Example sentences of "but it make [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he said er ten pound were n't it , but it made four joints , yeah |
| 2 | But it created a new kind of assignment , which was a legal assignment in the sense that the assignee might sue directly in his own name without making the assignor a party ; but it made certain special requirements : |
| 3 | But it made awful mess . |
| 4 | So when Fleischmann and Pons announced test-tube fusion as a source of energy — which was the ‘ angle ’ that the media took up and portrayed it as a clean source — the news that they apparently saw tritium as a fusion product was lost on most media , but it made many scientists concerned and others excited . |
| 5 | It may have rained for hours , but it made little difference to the River Lambourn . |
| 6 | The first meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers was held on 2 January 1818 with eight founder members present , but it made slow progress until in 1820 Telford , who never joined the Smeatonians , agreed to become the first president . |
| 7 | He could n't play it at the time , but it made some really great noises . |
| 8 | This might be slightly bending the letter of the law in that the prospectus should be a single document but it makes good economic sense . |
| 9 | The ability of modern technology to cope with the problem of soil erosion is summarised thus : ‘ Growing populations may in part have destroyed more land than they improved , but it makes little sense to project past trends into the future , since we know more and more about methods of land preservation and are able by means of modern methods , to reclaim much land , which our ancestors have made sterile . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It 's just a simple two minute job , ’ Dan told me , ‘ but it makes all the difference . ’ |
| 11 | This need not be a problem , especially as each will have a different approach to the same material , but it makes obvious sense on many counts if the teachers are each prepared for this by consultation . ) |
| 12 | Clearly there may well be more than an element of exaggeration in this insistence , but it makes more sense if we accept their view that a great many features of literature that might not normally be recognized , at least at first sight , as terms of a comparison , nonetheless have a metaphorical or analogical function . |
| 13 | Not only does this clarify the nature of the authorities competent to issue and execute letters rogatory but it makes mandatory as between parties to the Protocol the use of Central Authorities both for the outward transmission and inward receipt of letters rogatory ; that there is an obligation to designate a Central Authority , a matter not wholly clear in the text of the Convention , is specifically provided in Article 2 of the Protocol . |
| 14 | But it makes commercial sense for them to respond to pressure . |
| 15 | Its tone is playful and frivolous but it makes some valid criticisms . |
| 16 | Derbyshire not only employs some pretty odd people , but it makes some rather odd choices . |