Example sentences of "[verb] not make a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teller went to extreme lengths to rescue Part I , but in the words of Robert Oppenheimer , ‘ The programme we had in 1949 was a tortured thing that did not make a great deal of technical sense . |
| 2 | He did not make a great impact beyond his own office . |
| 3 | ‘ I did not make a great job of that , did I ? ’ he asked . |
| 4 | In practice it probably did not make a great deal of difference to either party whether or not leases existed , unless or until a serious dispute between them arose . |
| 5 | ‘ He did not make a strong impression , ’ says Tony Rex . |
| 6 | As things work out in FI , contracts to that effect or not — and Reutemann was to have his troubles with Alan Jones on that score later — the Number One position in any team is pragmatically judged on results , and though Niki did not make a brilliant start to the 1977 season , he did re-establish his hegemony within the Ferrari team by the South African Grand Prix . |
| 7 | The FIA court of appeal did not make a final decision in Paris on Thursday after a three-hour hearing to consider Mansell 's evidence . |
| 8 | He did not make a settled return to London until 20 October . |
| 9 | ‘ None of them were unwilling participants and my client did not make a handsome profit . ’ |
| 10 | Its influence was slow to make itself felt , and it did not make a clean sweep of Western monasticism until the ninth century . |
| 11 | Mr Skokov has rarely spoken in public ( in his three years in parliament , he did not make a single speech ) , yet he has been one of Russia 's most influential politicians . |
| 12 | The police were called to resolve the dispute , and although Mr Levy did not make a formal complaint he contacted Arsenal Football Club to inform them of the incident . |
| 13 | Although it appears that you did not make a large sum of money out of your dealing — at least as far as external appearances are concerned — I have to take a serious view of it . ’ |
| 14 | This is quite possible since MI5 did not make a detectable or a sustained effort to keep a watchful eye on Ivanov 's movements . |
| 15 | Most patients did not make a full renal recovery . |
| 16 | The Ashby Report did not make a dramatic impact upon the Eastern District , but it was important nonetheless . |
| 17 | Deng did not make a public appearance at the congress itself , but attended the first plenum of the new central committee held on Oct. 19 . |
| 18 | We did not make a direct trip for we took the train to London , then I made my first underground journey to Finsbury Park , the most northerly point on the tube at that time . |
| 19 | June Sheppard did not make a direct correlation between waste vills and regular plans on the basis of the limited evidence available . |
| 20 | Even professional studs do not make a regular practice of covering mares that are under four years old . |
| 21 | Two genuine half-wits do not make a genuine wit and two specialists do not make a generalist ; but two tools may do a better job than one multi-purpose tool . |
| 22 | But fears are now being voiced that these new safeguards do not make a complete ‘ package ’ and that the failure of one to work properly might have a ‘ domino effect ’ on the efficacy of others . |
| 23 | But two weak airlines do not make a strong one . |
| 24 | The hypothesis about the importance of making connections between different strategies will be extended to the learning of mathematics , and also to the teaching of children whose intelligence is normal but who have specific difficulties with reading and with mathematics , the hypothesis being that these children fail because they do not make a strong enough connection between different strategies . |
| 25 | The children do not make a direct transition from structured signs into English written grammar ; in fact , they rely on structures in ASL they already know , and this forms the basis of their task solution of writing down English from sign users . |
| 26 | control rims As the rear diff ratio is hard to alter and the different diff ratios do not make a large difference , your only option is an overdrive |
| 27 | I did n't make a systematic study but I occasionally followed up clues if I came across references in books and catalogues . |
| 28 | I suppose I did n't make a good impression on her . |
| 29 | So it did n't make a great deal of difference really , you know , you you 'd still got er some jurisdiction over them even though they were the foreman like . |
| 30 | It did n't make a great occasion for me , though I think the backstage tension did contribute something to the success of the production . |