Example sentences of "if it makes " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If it makes you feel any better , I 'll get the doctor to have a look at you when he comes . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Why then , you might ask , do you not simply train a lot less all year round if it makes you feel that much better when you cut back ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I 'd like to try a perm to see if it makes my hair more manageable . |
| 7 | ‘ Why do you want to go to America if it makes you so unhappy ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ And if it makes them happy , good luck to them . ’ |
| 9 | And if it makes him happy , what 's the harm ? ’ |
| 10 | I do n't know if it makes any difference , but it was n't planned . |
| 11 | If it makes you laugh , try to discover where the pleasure comes from . |
| 12 | BUT SHE 'S STARTED TAKING THESE NEW TABLETS STILL IF IT MAKES HER FEEL BETTER I DO N'T MIND . |
| 13 | Do not be too quick to blame the puppy if it makes a mess when you are indoors . |
| 14 | My research , if I can call it that , has involved ( over the same period ) a cyclical process of listening to teachers , tidying up what I think I 've heard into some more-or-less coherent story , and then telling it to other teachers to see if it makes sense to them , and captures in an interesting , plausible and fruitful way something significant of their experience . |
| 15 | Remove Goblin casualties with a deliberately contemptuous gesture or casual lack of concern if it makes you feel better . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | As a further carrot , Centre Re might give the firm a ‘ profit share ’ : a bit of its premium back if it makes no claim . |
| 18 | If it makes sense to sell investment products such as annuities and mutual funds ( which banks increasingly do ) , why not insurance ? |
| 19 | And if it makes sense to punish at all , there is some point in trying to punish offenders at least roughly in proportion to the moral gravity of their offences . |
| 20 | Being a sensible person , you will already have studied the standing orders and have resolved to take all your decisions without fear or favour , even if it makes you unpopular . |
| 21 | So even if it makes no particular appeal to you , read I beg you , this chapter . |
| 22 | beauty products , if you want to spend fifty pence or a pound on something and , and you know from your high street chemist or your going to spend seventy pounds on the same sort of cream , that 's up to you if you , if it makes you feel good , go for it . |
| 23 | that 's right , if it makes you feel good inside I think you should go for it . |
| 24 | Pretty much on what the lady 's saying , surely if you get up in the morning and you look in the mirror and you do n't like what you see and you apply some make up and you feel better , or you hate your nose so you have it , you know altered , surely if it makes you feel good then why not ? , if you 've got the money and its not harming any one then go for it . |
| 25 | If it makes you feel better , you can even pay me for the drink . ’ |
| 26 | If it makes you feel any happier , I will tell you that it did not cost me as much as a bouquet of flowers would have done . |
| 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 | In practice — I doubt if it makes much difference . |
| 29 | ‘ I think you know exactly what I mean , but if it makes you happy I 'll spell it out . |
| 30 | But put some ginger ale in it if it makes you feel better . ’ |