Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] make sense of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way he was led to discover that the old laws could not make sense of these situations . |
| 2 | His lips moved , and some noises came out but I could n't make sense of them . |
| 3 | He said something and I could n't make sense of it |
| 4 | But I ca n't make sense of it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Ca n't answer a question like that , ’ said Joe , ‘ ca n't make sense of it . ’ |
| 6 | The management can be a rejecting object and may well be confusing and inconsistent , so much so that workers can not make sense of them and their demands . |
| 7 | The child can not make sense of the world without pattern , without events that repeat . |
| 8 | This is important , because it is sometimes given as an objection to attitude theories that they can not make sense of subordinate ethical clauses . |
| 9 | The sceptical argument therefore claims that you can not make sense of the idea of a subject of experience other than yourself . |
| 10 | I can not make sense of that rhyme . |
| 11 | If the Z88 can not make sense of the string or the day/date is impossible , a " Bad syntax " error will be reported . |
| 12 | His successor , Yuri Andropov , who died after only 15 months in office , initiated a national debate on reform , though still in guarded terms ( today 's undergraduate students who have become accustomed to Gorbachev 's candour can hardly make sense of an Andropov speech — yet at the time his pronouncements seemed rich in fresh insights ) . |