Example sentences of "not [adv] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted runners in his pack , so Neath — Waldron 's club , as his antagonists accusingly pointed out — came into vogue even though the evidence was swiftly adduced that outstanding club players do not necessarily make adequate internationals . |
| 2 | But not enough to make old Deirdre suspicious . |
| 3 | The pressure might help but not enough to make commercial fusion , not at the level to create measurable heat . |
| 4 | Many countries of the world could not only make better use of wastes , but increase agricultural production of the crops of which surplus produce could best be used to manufacture fuels . |
| 5 | He reckoned that Biblical Christianity not only made more sense than any other religion or philosophy , but also it was the only one that had the power to produce real holiness of life in genuine believers . |
| 6 | But financial liberalisation and the greater integration of the world economy have not only made current-account deficits easier to sustain ; they have also made trade flows less useful as an indicator of national competitiveness . |
| 7 | She not only made Black Women in Britain professional artists , but also suggested , by our active support for our creativity , that any Black woman could be an artist . |
| 8 | Reducing emissions not only makes good sense environmentally , it can also yield cost savings . |
| 9 | the English working class … can never do anything decisive here in England until it separates its policy with regard to Ireland in the most definite way from the policy of the ruling class , until it not only makes common cause with the Irish , but actually takes the initiative in dissolving the Union established in 1801 , and replacing it by a federal relationship . |
| 10 | But the function of art history today is not only to make such identifications , but also to relate an individual work humanistically to other works of the same school , period and culture , while remaining sensitive to its salient aesthetic qualities . |
| 11 | This not merely makes direct comparison difficult , but it may also mean that such comparisons would be of questionable value given that they would not relate to the actual situation in which traditional and non-traditional students are competing for places , and in which their work and achievement can be meaningfully compared . |
| 12 | Decorative art does not usually make such demands . |
| 13 | However , many claim that they are typical of others , while a case-study does not usually make this claim . |
| 14 | But whatever criteria we use , we can not conceivably make valid judgements unless we spell out what we are attempting to achieve and try to measure whether we have achieved it or not . |
| 15 | Great dogs do not always make great studs , but Dux sired thirty-six champions , a record for the breed to date in the USA . |
| 16 | The NI has a raw edge and a unique perspective that may not always make comfortable reading . |
| 17 | It is regrettable , Elisabeth observed to herself as she climbed through the dunes , that clever men do not always make consoling company . |
| 18 | Furthermore , most voters do not really make electoral choices . |
| 19 | In any case , the phobia had been around for so long that one extra week would not really make any difference . |
| 20 | The kind of unqualified quantification illustrated by such examples , he might argue , does not really make clear sense . |
| 21 | One was that people were not really making much progress toward showing that supergravity was finite or that it could explain the kinds of particles that we observe . |
| 22 | because at that meeting you can imagine that twenty people gathering then you end up not really making any decisions , far too many people , there was a lot discussed and aired and it concerns expressed and it was a case , and I 'm going from recollection here , it was really a case of let's go away and think about it and calm down and look at it rationally |
| 23 | Quite simply , not only do we and they not share common objectives , but we do not even make similar appraisals of world events , as the President of France demonstrated at the time of the coup in Moscow , when he seemed willing to negotiate with the coup 's leaders . |
| 24 | Ranged with his mother , his sisters , he was cowed ; he felt , not just some months ' Tommaso 's junior , but a child again , like his little brother Franco , also quiet and busy with his food , as if he had not yet made that transition from the mother 's arms to the father 's side that should duly occur at thirteen . |
| 25 | Central TV have not yet made any approach to Villa owner Doug Ellis — but if Ellis wo n't play ball , then Newbon may try his luck with other Midlands giants like Coventry or Nottingham Forest . |
| 26 | Shaking her head over Tracey 's capacity for self-absorption , Loretta reflected that she had not yet made any progress in her attempt to track down Melanie Gandell 's relatives . |
| 27 | After more than two years of investigation , police have not yet made any arrests in their effort to solve the March 1990 robbery of thirteen paintings from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston . |
| 28 | If extremely directed efforts by conventional organic chemistry can not yet make this molecule , its spontaneous formation out of chaos stretches credulity . |
| 29 | This did not however make sufficient difference for the system to be feasible . |
| 30 | But when examined closely , this book ( cited by Tolstoy as one of his sources ) does not actually make any mention of a massacre at Bleiburg in the immediate aftermath of the Croat surrender on 15 May 1945 . |