Example sentences of "can not make a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is another rule , equally old and equally well-established — that you can not make a mere witness a party in order to get discovery from him ’ . |
| 2 | A similar effect of , on the one hand , challenging the reader to take up an alert and interpretative role , and , on the other , gratuitously creating an amorphous but strong atmosphere peculiar to the fabliau through the text , is achieved by extensive use of the homonyms vit and con , and com-/con- as a common suffix in the Romance languages : ( I can not make a long tale : in this castle there was a count and with him the countess , his wife , who was a very beautiful and worthy woman ; and there were [ or she had ] more than thirty knights . |
| 3 | In this respect , living systems differ from non-living ones : you can not make a visible change in the form or behaviour of a wave in the sea by moving one molecule , or even a million molecules . |
| 4 | In direct criticism of Wolfenden , he argues that one can not make a simple distinction between public and private morality . |
| 5 | This issue was followed up in qualitative interviews with a panel of young people , for while we can not make a simple equation between aloneness and the experience of social and psychological difficulty , young people do seem to need to interact with friends in resolving some of their conflicts . |
| 6 | STALEMATE : when a king is not in check and when his side can not make a legal move , the position is called a stalemate and the game is a draw . |
| 7 | Without such a juxtaposition , you can not make a rational assessment of twentieth century design . |
| 8 | Consequently , the court can not make a prohibited steps order , or a specific issue order , to achieve a residence order . |
| 9 | He accepts that he can not make a categorical statement about innocence or guilt , but he feels that his constituent has not been given a fair hearing . |
| 10 | An unsuccessful applicant for an order under s34 can not make a further application within six months unless the court grants leave ( s91(17) ) . |
| 11 | Or perhaps you 've found that you can not make a square turn to the right like those you find so easy to the left . |
| 12 | New staff recruited locally who are not trained in the company 's methods can not make a full and effective contribution to the running of the business straight away . |
| 13 | If a local authority decides that a residence order in favour of a relative may be appropriate after initiating care proceedings it can not make a formal application for a residence order but it can recommend that the court follow this course . |
| 14 | Those for whom one Basque swallow can not make a British summer may be more impressed by the record of the plywood factories owned and operated by their employees and located on the west coast of the USA . |