Example sentences of "but it make [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apple Computer Inc has always jealously guarded its Macintosh environment , but it made a striking gesture when it allowed IBM to build machines that would run the PowerPC version of Macintosh System when the chip is ready . |
| 2 | I do n't know what animal it was , but it made a good meal . |
| 3 | ‘ I only had a couple of hours with him , but it made a tremendous difference . |
| 4 | ‘ But it made a difficult situation impossible , caused distress to her and her husband and sounded the death knell on the marriage which until then , although in difficulties , neither of them had given up hope of saving . ’ |
| 5 | I had often marvelled at it , but it made the present disaster all the more unbearable . |
| 6 | This last provision was included in the enabling legislation to allow for representation of minority religious groups , but it made the triennial elections a running denominational sore and made the Boards particularly sensitive to pressure from minority interests . |
| 7 | But it made the national press because Arthur was up there and there was a bit of shouting and scuffling . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course , he might not be geographically correct , but it makes a good story . ’ |
| 9 | I doubt that the public will think that the Bill goes far enough — but it makes a good start . |
| 10 | ‘ No , ’ he laughed , ‘ but it makes a good tale . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ That is a slight exaggeration but it makes a serious point . ’ |
| 12 | That 's a fine distinction , but it makes a big difference . ’ |
| 13 | But it makes the strongest case I have ever read for reassessing the role of the post-war welfare state in the cultural field , and will force even those who are not convinced by his arguments to sharpen up their own . |
| 14 | I shall not read it out , because there is not time , but it makes the very point that , purely and simply for medium-term policies and commercial reasons , we shall sterilise billions of tonnes of coal . |
| 15 | The contrast may therefore serve to illustrate one major merit of Brooks 's criticism and of the New Criticism in general : their use of ideas such as irony may seem exaggerated and confusing , but it makes the important point that the meaning of poetry , though possibly analyzable , can not be expressed properly in the form of a conventional prosaic statement . |