Example sentences of "[subord] it make [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It should also be recognised that while this chapter has stressed the view of language as a process , it is nevertheless the case that , at some point , children do reach a level of mastery where it makes sense to describe them as having acquired knowledge of an abstract set of rules which can be used to express meanings . |
2 | where it makes sense and is practicable , the pupil may be moved up or down a key stage for the subject in question by placing him or her in a teaching group in which the majority of pupils are older or younger … |
3 | The sub-discipline , if such it is , can be regarded as an aspect of stratigraphy , although it makes use of geochemical and geophysical techniques . |
4 | The buses are cheap and excellent , the drivers are virtuosi , and cars give way to them , so it makes sense to use this facility and relax . |
5 | As their retirement counselling manager explained , Legal and General has over one million people either paying towards or drawing out pensions , so it makes sense for them to offer pre-retirement courses which are paid for either by the individuals themselves or their employers . |
6 | For example , breast milk is sweet and salty , so it makes sense that we 're born liking these tastes . |
7 | A The aquarium is probably the single most important and expensive purchase the marine fishkeeper ( or any fishkeeper , for that matter ) will invest in , so it makes sense to choose the best in terms of quality and function . |
8 | Orc Boyz units work out cheapest per model , so it makes sense to include extra Boyz units if you are going to increase the size of your core . |
9 | Sun and wind are so free so it makes sense to use them where possible for power . |
10 | After all , the sentence is one of the building blocks of a piece of prose , so it makes sense to be able to work with whole sentences rather than having to highlight each word within one manually . |
11 | The cost of running SYMAP is low since standard peripherals are used , so it makes sense to use it as an aid to map design before proceeding to a more elaborate plotter mapping package such as GIMMS . |
12 | The performance of trusts — even of one type — is very varied so it makes sense to spread your money across more than one trust . |
13 | The filopodia pull the sheet right across the cavity until it makes contact with the other side where it meets and fuses with another but much smaller invagination which is the future mouth . |
14 | This fitted in neatly with Spencer 's philosophy of self-help as the driving force of evolution , and Lankester drew the obvious implication from his theory by warning that the human race might degenerate if it made life too easy for itself . |
15 | There was no answer to her gibe , and , despite the fact that the fumes in the room told her the substance on her hair was likely to blind her if it made contact , she sat up and risked opening one eye . |
16 | ‘ What I always say is , if it made sense , it would n't be alien . ’ |
17 | It 's growing but it 's not so big a piece of business that we could n't afford to do an acquisition , if it made sense . ’ |
18 | My research , if I can call it that , has involved ( over the same period ) a cyclical process of listening to teachers , tidying up what I think I 've heard into some more-or-less coherent story , and then telling it to other teachers to see if it makes sense to them , and captures in an interesting , plausible and fruitful way something significant of their experience . |
19 | If it makes sense to sell investment products such as annuities and mutual funds ( which banks increasingly do ) , why not insurance ? |
20 | And if it makes sense to punish at all , there is some point in trying to punish offenders at least roughly in proportion to the moral gravity of their offences . |
21 | If it makes sense to see the period 1660 – 1715 as a coherent whole , what was it that changed with the Hanoverian Succession and the failure of the Jacobite rebellion ? |
22 | Similarly : ( 10 ) I only offered her legal advice will , under one natural interpretation , refer to advice on legal matters ; and it will continue to do so even if in some rare case it is given under circumstances that mean it is offered illegally itself , for example if it makes use of secret information stolen from a government which prohibits unauthorized possession or transmission of secret government information ; on the other hand , as a phrase of English , it can perfectly well bear the other interpretation under which it means advice which is itself legal , in the sense that it is legally given , in which case it may concern any subject under the sun . |
23 | The atomic theory thus came by the 1860s to have two functions : it might be a fundamental theory of matter , about which it was appropriate to argue in a very general way ; or it might be a teaching aid , helpful to students who learned it as a dogma because it made sense of a great number of facts . |
24 | The Company supplied all churches and chapels in both Wolverton and New Bradwell with free gas , coke and water ( with the exception of the Salvation Army , because it made street and public house collections ) , until nationalisation . |
25 | I mean we 're so busy with our own we do n't really you know we do n't we do n't feel at all upstaged by the lodge I think you know we just work together really you know because it makes sense you know I do n't think there 's no big |
26 | In 1977 Hunt said : ‘ I intend to keep going full chat until the day I retire because it makes sense . |
27 | In some areas this is called multi-disciplinary which is a good word but it , it 's a bit formal but it does , it 's just as difficult for them , everybody 's been used to w functioning in their own little areas under their own headings , not least of course the bureaucrats who are particularly good at it because it makes life easier . |
28 | Rosenthal 's unpredictable style gave Rush more room for manoeuvre and he said : ‘ I always enjoy having someone playing alongside me up front because it makes life easier . ’ |
29 | I 'd rather pick this one because it makes life easier , you can see |
30 | Well , let's believe it for the moment , because it makes love 's triumph the greater . |