Example sentences of "could [not/n't] make a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and their Parliamentary advisors took a long hard look at the powers which they held and decided that the 1902 Act as it stood , could not make a viable tramway system , even when grafted onto the existing Corporation system . |
| 2 | Hunt reported on 14th December , 1858 that he had found that the site was just adequate , but he could not make a precise calculation until the accommodation requirements had been considered further by the India Office and the space required by the Foreign Office had been settled . |
| 3 | Although Gaitskell at first stood his ground , it was obvious that , in the face of obstruction from the industry , he could not make a sensible price policy stick , and in July he announced the abandonment of the Clow surcharge . |
| 4 | We could n't make a new book collection there : that would be absurd . |
| 5 | GILLIAN said you could n't make a general remark and then exclude half the human race , because fifty per cent of the time that someone will turn out to be female . |
| 6 | you know sometimes you can just tell he wants you to talk to him , and erm so I er could n't make a proper soup , sorry , but this is |