Example sentences of "[conj] it make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I ca n't see that it makes any difference . |
| 32 | Not that it makes any difference . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | 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 : . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | The test runs were also performed on a different machine so it makes little sense to compare timings . |
| 39 | Its yellow eyes were looking at me ; its mouth opened and it made strange sounds at me . |
| 40 | The theory was a good scientific theory , in the sense described in Chapter 1 : it was simple and it made definite predictions that could be tested by observation . |
| 41 | And it made better grass . |
| 42 | Our masters have had to size up the capacity they have at different plants and it made more sense to move production to Leeds |
| 43 | There were n't , we did it singly and it made more people did n't it ? |
| 44 | Wake , who has taken over from Ron Aitken , said one of BAIE 's strengths was its diversity and it made sound practice , as well as fun , to tap into the network . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | And it makes great reading … |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | Have it written as a P E P and it makes good sense . |
| 51 | He says there are a number of ecological as well as economic reasons — it 's a longer , stronger tougher fibre — it makes a longer-lasting paper and it makes economic sense to grow the material in this country rather than importing it . |
| 52 | and in empirical sorry and in in empirical work we tend to use these nonlinear demand functions simply because they have this nice property that they have constant elasticity , and it makes subsequent calculations considerably easier , and you may think in actual fact that linear demand curves are quite restrictive . |
| 53 | To this need the underclass responds , and it makes urban life at the comfortable levels of well-being not only pleasant but possible . |
| 54 | It is peripheral to the interests of the Highland Board , and it makes considerable demands on the time of Board Staff . |
| 55 | And it makes obvious sense to say that autonomous institutions are not necessarily homes of academic freedom . |
| 56 | But Luke only nodded , as if it made perfect sense . |
| 57 | We know if it made any note of where we 're meant to be going . |
| 58 | But if it makes easy sense when we learn that after the ground clearing achieved in the early publications Joyce sets to work on an enormous new fictional venture , guesses about new preoccupations and the leaving behind of old collapse in face of the reality of Ulysses , for in it we read , among a thousand turnings and an wanderings , of a single day , the sixteenth of June nineteen hundred and four , in Dublin , and how two characters , separately and together , live out that day among the welter of their acquaintance , their needs and deeds and thoughts , their places of refuge and of risk , and if one of these two , Leopold Bloom , is new , the other is Stephen Daedalus , and Dublin is everywhere in the novel , almost to the point where everywhere is Dublin . |
| 59 | In practice — I doubt if it makes much difference . |
| 60 | As a final point about the root definition , it is sometimes useful to express it as a statement to see if it makes reasonable sense , and to double-check that all the CATWOE factors have been considered . |