Example sentences of "[conj] it makes [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | In the hospital , sitting up for the first time in several days , he had watched the doctor anointing an old man who would have made a superb St Jerome : ‘ a thin , long , sinewy brown wrinkled body with such very distinct and expressive joints that it makes one melancholy not to be able to have him for a model . ’ |
| 9 | In such circumstances he needs all the help that it makes economic sense to provide . |
| 10 | It is just that the structure of the viral RNA happens to be such that it makes cellular machinery chum out copies of itself . |
| 11 | Can I ask you about er the medium range surface to air missile because er , you wo n't be surprised to learn , that er the committee 's received a number of submissions on this matter er which suggest that er er t to proceed with Eurofighter two thousand without the medium range surface to air missile er I mean to be put rather bluntly to us , that it makes little sense to proceed with the aircraft without a replacement for blood hound . |
| 12 | We must ensure that it makes proper progress through the House , receives proper scrutiny and is on the statute book before any rude interruptions . |
| 13 | It is ironic that IT makes fundamental change both essential and possible , but — to repeat — we need the change anyway . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Not that it makes any difference . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Not that it makes any difference , ’ Trent had agreed . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't see that it makes any difference . |
| 18 | Not that it makes any difference . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 : . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The test runs were also performed on a different machine so it makes little sense to compare timings . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | And it makes great reading … |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Skills that he wishes to rehearse with them may be part of the programme of another department also , and it makes good sense to have some consultation and perhaps co-ordination . |
| 30 | Have it written as a P E P and it makes good sense . |