Example sentences of "you [vb mod] not make a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GILLIAN said you could n't make a general remark and then exclude half the human race , because fifty per cent of the time that someone will turn out to be female . |
| 2 | If you ca n't make a straightforward decision you 'd be wise to put things off and wait until certain issues settle themselves . |
| 3 | The first point is that you ca n't make a meaningful choice of subjects without adequate information . |
| 4 | ‘ You would n't make a bad pioneer if you had a bit more time for practice . |
| 5 | You would n't make a special cake as a present with long out-of-date flour and stale eggs so do n't think that any old ingredients will do for making a pressed flower picture . |
| 6 | It will do you no good to try and keep away from the hub of activity and hope that by making no impression you will not make a bad impression . |
| 7 | In other words , you wo n't make a separate section . |
| 8 | Without such a juxtaposition , you can not make a rational assessment of twentieth century design . |
| 9 | There is another rule , equally old and equally well-established — that you can not make a mere witness a party in order to get discovery from him ’ . |
| 10 | In this respect , living systems differ from non-living ones : you can not make a visible change in the form or behaviour of a wave in the sea by moving one molecule , or even a million molecules . |
| 11 | Or perhaps you 've found that you can not make a square turn to the right like those you find so easy to the left . |