Example sentences of "makes any sense " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an official statement put out yesterday , Sangster said cryptically : ‘ It is a sad decision , but it no longer makes any sense keeping the place and having to stay in the local pub when we visit . ’ |
| 2 | None of this makes any sense because one of Blake 's fellow prisoners in D block of Wormwood Scrubs was the Russian spy Gordon Lonsdale ( whose real name was Konon Molody ) , a key figure in the Portland spy ring who , ironically , had also been exposed by the defector Goleniewski . |
| 3 | None of them fit together , none of them makes any sense . |
| 4 | It is impossible to imagine that there is any purpose to life that makes any sense at all other than that life is to be enjoyed . |
| 5 | It 's easy to be deceived into thinking none of it makes any sense but it does make sense : a strange , twisted , whimsical , surreal kind of sense . |
| 6 | This seems the only explanation of this verse that makes any sense . |
| 7 | ‘ It barely makes any sense , ’ Estabrook said . |
| 8 | The view was expressed that with technological progress unskilled jobs were disappearing and the idea that full employment is possible no longer makes any sense . |
| 9 | Whether the stance of ‘ being ’ makes any sense in the natural sciences is an interesting question , but it is worth noting that some physicists talk of a phenomenological or holistic approach . |
| 10 | Nothing else makes any sense . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | That seems to be a face-saving exercise rather than one that makes any sense in administrative or traffic terms — as the hon. Member for Cardiff , North ( Mr. Jones ) said . |
| 13 | Well , I do n't actually know if he 's proud of my work , but he 's certainly proud of me as a person if that makes any sense . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It 's the only explanation that makes any sense . |