Example sentences of "makes good " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since it always ends up being drawn back to Europe , a presence that can be swiftly reinforced makes better sense than a withdrawal followed by a panicky rush back when some new danger arises . |
| 2 | I prefer white bread myself , because it makes better toast , but I always get a brown sliced for the cat which likes a little bit of butter with it . |
| 3 | Nicest — ‘ No-one makes better records than Kylie Minogue … what Kylie Minogue does next will be infinitely more exciting than what most of pop will be doing . |
| 4 | In the present climate it is not just a matter of professional duty to stay engaged with the possibility of change : it makes better sense . |
| 5 | ( b ) A second possibility , which makes better use of the instruction length , is to calculate an effective store address from the operand and addressing mode fields in the instruction in the normal way ( for example , by adding the contents of an index register ) . |
| 6 | It makes better sense in any event to look for more specific and precise terms . |
| 7 | If viewed in this light , the argument makes better sense , although of course it acquires an entirely new complexion . |
| 8 | It makes better sense as a macellum , or market building , several of which are known in the larger towns of Britain , as well as in some Rhine and Danube frontier towns . |
| 9 | It has been identified as the Alauna of the Ravenna list by Rivet and Smith , although Richmond and Crawford earlier assigned this name to Alchester , which in some ways makes better sense , since its neighbours quoted in the list would indicate that it lies on the road from Silchester to the south Midlands ; nevertheless the derivation of the name of the River Alne from Alauna , and hence the name of the town on or near that river , is an attractive argument in favour of Rivet and Smith . |
| 10 | Since a number of key personnel served in more than one section and since the new body had plenary as well as sectional meetings , it makes better sense to speak of a single " Commission " than to use the plural terminology of contemporaries . |
| 11 | Salim makes good his escape on the steamer — bound , we take it , for his bride . |
| 12 | Is this flying in the face of what makes good cinema ? ’ |
| 13 | Neither of these extreme dogma is applied rigorously today , but it is certainly still accepted that 2-D form makes good pattern . |
| 14 | Scholes 's proposal to teach the ‘ cultural text ’ as well as the ‘ literary text ’ makes good sense ; but , for the best of motives , he tends to a brisk simplification in his approach . |
| 15 | The suite 's core is a setting of four Dylan Thomas poems while the work as a whole finally makes good young Cale 's music lessons , when he diligently mastered the viola as well as the high church organ . |
| 16 | The street makes art , Jonny Spielt Auf makes good box office . |
| 17 | The Gallery makes good use of mock-ups : a convincing re-creation of a Futures Market trading floor where big-time foodstuff deals are struck ( all braces , bravado and baked beans ) , or an authentic 1926 Lyons Corner House ( graced with a sweetly smiling ‘ Nippy ’ ) . |
| 18 | But it 's not only Trodd and other producers who believe that what makes good work in a collaborative art is the challenge of having to justify decisions to your colleagues , and having colleagues who are not afraid to make those challenges . |
| 19 | Flourishing in sun or light shade , this stachys makes good ground cover under roses . |
| 20 | Do you know where I might find one , or do you know of anyone who makes good reproductions ? |
| 21 | Essex girl makes good but life remains bumpy . |
| 22 | In these days of restrictions on capital investment it makes good sense to adapt to current and probable future needs when incurring capital expenditure . |
| 23 | But a poor organization structure makes good performance impossible , however good the managers … improving organization structure will always improve performance . |
| 24 | Saving energy in the home makes good environmental sense , and will save money on electricity and gas bills . |
| 25 | This might be slightly bending the letter of the law in that the prospectus should be a single document but it makes good economic sense . |
| 26 | Everyone eats coca leaves and makes good prayers — oraciones — for one hour . ’ |
| 27 | European manufacturers invariably make plain tiles alongside their interlocking tiles , and it makes good sense for a manufacturer to be able to offer both types of product . |
| 28 | Oat straw , although variable in quality , generally makes good bulk fodder for cattle . |
| 29 | If the patient makes good progress physically , with good recovery of balance in sitting and then standing , he may be able to get into the bath . |
| 30 | On a set of black traversed with silver scaffolding — which makes good use of spotlighting and puffs of smoke to evoke a sinister underworld — Mike Alfred 's production explores an interesting parallel between the motivation and morals of two distinct types of drama some three centuries apart . |