Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] do [adv] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Listen to that Amy , that Jerry plane that crashed in the park did n't make as much bloody row as 'im . ’ |
| 2 | The the variety does n't make the point , that it is the Chancellor er , who er , the Lord Chancellor , I should say , who who appoints magistrates , but it is n't , that make the point , which I think , is very important , is how do the names get to the Lord Chancellor 's office . |
| 3 | If the retailer does n't make a profit , he may go out of business . |
| 4 | If the person that 's got the sack does n't make the claim but the other person claims then it does n't affect them either . |
| 5 | This , as we have seen , explains the impossibility of the infinitive in * To snow would be pleasant as against its possible use in I want it to snow : if the generalized person of the infinitive of weather verbs is not specified as referring to the only support with which the notion denoted by these verbs is conceivable , namely it , then one feels a possible reference to any of the ordinal persons which can be referred to by the infinitive 's generalized person ( " you " , " me " , etc. ) , and so the sentence does not make sense . |
| 6 | What the case does not make clear is how ISS made its profit , although it seems that Philips retained some control over the prices charged by ISS ( see point 14 of the judgement ) . |
| 7 | This unflinching march to the brink does not make it inevitable that war will begin the moment the deadline expires . |
| 8 | However , it is felt that the department does not make full use of its obvious potential . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | [ It should be noted that the rule does not make clear that the form incorporates the notice . ] |
| 11 | 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 . ! |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The passage does not make conspicuous use of logical and referential links between sentences : for example , there are no cross-referring demonstratives or linking adverbials , and few third-person pronouns 38 ) . |
| 14 | The law does n't make it that easy , quite apart from making you prove her infidelity ( she may deny it ) . |
| 15 | ‘ The law did sometimes make an ass of itself , ’ said Sir Nicholas Lyell . |
| 16 | ‘ The Act does not make it criminal to use offensive or disgusting behaviour whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned . |
| 17 | Although the Act does not make reference to the current climate of opinion about sexual explicitness , juries in obscenity trials are enjoined to keep in mind the current standards of ordinary decent people . |
| 18 | The sermon did indeed make me feel superior : ‘ I know what the preacher means by ‘ the concept of the body in Romans 12 ’ . |
| 19 | Paul Walton , of James Capel , complained that the Chancellor did not make big enough increases in spending in the right areas . |
| 20 | The teacher does not make the mistake of finding a game that has all the stereotype trappings of horror and mystery . |
| 21 | Where broad discretionary powers have been conferred upon public authorities the courts take it upon themselves to review the exercise of those powers to ensure that the body does not make decisions which are so unreasonable that no reasonable body could have come to such a decision ; to ensure that the decision-makers are not biased and that decisions are not made mala fide or for any improper purpose . |
| 22 | Getting Nails into the team did not make him any nicer . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , the facts do n't automatically combine to produce the truth , and the truth does n't make it easier to understand . |
| 24 | I emphasise ‘ encourage ’ because the leadership did not make it compulsory . |
| 25 | The draftsman did not make the crimes formerly contained in those statutes consistent or create a hierarchy of offences . |
| 26 | Where the landlord has such a right , it is often overlooked in practice , and the landlord does not make a requirement until it is too late . |
| 27 | To take you , a married woman and mother , away from your child when you have grieved so sorely for the other does not make sense . |
| 28 | The publicity did not make it clear what was actually happening . |
| 29 | But the smile did n't make him look more attractive , it made him look more dangerous . |
| 30 | She already knew what she was going to see , but the knowledge did n't make it any less unpleasant . |