Example sentences of "that it makes [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the bleak conclusion is that it makes little difference whether the intruding whites are well- or ill-intentioned : the result , for the Indians , is disease and destruction . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Meals are part of the holiday social life , and such good value that it makes little difference if you drop out for a day or two to eat locally . |
| 4 | Meals are part of the holiday social life , and such good value that it makes little difference if you drop out for a day or two to eat locally . |
| 5 | One important thing about a ‘ bottlenecked ’ life cycle is that it makes possible the equivalent of going back to the drawing board . |
| 6 | For him the value of representative democracy resides in the fact that it makes possible the selection of effective political leaders , as well as providing a training for them . |
| 7 | One of the attributes of such a system is that it makes available to all concerned the information they need to discharge their responsibilities . |
| 8 | Not that it makes much difference . ’ |
| 9 | I mean , not that it makes much difference these days anyway , but yes , you 're right ; it is a bit soon . |
| 10 | In the hospital , sitting up for the first time in several days , he had watched the doctor anointing an old man who would have made a superb St Jerome : ‘ a thin , long , sinewy brown wrinkled body with such very distinct and expressive joints that it makes one melancholy not to be able to have him for a model . ’ |
| 11 | By inclination I belong to the second category , but I have learned that it makes all the difference to lay a firm foundation at the outset . |
| 12 | This can also happen if a pain is very severe and strong such that it makes all the other symptoms pale into insignificance . |
| 13 | This is , in fact , real editing in camera , and when you have become accustomed to the routine you will find that it makes all the difference between a good movie and one which is tedious and irritating to watch . |
| 14 | In such circumstances he needs all the help that it makes economic sense to provide . |
| 15 | It is just that the structure of the viral RNA happens to be such that it makes cellular machinery chum out copies of itself . |
| 16 | That argument has to rest on the principle that it makes other owners of Utterly Dependables feel better if everyone has one ! |
| 17 | He argued that education for understanding can only be regarded as successful to the extent that it makes behavioural outcomes unpredictable . |
| 18 | Can I ask you about er the medium range surface to air missile because er , you wo n't be surprised to learn , that er the committee 's received a number of submissions on this matter er which suggest that er er t to proceed with Eurofighter two thousand without the medium range surface to air missile er I mean to be put rather bluntly to us , that it makes little sense to proceed with the aircraft without a replacement for blood hound . |
| 19 | He sees the deviant group as creating its own circumstances to the extent that it makes meaningful the societal reactions to it , or better generates meaning for itself in a world whose societal reactions deny them the full status of persons . |
| 20 | A particular advantage of the telephone interview method is that it makes less demands on the time of managers than conventional ‘ face-to-face ’ interviews . |
| 21 | We must ensure that it makes proper progress through the House , receives proper scrutiny and is on the statute book before any rude interruptions . |
| 22 | It is ironic that IT makes fundamental change both essential and possible , but — to repeat — we need the change anyway . |
| 23 | Not that it makes any difference . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Not that it makes any difference , ’ Trent had agreed . |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't see that it makes any difference . |
| 26 | In order to recast the problem , however , we need a deeper understanding of the divide between the two approaches , and must enquire why many individualists believe their view to be a decisive refutation of holism , while holists deny that it makes any headway at all . |
| 27 | Not that it makes any difference . |
| 28 | But Raff speculates that it makes more sense that all cells are suicidal : to survive they have to be constantly reminded by signals from the body that they are loved and cherished . |
| 29 | In fact the period seems somewhat variable , so that it makes more sense to talk of a 22-year cycle between one sunspot ‘ high ’ and , not the next , but the one after that . |
| 30 | These relations between finite coordinate distances are generally so inconvenient that it makes more sense to start calculations from the differentials which do transform linearly : . |