Example sentences of "it do [verb] sense " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It did make sense , but if Alan 's in the dark then it does n't . |
| 2 | It 's easy to be deceived into thinking none of it makes any sense but it does make sense : a strange , twisted , whimsical , surreal kind of sense . |
| 3 | But it does make sense to paint floors last thing at night , giving the paint a chance to dry overnight . |
| 4 | One difference between perceived-as appearances and presentation appearances is that whereas it does not make sense to talk of being mistaken about the former it does make sense to talk of being mistaken about the latter . |
| 5 | I said that whereas it does make sense to talk of being mistaken about presentation appearances it does not make sense to talk of being mistaken about perceived-as appearances . |
| 6 | There are four related conceptual differences between epistemic and perspectival appearances : ( 1 ) Epistemic appearances are subjective , whereas perspectival appearances are objective ; ( 2 ) It makes no sense to say that X appears to be φ to Y but Y does not know it , whereas it does make sense to say that X presents such-and-such a perspectival appearance to the point of view Y occupies but Y does not know it ; ( 3 ) X can appear to be φ to Y only if Y possesses the concept φ : nothing similar can be said about perspectival appearances ; ( 4 ) Epistemic appearances are related to their objects by being true or false of them , whereas perspectival appearances are related to their objects mathematically . |
| 7 | The third reason relates to the fact that whereas it does n't make sense to say ‘ It 's afternoon ’ on the Sun , it does make sense to talk of other people 's feelings . |
| 8 | But since it does make sense we can employ arguments from analogy to answer factual questions that arise within the language-game . |
| 9 | However , if you need to work particularly closely with specialist or local media it does make sense to get to know the organisations and their needs , and meetings with editors and journalists to see how you can best help each other are a good idea . |
| 10 | It does make sense that the lateral line would be adversely affected by prolonged exposure to unusually high voltage . |
| 11 | She wrote to Jane at the start of her employment : ‘ There are two things I beg you to do : get your time each day in the fresh air and strictly limit the hours you spend on your work , which I have always had to do anyway with such a large family and it does make sense in the end . |
| 12 | This extraordinarily convoluted definition , the whole of which is in italics , must have been responsible for deterring thousands of readers from proceeding beyond page 15 of the General Theory , but it does make sense . |