Example sentences of "it [modal v] make sense " in BNC.
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| 1 | In exceptional cases , though , such as those in which dishonesty is alleged , it may make sense to press the point strongly . |
| 2 | It may make sense to take professional advice on the wording of an appropriate letter . |
| 3 | It may make sense to be tested if you are or intend to become pregnant , as about 13% of babies born to HIV positive mothers are themselves infected . |
| 4 | Normally , clients will want to support strong seasonal sales , but if , as sometimes happens , market seasonality has been created by promotional activity , it may make sense to try to even out the cycle by advertising in the low season . |
| 5 | Suppose the same sort of bargain will have to be concluded quite often , then it may make sense to devise a framework , or ‘ governance structure ’ or protocol , to facilitate it . |
| 6 | Within an organisation , depending upon these variables , it may make sense to have different organisational structures . |
| 7 | Thus , for example , it may make sense to have an integrated commuter rail service and inner-city subway , and to subsidize it to prevent people driving through congested streets ; but only a local government embracing both the suburbs and the inner city is likely to get close to the efficient policy . |
| 8 | Despite difficulties in interpreting arousal as a unitary physiological concept , it may make sense as a psychological one . |
| 9 | I think the other possibility to take Stella 's point is that if there is a change that 's come up because of an audit , where a particular job has been audited and you know that within the next week or so another similar job is being audited , it may make sense to refer it 'til the next meeting , providing you 're not deferring it for a long period of time , to compar the results of the two jobs . |
| 10 | In practice if you are back checking files and such like , if you find something that is current word which should comply and you find something that has n't been appropriately signed or whatever , if it 's easy to get it done yes do it yes , if it 's not easy to get it done erm , it may be , you 've got to use your judgement because I do n't want you to go into a lot of work , but it may make sense to make a final note we are aware that this was n't done correctly this person has been reminded , or |
| 11 | Jesus did it ( Luke 4 : 28–30 ) so it must make sense ! |
| 12 | My hon. Friend is correct — it must make sense to have pay bargaining as near as possible to the point and location of work so as to make the labour market work as efficiently as possible and to reward people as fairly as possible . |
| 13 | It must make sense of events as they happen and in their immediate aftermath . |
| 14 | It might make sense to the financial director faced with a demand which far outweighs supply ; after all , this recycling of other houses ' wines is perfectly legal , but it is at the same time deliberately hoodwinking the public . |
| 15 | So it might make sense to pay off part of her mortgage . |
| 16 | It might make sense to argue that no bona fide university could exist which did not also conduct research . |
| 17 | Sometimes , too , it might make sense to turn most of a ground or basement floor into an open-plan kitchen/living/family room/study . |
| 18 | Perhaps this link has n't occurred to you , and perhaps when you consider it , it 'll make sense to you . |
| 19 | But if I run through the addresses I think it 'll make sense because everybody will recognize where they are . |
| 20 | Clearly , it could make sense to seal many sites and leave them until better treatments have been developed . |
| 21 | It would make sense , at some stage , to equalise the tax treatment of earned and ‘ unearned ’ income ; but then the perpetuation of distinct national insurance would look very silly indeed . |
| 22 | In the eyes of both , it would make sense not to have him roaming the country generating huge gatherings with a politically futile , and possibly violently anarchic , outcome . |
| 23 | Before analysing the role of the A&R department in both record and music publishing companies , it would make sense to look at the other areas which create a fully operational major record company : manufacturing and distribution , recording studios , marketing and promotion , sales , professional advisers , and the international division . |
| 24 | I love shops anyway , so it would make sense to stock products that do n't damage the environment . ’ |
| 25 | On the other hand it would make sense for nature to endow us with greater sexuality at a time when we are most likely to become pregnant . |
| 26 | While profitability remains the key factor in the use of expensive floor space , it would make sense to display the products which older people are likely to buy on the ground floor . |
| 27 | Obviously it would make sense to remove or reduce ( as far as possible ) the provocations ( antecedents ) that lead to bickering , fighting or other forms of dispute . |
| 28 | It would make sense that the conditions that the invader encounters initially , which include a luxuriant supply of nutrients , should be changed as rapidly as possible . |
| 29 | Even without statutory warrant , it would make sense for privilege to attach to whatever a Member does as an incident of discharging his functions as a Member in relation to the proceedings of the House itself ( as opposed to in his external role as a political figure , or in relation to constituents , members of the public and non-parliamentary bodies ) . |
| 30 | Seeing there are three of you , it would make sense if I made a fourth and helped to leg . ’ |