Example sentences of "if it make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it made Joan happy , fine . |
| 2 | This fitted in neatly with Spencer 's philosophy of self-help as the driving force of evolution , and Lankester drew the obvious implication from his theory by warning that the human race might degenerate if it made life too easy for itself . |
| 3 | There was no answer to her gibe , and , despite the fact that the fumes in the room told her the substance on her hair was likely to blind her if it made contact , she sat up and risked opening one eye . |
| 4 | ‘ What I always say is , if it made sense , it would n't be alien . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | That was not going to help him at all , even if it made Humber happier . |
| 7 | Well we can start off with the top one hundred companies and allocate them like that if you want , if it makes things easier rather |
| 8 | ‘ If it makes things easier for you I won t come in . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | If it makes sense to sell investment products such as annuities and mutual funds ( which banks increasingly do ) , why not insurance ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If it makes sense to see the period 1660 – 1715 as a coherent whole , what was it that changed with the Hanoverian Succession and the failure of the Jacobite rebellion ? |
| 13 | The bank , Britain 's sixth biggest , will breach its agreement with staff if it makes workers compulsorily redundant , said BIFU . |
| 14 | Similarly : ( 10 ) I only offered her legal advice will , under one natural interpretation , refer to advice on legal matters ; and it will continue to do so even if in some rare case it is given under circumstances that mean it is offered illegally itself , for example if it makes use of secret information stolen from a government which prohibits unauthorized possession or transmission of secret government information ; on the other hand , as a phrase of English , it can perfectly well bear the other interpretation under which it means advice which is itself legal , in the sense that it is legally given , in which case it may concern any subject under the sun . |
| 15 | I can confirm , however , that the company would not have won this order except as a private sector yard which will have to incur the costs if it makes losses . |