Example sentences of "[vb -s] good sense " in BNC.
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| 1 | The area does not include Wakefield and Calderdale , but if the police authority has good sense , it will arrange its spending so that the benefit will also be felt outside the immediate area to which the money applies . |
| 2 | Although the mischief in his personality occasionally overrides good sense , he has ‘ wormed ’ his way into our affections and is a much loved member of our family . |
| 3 | It seems good sense for us to take advantage of such bounties of nature in order to conserve the limited resources of their coral reef habitats . |
| 4 | Since it always ends up being drawn back to Europe , a presence that can be swiftly reinforced makes better sense than a withdrawal followed by a panicky rush back when some new danger arises . |
| 5 | In the present climate it is not just a matter of professional duty to stay engaged with the possibility of change : it makes better sense . |
| 6 | It makes better sense in any event to look for more specific and precise terms . |
| 7 | If viewed in this light , the argument makes better sense , although of course it acquires an entirely new complexion . |
| 8 | It makes better sense as a macellum , or market building , several of which are known in the larger towns of Britain , as well as in some Rhine and Danube frontier towns . |
| 9 | It has been identified as the Alauna of the Ravenna list by Rivet and Smith , although Richmond and Crawford earlier assigned this name to Alchester , which in some ways makes better sense , since its neighbours quoted in the list would indicate that it lies on the road from Silchester to the south Midlands ; nevertheless the derivation of the name of the River Alne from Alauna , and hence the name of the town on or near that river , is an attractive argument in favour of Rivet and Smith . |
| 10 | Since a number of key personnel served in more than one section and since the new body had plenary as well as sectional meetings , it makes better sense to speak of a single " Commission " than to use the plural terminology of contemporaries . |
| 11 | Scholes 's proposal to teach the ‘ cultural text ’ as well as the ‘ literary text ’ makes good sense ; but , for the best of motives , he tends to a brisk simplification in his approach . |
| 12 | In these days of restrictions on capital investment it makes good sense to adapt to current and probable future needs when incurring capital expenditure . |
| 13 | European manufacturers invariably make plain tiles alongside their interlocking tiles , and it makes good sense for a manufacturer to be able to offer both types of product . |
| 14 | It therefore makes good sense for us to control for date of birth when looking at the effects of terminal education age . |
| 15 | Considering what is already known about muscle , it makes good sense . |
| 16 | This makes good sense , you will agree . |
| 17 | At that time it makes good sense to separate males from females . |
| 18 | So , on that basis , it makes good sense to start on the bigger warrens . |
| 19 | Provided you meet the requirements , the card makes good sense . |
| 20 | ‘ I say this makes good sense , ’ Sir Archibald put in . |
| 21 | The proposition about the tigers also makes good sense ; that specimens are the last remaining , be they tigers , books , or bottles of port , affects the propriety of their disposal . |
| 22 | Because none of us know when a permanently disabling accident may strike , it makes good sense to protect against the possible effects . |
| 23 | Because there were discontinuities as well as continuities , it makes good sense to say that modern chemistry emerged through a dialectical process in which the enthusiasms of the Paracelsian chemists were tempered by their critics . |
| 24 | This makes good sense . |
| 25 | Skills that he wishes to rehearse with them may be part of the programme of another department also , and it makes good sense to have some consultation and perhaps co-ordination . |
| 26 | This makes good sense , as a headline is largely a device to put part of the message across and lure the reader into reading the rest . |
| 27 | If your report makes good sense and it 's well laid out [ so much the better ] . ’ |
| 28 | And something I have not seen anywhere else , though it makes good sense , is that in these mainly narrow streets , the shops have their signs strung out at right-angles across the way so that you can stand at one end and read their names from there , without having to go down to look at them one by one . |
| 29 | This makes good sense considering that 85% of the Solomon 's 331,000 people live in almost 6,000 villages scattered over more than 100 islands and 60,000 sq . |
| 30 | It makes good sense for housing associations to buy several houses in adjoining streets for ease of monitoring and staff support . |