Example sentences of "[coord] it make [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And it made better grass .
2 Our masters have had to size up the capacity they have at different plants and it made more sense to move production to Leeds
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 And it makes great reading
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 Have it written as a P E P and it makes good sense .
10 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 .
11 To this need the underclass responds , and it makes urban life at the comfortable levels of well-being not only pleasant but possible .
12 And it makes obvious sense to say that autonomous institutions are not necessarily homes of academic freedom .
13 But it made awful mess .
14 It may have rained for hours , but it made little difference to the River Lambourn .
15 The first meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers was held on 2 January 1818 with eight founder members present , but it made slow progress until in 1820 Telford , who never joined the Smeatonians , agreed to become the first president .
16 The ability of modern technology to cope with the problem of soil erosion is summarised thus : ‘ Growing populations may in part have destroyed more land than they improved , but it makes little sense to project past trends into the future , since we know more and more about methods of land preservation and are able by means of modern methods , to reclaim much land , which our ancestors have made sterile . ’
17 This need not be a problem , especially as each will have a different approach to the same material , but it makes obvious sense on many counts if the teachers are each prepared for this by consultation . )
18 Clearly there may well be more than an element of exaggeration in this insistence , but it makes more sense if we accept their view that a great many features of literature that might not normally be recognized , at least at first sight , as terms of a comparison , nonetheless have a metaphorical or analogical function .
19 But it makes commercial sense for them to respond to pressure .
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