirements for supportive bases to innovative and resource-based work .
2 Perhaps under the circumstances it made sense to remain in the one place .
3 For the first time in my life it made sense .
4 The economist John Maynard Keynes advocated just such an approach in the Thirties , arguing that during a recession it made sense because there were idle resources available .
5 Asked whether , in this increasingly environment-conscious world it made sense to use expensive oak or metal caskets , Miss Vincent said .
6 Either way it made sense to maintain some degree of detachment .
7 Yes David Price used to you know sort of er sit in our meetings yeah as a treasurer it made sense you know our treasurer and him to work together and all that .
8 The scientists concluded that it would have been better to leave the beaches alone , but as one commented : " At the time it made sense .
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