Example sentences of "do [adv] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the geographical areas served do obviously make a difference . |
| 2 | There was scarcely a branch of Australian art to which Burke did not make a contribution , through research , criticism , personal contact with artists , and as a member of countless boards , committees and trusts . |
| 3 | And a very unnatural mother I should think myself if I did not make a push to secure it for Gerald ! ’ |
| 4 | Revenues generated from all Unix sales grew about 28% — the same as last year — and although unit sales of mid-range products increased 76% , the company did not make a profit on mid-range Unix products because of increased R&D spending in that area , Bonfield said . |
| 5 | I thought that I had made it clear that we did not make a profit on the war . |
| 6 | ‘ They had talked openly of their respective marital difficulties at Sandringham last Christmas , although the Duchess insists that they did not make a pact by which they would both end their marriages this year . ’ |
| 7 | Maybe , it is argued , the Creator does not control the day-to-day succession of evolutionary events ; maybe he did not frame the tiger and the lamb , maybe he did not make a tree , but he did set up the original machinery of replication and replicator power , the original machinery of DNA and protein that made cumulative selection , and hence all of evolution , possible . |
| 8 | When entrusted with government he did not make a mess of it ; if deprived of his rights he would make a much more serious opponent than the Young King . |
| 9 | Being the prevailing wind did not make a storm less stormy ; having bubonic plague during a Black Death which affected half the world did not make it less painful ; being overindebted at a time when cultural change had made it fashionable neither excused it nor mitigated it . |
| 10 | The agency was forced to reverse its decision under legal pressure from the steel industry , largely because the NAAQSs for suspended particulates did not make a distinction between particulate sizes , even though smaller particles are known to be more harmful . |
| 11 | The Environment Secretary , Michael Heseltine , said that research had shown that many people did not make a connection between environmental problems in general and their own wasteful use of energy at home . |
| 12 | He did not make a fire tonight , nor eat any supper . |
| 13 | He was a strong young man and because the passport was wet , it did not make a sound . |
| 14 | Well I disagree in as much as I have said that I did n't have a shotgun and ignoring that fact then that I did n't have a shotgun she certainly did not make a lunge at me . |
| 15 | ‘ I did not make a fuss about it . |
| 16 | ‘ Two quarters do not make a trend , ’ said a PHLS spokesperson . |
| 17 | Waltz 's criticism of Kaplan to the effect that rules do not make a system invites a hermeneutic retort that nothing else possibly could in the social world . |
| 18 | Two wrongs do not make a profit . |
| 19 | If you do not make a will , your partner has no right to look after your affairs or to inherit anything of yours . |
| 20 | The Intestacy Rules will govern the distribution of your property if you do not make a will . |
| 21 | When you show the results of your labour to a friend or relative they do not make a minute examination of every component . |
| 22 | This makes sense in Japan where ( because of stellar house prices ) most young single professionals still live at home with their parents and have cash to spend , and where people do not make a habit of throwing bricks through car windows and stealing things . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The thing to remember is this : modern tackle , fancy baits and productive waters do not make a carp angler . |
| 25 | I do not make a fuss , I do not rant and splutter . |
| 26 | The the only job which I told Neil I do not expect him to take is working for waste disposal because he did that , this time last year and before he started he was full of big talk about you make a lot of money and you get a lot of tips at Christmas he found that you do not make a lot of money and you do not get generous tips at Christmas |
| 27 | Two wrongs do not make a right , of course , although they must necessarily shift the balance in how we might approach such an inalienable moral precept as the ‘ general belief that right and wrong are , after all , essentially distinct ’ . |
| 28 | Everything else at IBM Corp was rather overshadowed last Tuesday by its announcement of the end of the world as its employees know it — and in effect , the death of the mainframe , but the company did also make a couple of significant product announcements , notably Release 2 of AIX/ESA mainframe Unix Version 2 , built on the Open Software Foundation 's OSF/1 Release 1.1 with additional IBM enhancements to exploit large processor capabilities . |
| 29 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 30 | One night spent together did n't make a relationship out of open warfare . |