Example sentences of "[noun sg] do [adv] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Frankly , it 's amazing that Labour did n't make more of the current economic difficulties , ’ he said , expressing vigorous dissatisfaction at the intellectual content of the election campaign . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , the Lerwick side did n't make it past the second round . |
| 3 | The results of this very detailed , long-term study do therefore make a significant contribution to the policy question of the relevance of different treatment approaches as hospitals are replaced by alternative services . |
| 4 | Marc 's bark of disbelief did n't make her pause . |
| 5 | At least my condition did n't make me feel sick . |
| 6 | Despite his amateur pedigree Coltart did n't make it through pre-qualifying to the Qualifying School in Montpelier last year . |
| 7 | The fact that I appeared to be driving the only topless car on the east coast did n't make it any easier . |
| 8 | Being the prevailing wind did not make a storm less stormy ; having bubonic plague during a Black Death which affected half the world did not make it less painful ; being overindebted at a time when cultural change had made it fashionable neither excused it nor mitigated it . |
| 9 | The things which came out in therapy did not make up a complete , finished jigsaw , as I might have imagined . |
| 10 | There may be occasions when it is quite right or entirely understandable that an asylum applicant did not make his claim until he had been here for some time . |
| 11 | However , he said the defendant did not make any admissions and that those two interviews would be assessed along with the four interviews the previous day . |
| 12 | As for the Giggs/Kelly incident at the beginning of the game it looked like a perfectly fair challenge after all it 's not as if Girly Pallyster does n't make contact with the person he 's marking ( and that 's in both senses of the word marking ) . |
| 13 | As for the Giggs/Kelly incident at the beginning of the game it looked like a perfectly fair challenge after all it 's not as if Girly Pallyster does n't make contact with the person he 's marking ( and that 's in both senses of the word marking ) . |
| 14 | Buying a horse with clean x-ray plates a ) avoids buying trouble , and b ) if the horse does not make the grade , and you need to sell , there is less chance of running into problems during the next purchaser 's vetting . ! |
| 15 | Confidence is coming back to Oxford United … three games without defeat does n't make a season but it does build the foundations for the future … tomorrow it 's Leicester City away … no changes to a winning team … the only fresh face is Paul Wanless he takes over from Dave Penney on the bench … form favours Leicester but they were beaten by Stoke last week … and Oxford are on a high … |
| 16 | Two times half a car does not make a car . |
| 17 | Diners Club claims its customers ' average transactions are higher than those of other charge cards , but this is difficult to substantiate as Diners Club does not make figures available . |
| 18 | The Daily Mail does not make any reference to The Fox at all . |
| 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 | Yeah , but eating does n't make any difference anyway does it ? |
| 21 | [ It should be noted that the rule does not make clear that the form incorporates the notice . ] |
| 22 | Richard Morris , Director for the Council for British Archaeology , welcomes the proposals : ‘ In archaeological terms the emphasis on gold and silver does not make sense as archaeologists are just as interested in leather and wood ’ . |
| 23 | However , it is felt that the department does not make full use of its obvious potential . |
| 24 | ‘ The law did sometimes make an ass of itself , ’ said Sir Nicholas Lyell . |
| 25 | Pitting my brain against Mr Kent 's maths test did not make me happy . |
| 26 | Guilt and regret do not make these any easier to come to terms with . |
| 27 | I only wish the box 's artwork did n't make it seem like such a hoot . |
| 28 | The food was excellent and I was not charged much because the cooking was done on quite a large scale — I was not a big eater so my lunch did not make much difference to the running of the place . |
| 29 | Plus , of course , he admitted to himself wryly , the fact that the hours and the work do n't make me the ideal boy-friend , let alone husband . |
| 30 | Corporate management did not make councils more managerial . |