Example sentences of "it made [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Perhaps under the circumstances it made sense to remain in the one place .
3 It made sense to leave them where they would be used .
4 If he was going to adopt this strategy , it made sense to do so as soon as possible — before new legislative elections renewed parliament 's mandate and while Algeria was still fresh in people 's memories .
5 Nine out of 10 said it made sense to carry condoms ‘ just in case ’ .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 WITH the Mantes operation committed to specialist and innovative products , it made sense to move the OPP pilot line to France from Bridgwater in the UK .
9 Asked whether , in this increasingly environment-conscious world it made sense to use expensive oak or metal caskets , Miss Vincent said .
10 The first decision was clearly whether it made sense to concentrate all our resources behind the two core businesses , without foods .
11 So there came a point when it made sense to change that particular balance .
12 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 .
13 It made sense to work with companies such as Albright and Wilson , Sterling Organics , Dow Corning , FMC , Procter and Gamble , Kodak and numerous others because they do a high volume of business with C&P , are open to this approach and because ‘ we believe they are tomorrow 's winners , ’ said Anthony .
14 We may be dealing with an energy currently unknown to science , but it made sense to start by monitoring known energies .
15 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 .
16 But it made sense to keep the running titles intact and transfer them as a set to another forme on its way to the press , saving a little of the compositor 's time .
17 Inevitably , as capitalism developed it made sense to introduce more machinery , to move to a division of labour and to a conveyor-belt system of production .
18 Either way it made sense to maintain some degree of detachment .
19 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 .
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