Example sentences of "[conj] make [adj] sense " in BNC.
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| 1 | One that made perfect sense to Ron and made perfect sense to me . |
| 2 | Strategically that made little sense , for the Wilds were almost empty , yet it was as if the City 's architect had known that this vast , jagged hole — this primitive wilderness at the heart of its hive-like orderliness — would one day prove its weakest point . |
| 3 | Yes , that made more sense . |
| 4 | But the longer she stared at that tiny betraying smudge , the more she realised that it was the only explanation that made any sense at all . |
| 5 | Yet — there was an enduring lone voice among the internal babble which held out strong and true for Dane , and somehow its message was the only one that made any sense . |
| 6 | Had n't he understood that she had given herself to him for the only reason that made any sense to her . |
| 7 | They recommend measures that make economic sense regardless of whether or not global warming is occurring , such as limiting deforestation and increasing energy efficiency . |
| 8 | The main emphasis of the plan is to look for small and inexpensive solutions , and it places the onus on governments in the East to take steps that make economic sense . |
| 9 | ‘ Did all that make any sense to you ? ’ |
| 10 | Stubbs cites many other examples of how written language may involve structural ambiguity so that making grammatical sense of it depends on context and the knowledge the reader brings to the text ( e.g. ibid. p. 59 ) . |
| 11 | When you produce an argument that makes practical sense , then of course I 'm prepared to listen . |
| 12 | A curious selection , but one that makes perfect sense once you realise it belongs to Dieter Meier , all-round oddball and the lyrical half of that crazy Swiss duo , Yellow . |
| 13 | It is all very costly and there is sometimes a limited choice of what is available for your client to sponsor that makes economic sense and will attract media and consumer attention . |
| 14 | It is impossible to imagine that there is any purpose to life that makes any sense at all other than that life is to be enjoyed . |
| 15 | This seems the only explanation of this verse that makes any sense . |
| 16 | That seems to be a face-saving exercise rather than one that makes any sense in administrative or traffic terms — as the hon. Member for Cardiff , North ( Mr. Jones ) said . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's the only explanation that makes any sense . |
| 18 | Okay Now expect , farmer 's expectations of prices are assumed to be revised , right , each year , farmers revise their own expectations of future prices so that makes some sense . |
| 19 | We 've known each other since childhood , after all , so it would be convenient , and make good sense . |
| 20 | Groups are good fun — and make good sense . |
| 21 | As a rule , how particular groups are located vis-à-vis racist discourse intimately affects the reading strategies their members adopt towards specific instances , and this in turn underwrites the explanatory procedures used to interpret and make common sense of them . |
| 22 | The task of the social scientist is to try and make some sense of any observable patterns and the motivations , whether unspoken or not , behind them . |
| 23 | It looked very different to a nautical chart and made little sense to me , but I gradually deciphered some of the meaning from its weird markings . |
| 24 | The reason for breaking our vows were pecuniary and made financial sense . |
| 25 | One that made perfect sense to Ron and made perfect sense to me . |
| 26 | Who is going into schools and colleges and making real sense of ‘ sex ’ education ? |
| 27 | All this will be possible so long as the materials … possess the qualities of being first hand , sensory , within the pupil 's experience , limited in quantity , and making human sense . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , the cohabitation rule is fair , equitable and makes perfect sense . |
| 29 | But to make political sense out of doubt and qualification demands a higher quality of debate , analysis and representation than the old conviction politics . |
| 30 | The same irony is enriched and plangently deepened in another fine poem by Tate of the same year , in which once again the many Virgilian echoes point to a deeper affinity — with the fable of the Aeneid as making more sense than he can find anywhere else , for the historical predicament that the American Southerner has inherited and must make sense of . |