Example sentences of "make [adj] [noun] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would it not make administrative sense if at least part of this site could be reserved specifically for the British Library so that in any future extension , these units could be incorporated ? |
| 2 | It made little difference if a dreadful rash despoiled both little faces . |
| 3 | Similarly , in the case of a plant under threat of closure , a strike would make little sense if the company intended moving the stock and machinery elsewhere . |
| 4 | Corbett sensed he would make little princess if de Craon continued in this vein ; he walked over to where a small , wooden crucifix was nailed to the mast and put his hand on it . |
| 5 | Neither will you ever make old bones if you do n't take more care of yourself . |
| 6 | Make some toast if you want some toast . |
| 7 | Of course you can make appalling howlers if you set out for some reason to portray life in a social area unknown to you . |
| 8 | Not that it would make much difference if Lee got hold of them . |
| 9 | And would it make much difference if the pact only covered a limited number of seats ? |
| 10 | ‘ No , not that it would have made much sense if they had — I 'm not a particular ace when it comes to car engines . ’ |
| 11 | Would it have made any difference if I had ? |
| 12 | But I do n't think we had it or that it would have made any difference if we had . ’ |
| 13 | Explain if it would have made any difference if the garage owner had said he would sell the car for £1,000 although no price was displayed . |
| 14 | King did not jump , not that it would have made any difference if he had . |
| 15 | One of the first rules of house and hall parties had been to scout the building for dark corners that might make useful retiring-places if the evening went well — preference was given to anywhere that had a lock on the inside . |
| 16 | No shortages of cliches , but La Plante showed again that cliches can still make good viewing if handled correctly . |
| 17 | It would make better sense if the money which new contractors raised to sustain their bids were to go , as the Campaign for Quality Television ( CQT ) urges , into programme-making . |
| 18 | However , when teacher appraisal is a firm part of educational reform , it would make better sense if certain aspects of management in initial teacher education could consciously be brought together with the assessment of teacher capacity . |
| 19 | It concerned the plot to overthrow his brother and form a new dictatorship ; but he had discovered another side to the story , a sinister angle that would make international headlines if it were ever made public . |
| 20 | Not content to rest his case on the prudence with which the Holy Spirit had left astronomy out of the Scriptures , he proceeded to show that the miracle of Joshua 's long day made more sense if the text was read from a Copernican standpoint . |
| 21 | Has the Minister considered whether it would make more sense if young men and women from working-class families who leave school at 16 or 17 and are thrown into slave labour schemes where they earn a little over £20 a week , but who want to stay on at school , could stay on and be paid a sum equivalent to what they would get on training schemes ? |
| 22 | It would make more sense if it said Tim ran home . |
| 23 | Nobody could deny Mr Gummer this small triumph , but he might make more friends if he did n't always insist on making such a meal of it . |
| 24 | ROBERT Brooke 's comments in May issue 's Milestones about the ‘ recall ’ of J.W. Hearne for the Oval Test match against South Africa make more sense if it is appreciated that , with the rubber already won , the England side for the Fourth Test at Manchester was an ‘ experimental team ’ . |
| 25 | In Chapter 9 we argued that a private monopolist would make higher profits if it were possible to price-discriminate , charging different prices to customers whose demand curves were effectively distinct . |
| 26 | " Dr Dunstaple , you will hardly make any progress if you continue to abuse Dr McNab in this way . |
| 27 | Leeds will not make any problems if a club wants to rent me , and the price for 10–11 matches in Norway would probably be around GBP 25000 , Frank say . |
| 28 | Would it make any difference if the second extract was rewritten with referring expressions instead of repetition ? |
| 29 | Would it make any difference if Party A fought the election campaign on a manifesto which openly outlined its policies , as opposed to the adoption of these policies after winning the election ? |
| 30 | It would not make any difference if fluid was being poured into the funnel , but if the arrow traced the path of a ball-bearing dropped into the funnel then the baffle plate would speed up the descent of the ball into the tube part of the funnel , In the same way structural changes need to take account of what is to pass through the structure . |