Example sentences of "if it makes [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | My research , if I can call it that , has involved ( over the same period ) a cyclical process of listening to teachers , tidying up what I think I 've heard into some more-or-less coherent story , and then telling it to other teachers to see if it makes sense to them , and captures in an interesting , plausible and fruitful way something significant of their experience . |
2 | If it makes sense to sell investment products such as annuities and mutual funds ( which banks increasingly do ) , why not insurance ? |
3 | And if it makes sense to punish at all , there is some point in trying to punish offenders at least roughly in proportion to the moral gravity of their offences . |
4 | If it makes sense to see the period 1660 – 1715 as a coherent whole , what was it that changed with the Hanoverian Succession and the failure of the Jacobite rebellion ? |
5 | Similarly : ( 10 ) I only offered her legal advice will , under one natural interpretation , refer to advice on legal matters ; and it will continue to do so even if in some rare case it is given under circumstances that mean it is offered illegally itself , for example if it makes use of secret information stolen from a government which prohibits unauthorized possession or transmission of secret government information ; on the other hand , as a phrase of English , it can perfectly well bear the other interpretation under which it means advice which is itself legal , in the sense that it is legally given , in which case it may concern any subject under the sun . |