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 . |