Example sentences of "it makes [det] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 However , if one turns to the report 's tables , based on a growth in energy demand of between 1 and 2 per cent a year , it makes little difference whether gas or coal is the main fuel used to produce electricity .
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 " I do n't think it makes much difference where we do a bit of scratching , " he said .
6 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 .
7 well what I 'd like I think I 'd like people to do is go away and read this and see if it makes any sense when you 've actually sat and studied it .
8 TI says it has switched to a 0.7-micron process from 0.8 , and will be analysing product from every angle before it makes any declarations as to what it 's really getting .
9 It is not clear whether it makes any difference if those words are omitted .
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