Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] makes [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She now makes jewellery boxes , pencil holders , and Christmas decorations . |
| 2 | Mum with the tea ready — she even makes Cal 's sandwiches for a school trip . |
| 3 | Of particular interest in this context is Cornwell 's study of family relationships in Bethnal Green in the 1980s , in which she explicitly makes comparison with Young and Willmott 's earlier work . |
| 4 | This command of Jesus ' for all people to come with him only makes sense when put into the context of the teaching that immediately comes before it . |
| 5 | It only makes matters worse that the sound remains harsh , boxy and quite uncomfortable to listen to . |
| 6 | It only makes matters worse by increasing anxiety over the problem . |
| 7 | With me , it only makes things worse . ’ |
| 8 | It only makes things more dangerous for us ! ’ |
| 9 | However it only makes provision for criminal penalties , and not civil remedies . |
| 10 | ‘ Self-determination is the right of all people in the world , including Germans , but it only makes sense when one does not lose sight of the concerns of others … we are coming to the end of a century which has seen the special responsibility of Germans for some terrible things . ’ |
| 11 | The decision to build the lift could not have been taken lightly ; it only makes sense as part of a scheme of general improvement . |
| 12 | Once it is decided that certain assumptions are true , it only makes sense to demonstrate this by counting on them in practice . |
| 13 | Considering that the Soviet economy is not in the pink of health in its own right , it only makes sense to ask whether the burden will remain affordable — and , indeed , whether hard economic facts will not drive the USSR to reassess the wisdom of maintaining anything so extravagant as a Socialist Commonwealth in her present circumstances . |
| 14 | As we mentioned above , it only makes sense to count substitutions as errors when a grammar is used . |
| 15 | It only makes people more pessimistic , and is another example of the negativity that has characterised all sides during the election campaign . ’ |
| 16 | If children 's anxiety in the transition to a new school can be eased by minimising the changes between class groups and between teachers at no extra cost , and no loss of educational effectiveness , it obviously makes sense to do so . |
| 17 | This gives complete pain relief and is helpful for women having a long labour or who are getting very distressed , but it has disadvantages in that it obviously makes women feel quite passive and helpless . |
| 18 | Thinking about it , he only makes love when he wants to , and that is n't very often . |
| 19 | In answer to his last question , I do not believe that it necessarily makes sense for those who may not be fully qualified or experienced to get rid of such waste when those who are involved in a similar business are much better qualified to do so . |
| 20 | ‘ I have just been elected chairman again for this year I am very much involved with the society so it just makes sense really . ’ |
| 21 | None of this does any good ; it just makes Washington wonder what exactly Mr Clinton is in charge of . |
| 22 | ‘ When we meet at the Landing Stage and have even half an hour together , it just makes life worth living . |
| 23 | It should n't really affect things er a lot it just makes things slightly more convenient . |
| 24 | It 's not a cure , it just makes things easier . |
| 25 | It thus makes Britain a technological backwater . |
| 26 | It usually makes sense to provide the chosen agency with a media list for large mailings as well as a complete list of specialised magazines in your field . |
| 27 | Indeed it is ‘ the left ’ ( if it still makes sense to talk of left and right in Poland ) that is most desperate to present a solid front in support of market economics . |
| 28 | Given this figural ‘ bias ’ built into the cinematic apparatus , it still makes sense to speak in terms of realist , modernist , and postmodernist films . |
| 29 | It still makes sense to ducks . |
| 30 | Cleese has since sold his share of Video Arts for a reputed £7 million , but he still makes films for them . |