Example sentences of "that it makes [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | Is the concept of sensation involved in these sentences such that it makes sense to say that the same sensation is excited by the presence to our organs of numerous objects , or is it such that numerous objects ( and , indeed , the same object at different times ) can not but excite different , though possibly exactly similar sensations ? |
2 | It is only if someone can do , has learnt , is master of , such-and-such , that it makes sense to say he had had this experience . |
3 | I have certainly tried to argue that it makes sense to talk of God inviting trust by withholding the sort of evidence which might admit of certainty that He exists . |
4 | In recent years , it has been argued that the position and powers of the Prime Minister have altered so considerably that it makes sense to talk about the rise of prime ministerial government and the transformation of the Cabinet into yet another " dignified " part of the constitution . |
5 | There is a metaphysics of ontological realism underlying the conception of variable analysis , if only to the extent that it makes sense to talk of indices only if it is assumed that they " stand for " something . |
6 | But if so , the concept of compresence will have to be revised to accommodate temporal distinctions ; briefly , it will have to be interpreted in such a way that it makes sense to speak of qualities occurring in a temporal sequence as part of a particular 's " biography " . |
7 | I am sure that my hon. Friend is right , in that it makes sense to believe that if young people from both sides of the community are taught together in the same classrooms , they will value equally both traditions and will be more likely than some others to find common ground in later life . |
8 | It thus lends support to the materialistic view that it makes sense to think of objects in abstraction from a mind which perceives them . |