Example sentences of "it make [adj] sense " in BNC.

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1 We do not want to say that one kind of state causes the other kind , but neither does it make much sense to say that they are ‘ parallel ’ or ‘ identical ’ .
2 Nor does it make much sense for the book to be on offer soon afterwards through a paperback book club that screams at it potential customers , ‘ You write the rules ’ .
3 But would n't it make more sense to catch that nutter who 's roaming the countryside around here ? ’
4 Does it make more sense to be beaten 62–7 or play tight competitive fixtures like Southland and NZ Universities as England ‘ B ’ did .
5 ‘ Would n't it make more sense to land at the Luftwaffe base at Cherbourg ? ’
6 As Europe moves to become a single market , does it make any sense that Britain should be closing coal mines which are producing coal far cheaper than those in west Germany ?
7 In view of the events surrounding the Haitian boat people who attempted to enter the United States , does it make any sense for that country to continue opposing the implementation of the common action programme ?
8 Does it make any sense to encourage Western style ‘ social security ’ in the Indian context where only a small proportion of the population is currently covered ?
9 does it make any sense , like you could at least sort of fall back on the toilet or something .
10 Does it make any sense ?
11 mhm Does it make any sense to put in the same numbers _ does it add to the attraction from a statistical point of view , the likelihood to win ?
12 It was all Isa could do to persuade Wilson to let some light in and dry her tears and tell her what ailed her ; and when she did so , it made little sense .
13 It was only after the rebellion of autumn 1483 had demonstrated that Richard had lost the support of a significant number of his brother 's men , that it made political sense to indulge in general criticism of Edward IV 's reign .
14 It was only after the rebellion of autumn 1483 had demonstrated that Richard had lost the support of a significant number of his brother 's men , that it made political sense to indulge in general criticism of Edward IV 's reign .
15 But Luke only nodded , as if it made perfect sense .
16 Later it made economic sense to plan for the vehicle to carry things which had been given free in England but which were too heavy for me to manage for the whole way .
17 It made economic sense .
18 It made good sense . ’ ,
19 It made good sense , of course , for the writers to celebrate the deeds of prowess of their aristocratic patrons .
20 The answer is Yes , but it would have taken much longer and with the Government 's 1994 Review so imminent it made good sense to push on with the change process .
21 Not one word of it made any sense at all to him .
22 None of it made any sense .
23 ‘ Oh , of course , ’ said Holly , as though it made any sense to her .
24 None of it made any sense !
25 Masklin ran this sentence through his head again , in case it made any sense when you listened to it a second time .
26 Well , it made more sense than ‘ good morning ’ .
27 When the same species was found occupying two separate territories , it made more sense to work out how it could have migrated from one to the other than to assume that it had been created independently in each area .
28 Our masters have had to size up the capacity they have at different plants and it made more sense to move production to Leeds
29 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 .
30 It makes little sense to describe everyone over the age of 60 or 65 as ‘ the elderly population ’ , or ‘ old people ’ .
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