Example sentences of "if [pers pn] makes [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | My orders , and so you may tell Araminta if she makes any objection . |
2 | But if it makes easy sense when we learn that after the ground clearing achieved in the early publications Joyce sets to work on an enormous new fictional venture , guesses about new preoccupations and the leaving behind of old collapse in face of the reality of Ulysses , for in it we read , among a thousand turnings and an wanderings , of a single day , the sixteenth of June nineteen hundred and four , in Dublin , and how two characters , separately and together , live out that day among the welter of their acquaintance , their needs and deeds and thoughts , their places of refuge and of risk , and if one of these two , Leopold Bloom , is new , the other is Stephen Daedalus , and Dublin is everywhere in the novel , almost to the point where everywhere is Dublin . |
3 | In practice — I doubt if it makes much difference . |
4 | As a final point about the root definition , it is sometimes useful to express it as a statement to see if it makes reasonable sense , and to double-check that all the CATWOE factors have been considered . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Although not all doctors would agree that restless legs are attributable to caffeine , anyone suffering this condition should try avoiding caffeine for a while to see if it makes any difference . |
7 | I do n't know if it makes any difference , but it was n't planned . |
8 | I think if it makes any difference to you we 've got a thingy whirring away there . |
9 | If he makes any mistake no harsh remark is made , but quietly he is asked to go through again and point out such-and-such a sheep or goat which has been purposely hidden . |