Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] makes [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 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 | Not that it makes much difference . ’ |
| 7 | I mean , not that it makes much difference these days anyway , but yes , you 're right ; it is a bit soon . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Not that it makes any difference . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Not that it makes any difference , ’ Trent had agreed . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't see that it makes any difference . |
| 13 | Not that it makes any difference . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 : . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It 's not just that he makes more commission by selling you an endowment rather than a repayment mortgage . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The test runs were also performed on a different machine so it makes little sense to compare timings . |
| 22 | My orders , and so you may tell Araminta if she makes any objection . |
| 23 | He stands alone — as Kenneth Clarke or David Ennals will confirm — and he makes few friends . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | In practice — I doubt if it makes much difference . |
| 27 | well what I 'd like I think I 'd like people to do is go away and read this and see if it makes any sense when you 've actually sat and studied it . |
| 28 | Although not all doctors would agree that restless legs are attributable to caffeine , anyone suffering this condition should try avoiding caffeine for a while to see if it makes any difference . |
| 29 | I do n't know if it makes any difference , but it was n't planned . |
| 30 | I think if it makes any difference to you we 've got a thingy whirring away there . |