Example sentences of "it [vb past] sense " in BNC.
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| 1 | It made sense and she did n't like it . |
| 2 | So there came a point when it made sense to change that particular balance . |
| 3 | The first decision was clearly whether it made sense to concentrate all our resources behind the two core businesses , without foods . |
| 4 | As every flat needs to have these service spaces , and such spaces occupy a fixed minimum area in a flat of any size , it made sense to maximise this internal accommodation in order to utilise fully the broad interior , and this was achieved by making the majority of flats one-bedroom or bedsitter units . |
| 5 | McLeish found himself receiving this with reluctance and wondered why , since it made sense . |
| 6 | Instead of starting with the birth of Jesus and going on to his ministry , death and resurrection , the first disciples began with the resurrection and showed how it made sense of the rest . |
| 7 | ‘ What I always say is , if it made sense , it would n't be alien . ’ |
| 8 | It made sense , in a way . |
| 9 | Smith argued that where a print run — or more likely a reprint — had left hundreds or thousands of unsold copies , it made sense in times of crippling warehouse costs and tight cash flows to unload slow-selling stock . |
| 10 | It made sense . |
| 11 | For the first time in my life it made sense . |
| 12 | It made sense , of course , but to give up direct production of national network features , which I had originated and perfected , was a wrench ; it was like putting out one 's own child for adoption . |
| 13 | Asked whether , in this increasingly environment-conscious world it made sense to use expensive oak or metal caskets , Miss Vincent said . |
| 14 | It made sense , I suppose , to begin with the symphonic poem Genesis , paradoxically the most recent music on the disc , commissioned as a ballet by Janet Collins in 1954 , although not performed in the concert hall until 1969 , on the tenth anniversary of the composer 's death . |
| 15 | During the 18 years they had lived in Sion House in Tunbridge Wells they had grown accustomed to its neo-classical spaciousness , but since two of their four children had married and left home it made sense to move to somewhere smaller . |
| 16 | We may be dealing with an energy currently unknown to science , but it made sense to start by monitoring known energies . |
| 17 | Perhaps when you were in her age bracket , it made sense . |
| 18 | If he was more successful than me , I could say it made sense for me to give up my career . ’ |
| 19 | It made sense . |
| 20 | We talked for many weeks , and gradually he genuinely came to see my point of view and to agree that it made sense . |
| 21 | As a major ‘ consumer ’ of overhauled piston engines for its own fleet , it made sense for the Atlantic Group to extend their activities to engine overhaul . |
| 22 | Nine out of 10 said it made sense to carry condoms ‘ just in case ’ . |
| 23 | Finally , it made sense with the gallery 's affairs already disrupted by the construction , to seize the opportunity to restore the original museum , reinstall the collection , and landscape the surrounding grounds . |
| 24 | It 's growing but it 's not so big a piece of business that we could n't afford to do an acquisition , if it made sense . ’ |
| 25 | He was already out there , virtually his spiritual home according to his team-mates back in Taunton , and it made sense to put him on alert . |
| 26 | For fathers in say , metalworking or joinery , there was no chance at all of their daughters following in their footsteps , but it made sense for them to seize the chance offered by the printing trade . |
| 27 | Evans ' caution , however , is understandable , and until the effectiveness or otherwise of more elaborate organizations could be tested in a variety of settings it made sense to list more modest requirements for supportive bases to innovative and resource-based work . |
| 28 | And when William came back from Germany and a decision had to be made about his education , he argued that it made sense to send him to the state school , the same as Preston . |
| 29 | Perhaps under the circumstances it made sense to remain in the one place . |
| 30 | It made sense to assume that Yuan and Zukov would throw themselves to the right of the line of fire , but he did not wait for them to act . |