Example sentences of "[not/n't] make [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.

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1 But that support , which the Nobel committee acknowledges , does not make her a guerrilla .
2 But Mrs Gandhi never forgave Khan 's opposition to her scrapping the privy purses , and to his regret she did not make him a minister .
3 It is often said that unfettered insider dealing does not hurt shareholders ; that insiders ' profits are not outsiders ' losses , but rather evidence of a more efficient allocation of resources ; Just because an investor does not make as much money on the sale of his shares as he would otherwise have done , does not make him a victim in the true sense , as nothing has been stolen from him .
4 That did not make him a criminal under section 14 .
5 Because they put 3 passes together 4 years ago does not make them a footballing side and they are only making friends now cos they are an easy touch .
6 Feeling guilty does not make me a better person .
7 Being restricted here does not make me a special case , though .
8 ( I may believe Jesus ' teaching to have been exemplary , or that he was a man singularly in tune with God ; but this , as I would argue , does not make me a Christian . )
9 But again this does not make me a Christian .
10 And by , becoming religious and observing religious , er , practices does not make us a better person .
11 You may enjoy talking but this does not make you a wizard at verbal presentations .
12 Even this thing you say you did — even that does not make you a bad man .
13 ‘ These will not make you a courtier , Roger , but at least you wo n't be a beggar ! ’
14 Personally , I reject the Oxford claim that English Literature begins with Anglo-Saxon , and would not make it a required subject .
15 This may sound impossible , but if there is a distinct possibility that this will eventually be needed , why not make it a goal to begin establishing such a fund now ?
16 Although he was wary of commenting on a specific meeting , Mr Hyde said the company ‘ would not make it a matter of policy to say we have been in contact or received authorisation , if that had n't been the case ’ .
17 Merely exhibiting a sample during the negotiations will not make it a sale by sample unless the parties agree that it is a sale by sample .
18 The condition may be upheld if the plaintiff had previously disclosed his reports or offered to disclose them in exchange for the defendant 's reports ( Clarke v Martlew [ 1973 ] QB 58 ) but even that is in doubt since Megarity v DJ Ryan & Sons Ltd [ 1980 ] 2 All ER 832 in which it was said that the plaintiff can not make it a condition precedent to granting a medical examination that the defendant must produce the ensuing report , since to do so would pre-empt the court 's power to give directions as to expert evidence .
19 Blacks need to realise that affirmative action can not solve their most serious problems , whites need to remember that affirmative action does not make it an advantage to be born black .
20 She mentions Chodorow 's socialization theory of the transfer of concerns with care and responsibility from mothers to daughters , but she does not make it an integral part of her own account .
21 Just do n't make me a geriatric case , Doc . ’
22 ‘ Too bad you could n't make me a mother . ’
23 ‘ It wo n't make me a better player , ’ added Strachan , ‘ but it 's always nice to get a pat on the back . ’
24 But that wo n't make me a freedom fighter , just another fascist !
25 I defended myself when I had to , but that does n't make me a killer .
26 ‘ She said in her letter that she did n't think we could be happy living at Maythorpe House , that she 'd be lonely and probably would n't make me a very good wife .
27 ‘ I 've seen a lot of horse races but that does n't make me a jockey , does it ? ’
28 It made me wary of Throgmorton — but it does n't make me a murderer nine years later . ’
29 But the fact that I 've never been to England before does n't make me a complete bumpkin .
30 ‘ But that does n't make me an anorexic .
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