Example sentences of "[noun sg] make [adj] sense " in BNC.
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1 | In the fourth condition they were asked to judge whether a sentence made any sense . |
2 | Suddenly The Orb make perfect sense . |
3 | The anger of the outsider made purer sense . |
4 | The album 's apparent randomness made more sense when you saw the movie . |
5 | The eighteen months out of Trade Rule made some sense when this great nation of ours had something resembling full-time employment . |
6 | View from City Road : ICI deal makes strategic sense |
7 | Provided you meet the requirements , the card makes good sense . |
8 | If such statutory clauses were ever intended to reflect the common law ( and this is not clear ) , the dichotomy drawn within them between the two heads of review makes little sense in light of the expansion of non-statutory review . |
9 | Although if some sort of republic was to survive such a tactic made theoretical sense , its practicability was seriously undermined by the nature of the CEDA 's ideology and wealthy support . |
10 | I did not discard everything , for Vitamin A , B , C and little tablets of zinc and selenium made scientific sense , but poor , old Dr. Bach really did seem nonsense . |
11 | The playing is so fine here that the notoriously ‘ unsatisfactory ’ ending makes complete sense . |
12 | The question makes particular sense given the way the debate over academic freedom has been cast both in the UK and in the USA . |
13 | The pointes must not be thought of as a prop on which to balance the body , but as an extra dimension to make dramatic sense of a statement about the character on pointes and/or to relate in some way to the story or theme . |
14 | This sort of militarism made professional sense to many medics because of its connection with their own reformulated medical discourse . |
15 | But once stripped of sheep 's clothing , her body made stunning sense . |
16 | The last two options working in harmony make perfect sense . |
17 | Nor does the arts/science distinction make much sense in terms of graduate employment , if it is assumed that the distinction is based on a simple non-vocational/vocational one or ‘ non-relevant/relevant ’ one . |
18 | Certainly , the bringing together of the ACL:E&SS , a senior inspector and Principal Adviser for Educational Resources on such a team makes splendid sense and in itself promotes the fifth of the project 's objectives . |
19 | If this picture makes some sense to you , then you need not read the rest of this paragraph . |
20 | Not content to rest his case on the prudence with which the Holy Spirit had left astronomy out of the Scriptures , he proceeded to show that the miracle of Joshua 's long day made more sense if the text was read from a Copernican standpoint . |
21 | The non-hierarchical , participative styles of teaching now common in community-based adult education made particular sense for the TUC , given its decision to use existing public educational services to deliver the courses rather than educators whom it employed and controlled directly , combined with its suspicion of the more independent ‘ service organisations ’ ( WEA , extra-mural departments and residential colleges ) . |
22 | The name makes some sense as an enduring survival of bronze age Cretan influence , but we must not lose sight of the fact that it was Evans who gave the Minoan civilization its name and not the Minoans : they almost certainly called themselves something completely different . |
23 | Mania made more sense than reason . |
24 | We shall see that explanations of social systems in terms of a male reproductive strategy contingent on a female rearing strategy make good sense in attempts at understanding the evolution of primate societies . |
25 | Just then , the madness in their method makes perfect sense … but do n't ask me why , that 's all . |
26 | The former policy makes more sense since it is still promise that is being sold on . |
27 | If viewed in this light , the argument makes better sense , although of course it acquires an entirely new complexion . |
28 | AND FROM THE RACISM THAT SADLY AFFLICTS US ALL AND LEADS WHITE PEOPLE TO ASSOCIATE INFERIORITY AND DARKNESS , KURTEN 'S RECONSTRUCTION MAKES MORE SENSE , SINCE NEANDERTHALS LIVED IN GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND LIGHT SKIN MAY BE AN ADAPTATION TO LIFE IN MIDDLE TO HIGH LATITUDES . |
29 | ‘ All of the above advice makes good sense if you want to improve your health and gain the benefits that will improve your lifestyle , ’ contends Andrew . |
30 | The majority now believed that Bunker 's more realistic approach made more sense . |