Example sentences of "that it makes " in BNC.

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1 That is quite a lot ; but why be more ambitious and say that it makes the place of mind in Nature more intelligible to us ?
2 Not that it makes much difference . ’
3 That argument has to rest on the principle that it makes other owners of Utterly Dependables feel better if everyone has one !
4 The other is that it makes it easier to encourage prickly China and France to join in .
5 It thus lends support to the materialistic view that it makes sense to think of objects in abstraction from a mind which perceives them .
6 ‘ The meaning of a profession ’ , wrote that great Christian socialist R. H. Tawney , ‘ is that it makes the traitors the exception , not , as they tend to be in industry , the rule . ’
7 But Raff speculates that it makes more sense that all cells are suicidal : to survive they have to be constantly reminded by signals from the body that they are loved and cherished .
8 I am not complaining , only pointing out that it makes a difference to the tone of a campaign .
9 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 .
10 Amber Scott , playing Banning 's daughter , entertains the sighing pirates with a ballad of such sick-making sentiment that it makes Shirley Temple look like Billie Holiday .
11 Amber Scott , playing Banning 's daughter , entertains the sighing pirates with a ballad of such sick-making sentiment that it makes Shirley Temple look like Billie Holiday .
12 It is so perfectly scripted , so beautifully acted , so full of humanity and so stomach-clutchingly funny , that it makes almost every contemporary TV comedy look wan .
13 By inclination I belong to the second category , but I have learned that it makes all the difference to lay a firm foundation at the outset .
14 But I am saying that the phrase ‘ there occur mental processes ’ does not mean the same sort of thing as ‘ there occur physical processes ’ , and , therefore , that it makes no sense to conjoin or disjoin the two .
15 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 .
16 Not that it makes any difference . ’
17 ‘ Not that it makes any difference , ’ Trent had agreed .
18 Rather than enticing your man , its real value may be that it makes you feel sexier and therefore more likely to initiate or respond to his overtures .
19 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 .
20 Frankly , the general tone of your question is so selfish that it makes me a bit dubious about the prospects of your marriage .
21 One important thing about a ‘ bottlenecked ’ life cycle is that it makes possible the equivalent of going back to the drawing board .
22 The vision of Mrs Thatcher raising her arms at the Tory Party Conference and saying she is ‘ proud to be old ’ is so unlikely that it makes us smile .
23 Seeing my disappointment he winked an eye and said , ‘ Well , I must admit that it makes a good story ’ .
24 This can also happen if a pain is very severe and strong such that it makes all the other symptoms pale into insignificance .
25 The only thing that can be said for astrology is that it makes money for those who write and publish horoscopes , despite being wrong on most occasions .
26 The interest of this text is that it makes clear both the availability of a remedy against a third party , and the fact that that party has notice of the existence of the trust ; and it apparently limits the availability of the missio to cases where the buyer does have notice : cases , therefore , in which bad faith is involved .
27 The main advantage is that it makes the junction much simpler .
28 One of the more significant aspects of the panel 's report is that it makes a try at preventing repetitions of the affair .
29 The advantage of thinking about paddle strokes in this way is that it makes it clear which style is the real stroke and which is the copy .
30 But what the tār does n't realize is that it makes a perfect target for a gun , stuck up there with its pale fur as clearly visible against the dark rock as the moon is in the sky at night . ’
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