Example sentences of "[not/n't] make [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this height , if you do not make efficient use of any lift you find , you will be down . |
| 2 | The ‘ new ’ auditor/adviser can not make professional enquiry in such circumstances as there is no one to contact . |
| 3 | ‘ And did it not make good sense to tell Rober' what is going on ? ’ |
| 4 | But this principle does not constrain the courts to invent an ambiguity or to construe an ambiguity in a way which does not make good sense . |
| 5 | It did not make pleasant listening and most of it was unrepeatable . |
| 6 | The purchaser of a life assurance contract does not make one payment at the beginning of the contract but pays a premium in instalments over a number of years . |
| 7 | The UK Library Association Code of professional conduct ( 1983 ) does not make separate mention of young people but provides the important principle that ‘ Members ’ primary duty when acting in the capacity of librarian is to their clients ' ( para.2d ) . |
| 8 | Julian 's solution does not make rational sense , but it does reverberate emotionally with an important dimension of the Christian religion of love , which sometimes gets lost in the more cerebral doctrinal formulations of the faith . |
| 9 | But although her explanation made logical sense — it did not make emotional sense . |
| 10 | The report 's recommendations are in line with the Industry 's argument that it does not make economic sense to close Britain 's nuclear power plants early and that it is far cheaper to run the stations than to close them . |
| 11 | Zero risk does not make economic sense . |
| 12 | When overseas selling operations are only small scale and it would not make economic sense to carry out such operations oneself . |
| 13 | Much of what I have said here is relevant to the second methodological phase ( classification ) , but it should also be noted that we do not make prior classification of social levels of language in the way that many other urban dialectologists do . |
| 14 | Conversely , indigenous politicians , who do not make explicit reference to the individual actor as having multiple points of view , may nevertheless in practice make considerable use of those multiple points of view that are implicit in the existence of different political factions . |
| 15 | Furthermore , while the Constitution guarantees freedom of expression and freedom of the media , it does not make explicit provision for free and equal access to the media for all citizens — an equally desirable objective . |
| 16 | Furthermore , while the Constitution guarantees freedom of expression and freedom of the media , it does not make explicit provision for free and equal access to the media for all citizens — an equally desirable objective . |
| 17 | Local authorities , however , faced with the need to make the most effective use of school buildings and staff , did not make parental choice the paramount consideration . |
| 18 | Similarly head the right-hand column ‘ reasons against ’ , and write down all the reasons as to why you should not make that choice . |
| 19 | She would not make that mistake again . |
| 20 | He would not make that mistake . |
| 21 | Carefoot ( 1977 ) , considering the feeding habits of the Pacific V. lamellosa predating mussels , Mytilus edulis , or acorn barnacles , Balanus glandula , in the laboratory , did not make that mistake . |
| 22 | ‘ I do not make that distinction , ’ said Zeinab . |
| 23 | Simply because a variable can be constructed that has a good correlation with experimental results does not make that variable per se a causal entity . |
| 24 | I do not make that presumption . |
| 25 | Other services — like the police and fire brigade — do not make administrative sense in smaller areas . |
| 26 | Would it not make administrative sense if at least part of this site could be reserved specifically for the British Library so that in any future extension , these units could be incorporated ? |
| 27 | Because I had not done much mathematics at school or at Oxford , I found general relativity very difficult at first and did not make much progress . |
| 28 | His friend does not make much response , and much of the time his eyes are closed . |
| 29 | However , to say that one bank , or one wind direction , is always better than another does not make much sense . |
| 30 | Of course , they may not accept the beliefs , attitudes , or intentions that are expressed ; one can always object to what somebody else says , but it does not make much sense to do this unless one understands its meaning . |