Example sentences of "whether it makes [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like any other scientific theory , it may initially be put forward for aesthetic or metaphysical reasons , but the real test is whether it makes predictions that agree with observation . |
| 2 | But if one starts from the spontaneous inclination itself , the question arises whether it makes sense to call it egoistic before it has been chosen in terms of the agent 's own standards for the beneficial . |
| 3 | If you have to decide whether someone on your doorstep is genuine , do n't just look at his or her appearance but also at what that person is saying , how it is said , and whether it makes sense . |
| 4 | ‘ If he is dead , and she dies too , that letter 's evidence whether it makes sense or not . |
| 5 | Culture as content seems to point , on the other hand , to different answers for different kinds of educational programme , and even begs the question as to whether it makes sense in some subject domains . |
| 6 | These ‘ centre-devised ’ modules are sent out to specialist advisers for comment and then checked by a small committee , the Catalogue sub-committee , to see whether it makes sense to have the proposal developed for inclusion in the Catalogue . |
| 7 | On the basis of interviews with samples of prisoners and staff , and of observations , an attempt is made to show : what the prison system is like ; why it is like it is ; whether it makes sense to those who experience it ; and whether there are alternative ways of reconciling security and control with humane containment . |
| 8 | The internal and external threats faced by many countries " hardly justify the sums being spent on armed might " , and finance agencies were " entitled to ask whether it makes sense to help governments whose first priority is not to develop , but to add to , military strength " . |
| 9 | I , I think what Richard , what Richard is suggesting is the very sensible way forward in the longer term , whether it makes sense right at this instant is , is another matter . |
| 10 | Let me just say one or two things about radio and see whether it makes sense to people , and in particular whether it makes sense to our colleagues from the local radio in this region . |
| 11 | Let me just say one or two things about radio and see whether it makes sense to people , and in particular whether it makes sense to our colleagues from the local radio in this region . |