Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] makes [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Remember , though , that everyone makes more mistakes in copying than in original writing , so you may end up with more errors in the rewritten piece than in the original .
2 This is not the same as assessing its impact on the value of the company , although it makes some attempt to do this , as will be described shortly .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Not that it makes much difference . ’
8 I mean , not that it makes much difference these days anyway , but yes , you 're right ; it is a bit soon .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 Not that it makes any difference . ’
12 ‘ Not that it makes any difference , ’ Trent had agreed .
13 ‘ I ca n't see that it makes any difference .
14 Not that it makes any difference .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 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 : .
18 It seems that it makes more sense to the majority of people if we tell you how much faster ( or slower ) than a common reference machine the test machine is .
19 As an example , property insurance is cheaper than liability insurance , so that it makes more sense , for instance , for a site-owner to insure against the fire risk of a fire caused by an installer , under fire insurance , than it does for the installer to insure against liability for causing the same risk , under a public liability or contractor 's all risks policy .
20 It 's not just that he makes more commission by selling you an endowment rather than a repayment mortgage .
21 And once he makes this decision he he ca n't after a year or two say well no that was wrong , I wo n't I 'll er I 'll change now because he 's only got two years there .
22 The test runs were also performed on a different machine so it makes little sense to compare timings .
23 And who makes that decision where we should go ?
24 And who makes that decision ?
25 My orders , and so you may tell Araminta if she makes any objection .
26 Let us say that the meaning of a statement is cognitive if and only if there is a certain belief such that one is speaking either insincerely or incorrectly if one makes that statement or assents to it as uttered by another without having that belief .
27 He stands alone — as Kenneth Clarke or David Ennals will confirm — and he makes few friends .
28 There is a sense in which standing is a preliminary question , separate from that of the substance and merits of the applicant 's case : standing rules determine entitlement to raise and argue the issue of illegality , and it makes little sense to say that entitlement to argue the merits of the case depends on whether one has a good case on the merits .
29 A person may belong to several different families during his life , and it makes little sense to regard him as changing identity on leaving or entering a nuclear family .
30 In practice — I doubt if it makes much difference .
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