Example sentences of "not make the [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would the end of the first-past-the-post system , with its unpredictable results , not make the business of politics boring ? |
| 2 | Many less desperate alcoholics tried AA , but did not succeed because they could not make the admission of hopelessness . |
| 3 | Sir Anthony says : ‘ The Department were at fault in failing to appreciate that the instructions given to Spicers to carry out an audit of the partnership 's client accounts would not , at least as regards some important Barlow Clowes portfolios , have enabled any reassurance to be gained on the score of the concern that the partnership could not make the payments of income they had guaranteed without eroding clients ’ capital . |
| 4 | Do not make the mistake of buying makes or models of tackle other than the ones you already have . |
| 5 | While it is important to avoid monosyllabic answers do not make the mistake of rambling on interminably and losing the interviewer 's interest . |
| 6 | The move was strongly criticized by environmental groups , who argued that not compiling the register would not make the problem of soil pollution go away . |
| 7 | The mercantile agent then will not confer good title on X under section 2 of the Factors Act if he does not make the contract of sale with X until after he has returned the goods to their true owner , Beverley Acceptances v. Oakley . |
| 8 | They do not make the sort of sacrifice — the second mortgage , the move to a smaller house , the seven-day weeks , the abandonment of any thought of holidays for years on end -required of those starting up new commercial or , above all , industrial businesses . |
| 9 | A decade has not made the concept of Thatcherism attractive to the British people . |
| 10 | Although they accept that the laws of war apply to the use of these weapons , their conclusion is that ‘ they can be used lawfully if civilians are not made the object of attack and if collateral injury to civilians is not disproportionate to the military advantage being sought ’ ( Builder and Graubard , 1982 , p. viii ) . |