Example sentences of "not make [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because they put 3 passes together 4 years ago does not make them a footballing side and they are only making friends now cos they are an easy touch . |
| 2 | Feeling guilty does not make me a better person . |
| 3 | Being restricted here does not make me a special case , though . |
| 4 | And by , becoming religious and observing religious , er , practices does not make us a better person . |
| 5 | Even this thing you say you did — even that does not make you a bad man . |
| 6 | Personally , I reject the Oxford claim that English Literature begins with Anglo-Saxon , and would not make it a required subject . |
| 7 | ‘ It wo n't make me a better player , ’ added Strachan , ‘ but it 's always nice to get a pat on the back . ’ |
| 8 | But the fact that I 've never been to England before does n't make me a complete bumpkin . |
| 9 | Just do n't make me a geriatric case , Doc . ’ |
| 10 | He had one bad game for England but that does n't make him a bad player . ’ |
| 11 | Even so , it does n't make him a bad man . ’ |
| 12 | the chasm is too great though the gulf between God and man is , is far too wide and we try our various planks , our planks of being good , of doing nice things , planks of being religious , of being confirmed , of being baptized , of going to church of perhaps attending church , perhaps even becoming a member of a church , the plank of saying prayers I think you know and God does n't even hear us , the bible tells us , if I regarded iniquity in my heart God does n't hear me , he says I will not hear you , the only prayer that God hears from the sinner is God be merciful to me a sinner and we 've tried that plank and it does n't work , of course it does n't because that 's not what it means to be a Christian , the plank of bible reading , we can read the bible , we can memorise it , it does n't make us a Christian , Jesus said to some of the religious leaders of his days , you search the scriptures for you think that in them you have life , but you will not come to me , and so it 's not being in religious , er being religious or any thing else as we well know , it 's something far , far more fundamental than that , those words that Jesus said to Nicodemus you must be born again , that new birth , that new start , starting all over again , and so what happens , what 's it all about , what is it to , what is it to be a Christian . |
| 13 | Home attendances are just above 14,000 , which does n't make it a viable working venue for Stan Flashman 's considerable ticket broking expertise . |
| 14 | Just because it 's a Number One does n't make it a better record than anything else that 's out that week . |
| 15 | And that does n't make it a good single . |
| 16 | The odd tipple wo n't make it a bad habit ! |
| 17 | To which I would answer , first , that the witness is not before the court and has not been cross-examined on the matter , and secondly that just because something 's a ‘ well-known fact ’ this does n't make it a well-known fact about me . |