Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] make [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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1 | Most modern anaerobes ( including most yeasts ) are perfectly tolerant of oxygen , although they do not make use of it . |
2 | In 1739 ( and , later , in 1763 ) Acts were passed empowering the justices ‘ to raise and levy such able-bodied men as have not any lawfyl calling or employment … or do not make use of any lawful means for their support and maintenance , to serve as soldiers ’ . |
3 | I desire the reader to remember that I do not make use of the word people for the mere vulgar or mobile , but for the whole community , consisting of clergy , nobility and commons … |
4 | At present , many health workers do not make use of the information that can take up to 60 per cent of their time to record on forms and in registers . |
5 | But it is no use making out an extensive list of the treasures in our inheritance if we do not make use of them . |
6 | Descriptive studies , such as palaeontology , generally do not make use of technological or analytical tools , whereas geochemistry and geophysics require heavy investment in technologies which change rapidly . |
7 | ‘ Do n't make fun of me , Wallace . ’ |
8 | ‘ If they do n't make sense of that lot soon , they 're either going to go under , or at the very least collide with another boat . ’ |
9 | ‘ The trouble is so many do n't make use of that expertise we have within the Government service . ’ |