Example sentences of "[conj] it makes a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that it makes a whits difference to how the team plays or what team Wilko puts out on Saturday . |
| 2 | One of the more significant aspects of the panel 's report is that it makes a try at preventing repetitions of the affair . |
| 3 | The argument against trickle transfer is that it makes a nonsense of rational rational housing management . |
| 4 | not that it makes a lot of difference |
| 5 | I am not complaining , only pointing out that it makes a difference to the tone of a campaign . |
| 6 | Asparagus is extremely difficult to eat without front teeth , because it means pulling the things through the side molars and it makes a mess of the lipstick . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've got mates there , the beer 's good and it makes a change . ’ |
| 8 | If you get it right , the cricket ball will travel two hundred yards in four seconds , and all you 've done is give it a knock like knocking the top off a bottle of stout , and it makes a noise like a trout taking a fly … |
| 9 | She 's alright yeah , well I , I bought her a book but it 's one of these , it 's like a talking book a Disney one , it 's got like a keyboard down the side and you press certain pads and it makes a noise and I thought oh rather than just getting an ordinary book , I thought that would be quite good |
| 10 | It 's lighter , it 's springier , it 's livelier and it makes a lot less fuss about the whole business . |
| 11 | Now that 's the normal way we think about things , and it makes a lot of sense . |
| 12 | ‘ Jeffrey and I go back an awful long way , and it makes a lot of sense for him to be published by us on both sides of the Atlantic , ’ Mr Bell commented . |
| 13 | The race is good fun and it makes a lot of money for charity . |
| 14 | And it becomes number one , and it makes a lot of money for everybody and it makes everybody hum and it makes everybody toe tap |
| 15 | The core of weekday daytime programming is the ‘ playlist ’ , which has three major uses for Radio I : it provides an overall sound or ‘ station feel ’ ; it is an effective way to monitor how often the most popular records are played ; and it makes a group responsibility out of a decision which may have far-reaching effects for individual musicians and the music industry . |
| 16 | Do not be too quick to blame the puppy if it makes a mess when you are indoors . |
| 17 | If it makes a mess James I 'll help you but you try first . |
| 18 | Reliability in supplies : It is likely that a firm has greater control over reliability of supplies if it makes a component rather than buying it in from another firm . |
| 19 | Er I mean one maybe one day I will if if it makes a hit eh |
| 20 | No political action may be undertaken if it makes a difference to the likelihood that a person will endorse one conception of the good or another , or to his chances of realizing his conception of the good , unless other actions are undertaken which cancel out such effects . |
| 21 | Second , the firm is n't subject to the whims of the City , and does n't have to face crises of confidence if it makes a loss during one quarter — it simply does n't publish its results , and is therefore answerable only to itself . |
| 22 | I mean cos it makes a difference the pack I bring out . |
| 23 | " I do n't suppose so , " said Clara , " but it makes a qualification , does n't it ? " |
| 24 | Karnataka 's aluminium smelter may make little sense to an energy planner , but it makes a lot of sense to the politically powerful elite that reap the profits , small though they may be , from the production of aluminium . |
| 25 | It 's hard to explain but it makes a lot of sense . ’ |
| 26 | I think it fails but it makes a point . |
| 27 | A company is not generally liable to tax on distributions , which includes dividends , so prima facie a distribution will not go to reduce Newco 's group relievable losses ( see s208 Taxes Act ) unless it makes an election under s242 . |
| 28 | Similarly , the relativist stance does not work unless it makes an exception of itself which denies its own principle . |
| 29 | huh , huh some one went , do n't because it makes a noise , put it down , no , because it makes such a noise when you pick it up |
| 30 | The first could be called the modal use , because it has the same kind of force as the modal use , ‘ probably ’ , and the second the psychological use because it makes a statement about one 's own psychological state of belief . |