Example sentences of "not making [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their primary motive was ‘ for the good of the company ’ : that meant creating more efficiency in the productive process , cutting costs , not making unnecessary repairs , and so on , all with an eye on improving the corporate 's profitable position . |
| 2 | If a motorist was not making mental calculations all day long he would be forever banging into objects , people and other vehicles . |
| 3 | The head explained to Mrs Singh that Balbinder was not making much progress and that because of class sizes he would be unlikely to receive the kind of attention he needed . |
| 4 | But I was not making much progress because I did n't have much mathematical background — and anyway , I might not live long enough to finish my Ph.D . |
| 5 | He had been trying a pipe recently , but was not making much progress . |
| 6 | Well , I think some days she 's better than others , but on the whole she 's not making much progress . |
| 7 | He knew that she was not making much headway with finding the nonce , but in fairness neither was he . |
| 8 | But if they are not using the credit facility we are not making much profit out of them either . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm not making much sense , am I ? ’ |
| 10 | They 're not making much difference ? |
| 11 | Not making much difference . |
| 12 | If any strange readings are obtained around either i.c. check the board carefully for dry solder joints ( i.e. joints not making correct contact ) , or solder bridges across adjacent tracks , or hairline cracks in a copper strip . |
| 13 | For the cat , in search of a friendly lap on which to sit , makes a bee-line for this ideal companion , who is not moving around , not waving hands about , not making shrill remarks and , above all , not staring . |
| 14 | Not making that noise |
| 15 | But this is so only if we equate democracy with a simple and unrestrained majoritarianism , and as we have seen , there are good democratic reasons for not making that equation . |
| 16 | The Minister should be dealing with that , not making cheap jibes about innocent telephone lines . |
| 17 | and the peace initiative would be dead , and that 's what we should be talking about not making cheap debating |
| 18 | I am not making pedantic points when I refer to all those complexities and difficulties which are now beginning to bite in a way that I find worrying . |
| 19 | Do not attempt to punish yourself for not making adequate progress . |
| 20 | There is nothing superficial in comparing works of different times and cultures , so long as one is not making glib suggestions of direct linkages between them . |
| 21 | As well as not making top grade in IT industry , France seems to have fallen short of ambitions in using the technology . |
| 22 | I just keep it spinning until it gets to a point where it 's not making more power and then shift gears . |
| 23 | She said , ‘ I 'm not making any plans . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not making any conditions , I 've already changed my will , but I 'd like you to do one thing for me . |
| 25 | This would explain why Kopyion was not making any efforts to control the anarchy let loose across Nicaea . |
| 26 | I remember the shock of realising that the two groups were not making any contact — the word DRAMA meant entirely different things to each side . |
| 27 | We can do it , and if you do , I do n't know , say five calls a day , let us say because I 'm not making any rules , erm , if you could six calls day , without any doubt it would increase your sales by twenty percent , it 'd be good that . |
| 28 | If the message sounds almost-evangelical in its tone , Simon Emerson is not making any apologies . |
| 29 | In the meantime , he is not making any records of his own , which seems a shame . |
| 30 | It 's feeding quite well , but the strange thing is it 's not making any progress . ’ |