Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adj] sense " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can provide a precis only where the topic is something that it knows about , so that it has some sense of what conceptual relationships to expect in the story . |
| 2 | It seems good sense for us to take advantage of such bounties of nature in order to conserve the limited resources of their coral reef habitats . |
| 3 | Whatever the results of investigation , it seems common sense to avoid feeding cows , which are ruminants anyway , with dead , possibly diseased sheep . |
| 4 | It seems common sense to place the taller varieties at the back of the beds , or in the middle if they are to be seen from all angles , but other points can also be taken into account . |
| 5 | It seems common sense to say that if the Minister transfers the pension rights of existing employees of the Scottish Transport Group to the new privatised subsidiaries he will , by definition , sign away the substantial benefits that the employees enjoy under the existing scheme . |
| 6 | So we , the answer is we do n't really know but it seems common sense to apply barrier precautions and to do everything you can to modify the type of surgery so that the chances of having an injury with a sharp instrument are reduced , and people have made some constructive proposals along these lines . |
| 7 | Paradoxically it provides this sense of freedom to choose , but the process of play activity is about limiting the choices . |
| 8 | It makes little sense , for example , to require that children have a command of formal vocabulary before they are competent in technical vocabulary or vice versa . |
| 9 | It makes little sense to describe everyone over the age of 60 or 65 as ‘ the elderly population ’ , or ‘ old people ’ . |
| 10 | The ability of modern technology to cope with the problem of soil erosion is summarised thus : ‘ Growing populations may in part have destroyed more land than they improved , but it makes little sense to project past trends into the future , since we know more and more about methods of land preservation and are able by means of modern methods , to reclaim much land , which our ancestors have made sterile . ’ |
| 11 | If Parliament wishes to create a specialist body to adjudicate in a given field , it makes little sense to have the decisions of that body reviewed by courts which have no such expertise . |
| 12 | His basic criticism of the system is that it makes little sense on the level of integrity because it makes only superficial sense of human desire and action and , therefore , only poor sense of human happiness . |
| 13 | There were , of course , flaws in Velikovsky 's reasoning : his imagined catastrophes were fanciful and , while it is all very well to derive clues from oral legends , it makes little sense to prefer these to properly researched results . |
| 14 | If so , it makes little sense to speak of ‘ authenticity ’ , though feminists might wish to celebrate women 's talk as an aspect of their resistance to oppression , a demonstration of skill and creativity with the limited materials at hand . |
| 15 | The test runs were also performed on a different machine so it makes little sense to compare timings . |
| 16 | Thus it makes little sense to refer to ‘ immigrant ’ communities ; what we now have are minority black British communities , that have already made a very substantial contribution to the growth and prosperity of the British economy . |
| 17 | There is a sense in which standing is a preliminary question , separate from that of the substance and merits of the applicant 's case : standing rules determine entitlement to raise and argue the issue of illegality , and it makes little sense to say that entitlement to argue the merits of the case depends on whether one has a good case on the merits . |
| 18 | Thinking requires prior knowledge and learning — it makes little sense to reinvent the wheel — but too much emphasis on learning what has been the case can inhibit the growth of thinking about how to do things in unusual and interesting ways . |
| 19 | For , it is argued , it makes little sense to worry about the possibility of repetitiveness and reduplication with regard to the world " in itself " if we can establish the historical uniqueness of particulars in relation to ourselves . |
| 20 | While it makes little sense to talk of criticism of the physical world , it makes every sense to talk of criticism turned on to the theories and concepts which science has produced to explain the external world , for they could certainly be other than they are.8 Unfortunately , we sometimes give the impression in science and technological education that the current models , terms and theories of science are given and have merely to be assimilated by students . |
| 21 | A person may belong to several different families during his life , and it makes little sense to regard him as changing identity on leaving or entering a nuclear family . |
| 22 | For instance , for a binary outcome variable , such as recurrence of disease or death , it makes little sense to display group means and CIs of explanatory variables such as age or dose . |
| 23 | It makes practical sense to train suitable spokesmen . |
| 24 | It makes economic sense , particularly if the prospectus is printed commercially , to run off a substantial number at one time . |
| 25 | With club rates varying from £50–£90 per hour depending on which part of the country you reside in , it makes economic sense if you can afford it to join a group — or perhaps if a little more of the folding stuff is available , to buy your own small PFA type or microlight . |
| 26 | In such circumstances he needs all the help that it makes economic sense to provide . |
| 27 | If , for whatever reason , a husband initially commands higher rates of pay than his wife it makes economic sense for him to ‘ specialize ’ in paid work and let her shoulder the brunt of the partnership 's unpaid chores ( Becker , 1981 , 1985 ; for a critique see Owen , 1987 ) . |
| 28 | He says there are a number of ecological as well as economic reasons — it 's a longer , stronger tougher fibre — it makes a longer-lasting paper and it makes economic sense to grow the material in this country rather than importing it . |
| 29 | It makes unarguable sense to concentrate materials purchases as much as is commercially desirable and to obtain supplies from as few sources as possible . |
| 30 | ‘ It makes perfect sense . |