Example sentences of "[vb base] not make a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Even professional studs do not make a regular practice of covering mares that are under four years old . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | But two weak airlines do not make a strong one . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 |
8 | They do n't make a joint do they , for you , you , you , you and you ? |
9 | As Jim Russell at Wild Turkey tells you in a southern drawl : ‘ If you do n't make a good product to start with , a charcoal barrel ai n't gon na help . ’ |
10 | An' it do n't make a flippin' bit o' difference if you 're Chinese . ’ |
11 | Some camera systems do n't make a clean cut when you do this : the picture rolls or breaks up in some way . |
12 | Therefore , keeping the client happy ought to be easy , but it can be a hard job if you do n't make a conscious effort . |
13 | If you do n't make a neat joint , you can fit a strip of hardwood cove moulding into the corner to provide a better finish . |
14 | Because they do n't make a bad noise . |
15 | We do n't make a big public fuss but he answers our questions , and we answer his . |
16 | In happy marriages the partners do n't make a big deal of minor irritations . |
17 | ‘ Listen , Aengus , do n't make a big thing out of it . |
18 | Do n't make a big thing of it . |
19 | But they have not made a single bid at Britain 's top yearling sale this week . |
20 | and which newspapers you think , even if you have n't made a final decision |
21 | Electric immersion heater , er , ah , oh of course we had an Ideal boiler under there and it , that 's what heated this kitchen actually an Ideal boiler and it heated the water in the winter and also heated the , and in the summer we let that out and had an immersion heater , well being in the electrical trade we had an immersion heater all the time and if we wanted to top up from the boiler we used to just put the immersion heater on for a erm week or so and get hot water and then let it go off in the winter time , you know , but er we have n't made a great deal of alteration to this place really , we 've put a new front door on fairly recently , that was one of the things that er was very ugly , they , the back of the front of the doors to look at , ooh they were ugly doors |
22 | Crying into your Lanson when you have n't made a million simply has n't got the same ring . |