Example sentences of "[pers pn] makes good [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He makes good progress until he reaches the cornice , which promptly rejects him in a cascade of cold , powdery ice . |
| 2 | As a piece of recording , the Philips set has one advantage in that it makes best use of the excellent John Alldis Choir and puts them well forward , whereas the perfectly good Lyon Opera Chorus is relegated to the middle distance as usual . |
| 3 | In these days of restrictions on capital investment it makes good sense to adapt to current and probable future needs when incurring capital expenditure . |
| 4 | European manufacturers invariably make plain tiles alongside their interlocking tiles , and it makes good sense for a manufacturer to be able to offer both types of product . |
| 5 | Considering what is already known about muscle , it makes good sense . |
| 6 | At that time it makes good sense to separate males from females . |
| 7 | So , on that basis , it makes good sense to start on the bigger warrens . |
| 8 | Because none of us know when a permanently disabling accident may strike , it makes good sense to protect against the possible effects . |
| 9 | Because there were discontinuities as well as continuities , it makes good sense to say that modern chemistry emerged through a dialectical process in which the enthusiasms of the Paracelsian chemists were tempered by their critics . |
| 10 | Skills that he wishes to rehearse with them may be part of the programme of another department also , and it makes good sense to have some consultation and perhaps co-ordination . |
| 11 | And something I have not seen anywhere else , though it makes good sense , is that in these mainly narrow streets , the shops have their signs strung out at right-angles across the way so that you can stand at one end and read their names from there , without having to go down to look at them one by one . |
| 12 | It makes good sense for housing associations to buy several houses in adjoining streets for ease of monitoring and staff support . |
| 13 | It makes good sense to switch over to a lighter routine , just as you adapt to the warm weather by wearing lighter fabrics . |
| 14 | If a group anticipates no response at all , a blunt refusal , or even an attack upon its very integrity , then it makes good sense to keep its political head down below the level of activity . |
| 15 | Have it written as a P E P and it makes good sense . |
| 16 | First , it makes good sense because everyone understands the language of money as a common denominator which goes across all boundaries . |
| 17 | Whether it makes good history or not is another matter . |
| 18 | It makes good business sense in another way too — because it is now cheaper to make plants that fit the pesticide than to adapt the pesticide to fit the plants . |
| 19 | In the present climate it is not just a matter of professional duty to stay engaged with the possibility of change : it makes better sense . |
| 20 | It makes better sense in any event to look for more specific and precise terms . |
| 21 | It makes better sense as a macellum , or market building , several of which are known in the larger towns of Britain , as well as in some Rhine and Danube frontier towns . |
| 22 | Since a number of key personnel served in more than one section and since the new body had plenary as well as sectional meetings , it makes better sense to speak of a single " Commission " than to use the plural terminology of contemporaries . |
| 23 | I prefer white bread myself , because it makes better toast , but I always get a brown sliced for the cat which likes a little bit of butter with it . |