Example sentences of "that [pers pn] makes [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | His basic criticism of the system is that it makes little sense on the level of integrity because it makes only superficial sense of human desire and action and , therefore , only poor sense of human happiness . |
2 | And the bleak conclusion is that it makes little difference whether the intruding whites are well- or ill-intentioned : the result , for the Indians , is disease and destruction . |
3 | Meals are part of the holiday social life , and such good value that it makes little difference if you drop out for a day or two to eat locally . |
4 | Meals are part of the holiday social life , and such good value that it makes little difference if you drop out for a day or two to eat locally . |
5 | Not that it makes much difference . ’ |
6 | I mean , not that it makes much difference these days anyway , but yes , you 're right ; it is a bit soon . |
7 | In the hospital , sitting up for the first time in several days , he had watched the doctor anointing an old man who would have made a superb St Jerome : ‘ a thin , long , sinewy brown wrinkled body with such very distinct and expressive joints that it makes one melancholy not to be able to have him for a model . ’ |
8 | In such circumstances he needs all the help that it makes economic sense to provide . |
9 | It is just that the structure of the viral RNA happens to be such that it makes cellular machinery chum out copies of itself . |
10 | Can I ask you about er the medium range surface to air missile because er , you wo n't be surprised to learn , that er the committee 's received a number of submissions on this matter er which suggest that er er t to proceed with Eurofighter two thousand without the medium range surface to air missile er I mean to be put rather bluntly to us , that it makes little sense to proceed with the aircraft without a replacement for blood hound . |
11 | We must ensure that it makes proper progress through the House , receives proper scrutiny and is on the statute book before any rude interruptions . |
12 | It is ironic that IT makes fundamental change both essential and possible , but — to repeat — we need the change anyway . |
13 | In order to recast the problem , however , we need a deeper understanding of the divide between the two approaches , and must enquire why many individualists believe their view to be a decisive refutation of holism , while holists deny that it makes any headway at all . |
14 | Not that it makes any difference . ’ |
15 | ‘ Not that it makes any difference , ’ Trent had agreed . |
16 | ‘ I ca n't see that it makes any difference . |
17 | Not that it makes any difference . |
18 | But Raff speculates that it makes more sense that all cells are suicidal : to survive they have to be constantly reminded by signals from the body that they are loved and cherished . |
19 | In fact the period seems somewhat variable , so that it makes more sense to talk of a 22-year cycle between one sunspot ‘ high ’ and , not the next , but the one after that . |
20 | These relations between finite coordinate distances are generally so inconvenient that it makes more sense to start calculations from the differentials which do transform linearly : . |
21 | It seems that it makes more sense to the majority of people if we tell you how much faster ( or slower ) than a common reference machine the test machine is . |
22 | As an example , property insurance is cheaper than liability insurance , so that it makes more sense , for instance , for a site-owner to insure against the fire risk of a fire caused by an installer , under fire insurance , than it does for the installer to insure against liability for causing the same risk , under a public liability or contractor 's all risks policy . |
23 | It 's not just that he makes more commission by selling you an endowment rather than a repayment mortgage . |