Example sentences of "it [adv] makes [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It only makes matters worse that the sound remains harsh , boxy and quite uncomfortable to listen to . |
| 2 | It only makes matters worse by increasing anxiety over the problem . |
| 3 | With me , it only makes things worse . ’ |
| 4 | It only makes things more dangerous for us ! ’ |
| 5 | However it only makes provision for criminal penalties , and not civil remedies . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | The decision to build the lift could not have been taken lightly ; it only makes sense as part of a scheme of general improvement . |
| 8 | Once it is decided that certain assumptions are true , it only makes sense to demonstrate this by counting on them in practice . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | As we mentioned above , it only makes sense to count substitutions as errors when a grammar is used . |
| 11 | It only makes people more pessimistic , and is another example of the negativity that has characterised all sides during the election campaign . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ I have just been elected chairman again for this year I am very much involved with the society so it just makes sense really . ’ |
| 16 | None of this does any good ; it just makes Washington wonder what exactly Mr Clinton is in charge of . |
| 17 | ‘ When we meet at the Landing Stage and have even half an hour together , it just makes life worth living . |
| 18 | It should n't really affect things er a lot it just makes things slightly more convenient . |
| 19 | It 's not a cure , it just makes things easier . |
| 20 | It thus makes Britain a technological backwater . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Given this figural ‘ bias ’ built into the cinematic apparatus , it still makes sense to speak in terms of realist , modernist , and postmodernist films . |
| 24 | It still makes sense to ducks . |
| 25 | While one may reasonably ask what someone shouted , it hardly makes sense to ask what it was they screamed . |
| 26 | Detached objectivity in such matters is clearly very difficult but since it is quite evident that migrating birds and fish and even insects are often capable of solving the most intricate and unpredictable problems of solid geometry it hardly makes sense to argue that a purely mathematical rationality is an exclusively human characteristic . |
| 27 | It hardly makes sense to wear elegant suits and designer dresses when I 'm painting ! ’ |
| 28 | It also makes microphotography of that slide difficult . |
| 29 | The bond is natural ; it also makes society simple , for the whole of justice in social relationships is derived from the one principle . |
| 30 | It also makes Troll flesh virtually impossible to eat unless it is very thoroughly cooked . |