Example sentences of "it makes [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It makes law depend on distinct social conventions it designates as legal conventions ; in particular on conventions about which institutions should have power to make law and how . |
| 2 | If the narrative of the drama continues from one day to the next , it makes sense to do at least some drama in the classroom most days . |
| 3 | Of course , it makes sense to negotiate from strength . |
| 4 | And if it makes sense to punish at all , there is some point in trying to punish offenders at least roughly in proportion to the moral gravity of their offences . |
| 5 | It makes sense to account in terms of money when inflation is low . |
| 6 | Predators such as cats can handle only one duck at a time , so if you are a duck it makes sense to sleep in flocks . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The only time it makes sense to talk of a distinctive Country party in Parliament , in the sense of a genuine coalition of dissident Whigs and Tories who were united in their opposition to the government , is for the years 1691 – 5 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | From the time it is first offered to you , it makes sense to plan for the day when your job may end . |
| 12 | If there 's a choice , then , it makes sense to mate with the largest available individual . |
| 13 | She says it makes sense to go to France . |
| 14 | Now that the definition of " own resources " has officially changed , it makes sense to focus upon the principle of equity from the outset . |
| 15 | To the extent to which it makes sense to speak of interactions between whole nations at all , we suggest that the two superpowers and their allies may indeed be playing something like the paranoids ' hypergame . |
| 16 | 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 " . |
| 17 | In fact the terms ‘ form ’ and ‘ content ’ ceased to be operative and were replaced ( in so far as it makes sense to speak of replacement ) by the distinction between ‘ material ’ and ‘ device ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ It makes sense to look beyond the limited circle which chairmen and their boards normally have in mind . ’ |
| 19 | As the bath is the largest piece of furniture in the room , it makes sense to think about this first . |
| 20 | It thus lends support to the materialistic view that it makes sense to think of objects in abstraction from a mind which perceives them . |
| 21 | But if , as is proposed , the core is to start to be taught from the primary schools , upwards , then it makes sense to introduce at the same time graded tests in each of the compulsory subjects , English , mathematics , modern languages , and science ( the music examinations could hold their present place as optional ) . |
| 22 | ‘ All the same , it makes sense to come to some kind of agreement about this . |
| 23 | When you come to think of it though it 's s to me it makes sense to start at the top where we have done and work your way down does n't it ? |
| 24 | In the case of a preference , it makes payments made within the six months preceding the bankruptcy recoverable if they were made by the debtor under the influence of a desire to better the creditor ( see Re Ledingham-Smith [ 1992 ] Vol 5 Insolvency Intelligence 65 ) . |
| 25 | It makes Lulu wan na shout ! |
| 26 | Scandinavia is so expensive that it makes Switzerland feel like Andorra , and so dark in mid winter that many of the slopes are floodlit to avoid disappointment . |
| 27 | The trouble with fitness is that it leads to mistakes about evolution because it makes people think in terms of qualitative terms . |
| 28 | The trouble with talking about yourself the way Stuart is doing is that it makes people jump to conclusions . |
| 29 | ‘ It makes Belfast look like a dump , ’ she added . |