Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] not make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Confidence is coming back to Oxford United … three games without defeat does n't make a season but it does build the foundations for the future … tomorrow it 's Leicester City away … no changes to a winning team … the only fresh face is Paul Wanless he takes over from Dave Penney on the bench … form favours Leicester but they were beaten by Stoke last week … and Oxford are on a high … |
| 2 | Two times half a car does not make a car . |
| 3 | If your child has not made a move or defiantly says , ‘ No , I wo n't ’ , repeat the command in a louder voice . |
| 4 | A credible advertising campaign does not maketh a marketing strategy . |
| 5 | ‘ Burra has not made a song and dance about how it has been affected , ’ he said . |
| 6 | If the person has not made a will then the process usually takes a good deal longer which may mean that a whole range of practical issues are held in abeyance whilst the situation is resolved . |
| 7 | Where the landlord has such a right , it is often overlooked in practice , and the landlord does not make a requirement until it is too late . |
| 8 | High Tables does not make a profit on his management of the ingredients budget — it simply charges a management fee for the entire contract . |
| 9 | Overall , however , the railways are likely to be one of the toughest state sell-offs of them all , for BR has not made a profit for 40 years and is widely perceived as demoralised and run-down . |
| 10 | But while Ireland did show up a number of flaws in the English team 's make-up , one game does n't make a tournament . |
| 11 | Your reply : ‘ But one swallow does n't make a summer . ’ |
| 12 | One swallow does n't make a summer , and neither is a snowfall a portent of the next ice age , but for management a snowfall can be exaggerated , flogged and manipulated to appear that an ice age is imminent . |
| 13 | In all the above cases , investment business is undertaken even if the firm does not make a recommendation . |
| 14 | However , the applicable amount does not make a distinction between those eligible for a long-term as opposed to an ordinary rate , nor is there a distinction between a householder and non-householder , although there are additions for special needs . |
| 15 | A threat of proceedings for a pecuniary penalty does not make a payment made thereafter involuntary ; for the payer might have defended the proceedings and relied upon the unlawfulness of the demand : William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King , 101 L.T. 741 and Werrin v. The Commonwealth ( 1938 ) 59 C.L.R. 150 , 158–159 . |
| 16 | In the meantime I 'll make sure that the bull does n't make a nuisance of itself again — and I 'll get the wall re-built . ’ |
| 17 | A lot is made of high and low cholesterol foods , especially in the USA , but cutting back on foods which are high in cholesterol does not make a lot of difference to blood cholesterol concentrations . |
| 18 | If the retailer does n't make a profit , he may go out of business . |
| 19 | ‘ A ceremony in front of a vicar does n't make a marriage . |
| 20 | It warned that : ‘ One wallow does n't make a summer ’ , a reference to the misleading optimism being gleaned by those who kept harking back to Ireland 's great performance in the World Cup . |
| 21 | It 's too bad that endless repetition does not make a thing true , or nuclear power would be the safe , cheap , people-friendly option that Steuart Campbell fondly imagines ( Points of View , today ) . |