Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] makes [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't know if it makes any difference , but it was n't planned .
2 Part of the problem with encouraging girls to take ‘ useful ’ subjects is that we do not know whether it makes any difference to the kinds of jobs they eventually do ; and whether , indeed , these jobs would still be highly rated if women did them .
3 I do n't know whether it makes any difference for the price you will get in the land , for the land , from a tenant , if you restrict his rights to use it .
4 In order to recast the problem , however , we need a deeper understanding of the divide between the two approaches , and must enquire why many individualists believe their view to be a decisive refutation of holism , while holists deny that it makes any headway at all .
5 We must ensure that it makes proper progress through the House , receives proper scrutiny and is on the statute book before any rude interruptions .
6 What happens when he makes another hole ?
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 ‘ I ca n't see that it makes any difference .
10 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 .
11 But it 's not only Trodd and other producers who believe that what makes good work in a collaborative art is the challenge of having to justify decisions to your colleagues , and having colleagues who are not afraid to make those challenges .
12 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 .
13 In practice — I doubt if it makes much difference .
14 You must prod him with coloured pencils , or tell him he must be joking when he makes heavy weather of something that another author does neatly .
15 I think if it makes any difference to you we 've got a thingy whirring away there .
16 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 .
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