Example sentences of "but it makes the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The former method requires some effort , but it makes the case more realistic when it comes to cross-examination , and it enables the preliminary proceedings , including the interviewing of witnesses and briefing of counsel , to be done by student ‘ solicitors . ’
2 Er so er let's say that the ten percent rate applies , er mind you ten percent is a long way from where we are now , but it makes the figures easy to look at , so er let's say that he 's getting ten percent gross on his return on a building society , he 'd actually get seven and a half percent net , er so on his ten thousand he 's going to earn seven fifty .
3 Of course this is not strictly true , but it makes the explanation simpler , and after all it does n't really make any difference to the cost whether you pay for your bulb or tyre when it fails or at the next service .
4 India 's economic failure is not the cause of the hatred between its religions , but it makes the hatreds worse .
5 This may be a little exaggerated , but it makes the point quite nicely that the commodity position of British trade recovered strikingly well after 1945 — essential imports could readily be paid for by exports plus the American loan remarkably quickly after the war 's end .
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