Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] do [adv] make " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | That so much is dull , bad or unexplained does not make the show uninteresting . |
| 2 | We will have a new procedure called Continuous and Non-Standard Surveys which says that they will follow the basic procedures , except where this does n't make sense , and if it does n't make sense the job will have in it 's Master Job File a statement of how , it does comply with whatever it has to deal with . |
| 3 | However , to say that one bank , or one wind direction , is always better than another does not make much sense . |
| 4 | And , therefore , the argument is of people whose backs are pinned to the wall before they 're questioned as it were , and that does n't make for a sober and calm discussion , especially as there is some doubt , I suspect , in the mind of ministers , but certainly in the mind of many people in the Conservative Party , about whether these great absolutes , this wall against which ministers and departments are nailed , really need exist in quite the form it 's being constructed or whether the whole issue could n't be handled in a rather more sensitive and relaxed way . |
| 5 | And that does n't make it a good single . |
| 6 | They may suggest that you have no confidence in your argument or even that you ca n't make up your mind — and that does not make for much of an argument . |
| 7 | Under present legislation dedicated funds attracted 35-40 per cent income tax , and that did not make sense . |
| 8 | My strap-watch said it was ten minutes off seven and that did n't make me feel any better . |
| 9 | They 'd pinched the coal and that did n't make any difference to me because it were n't my coal , |
| 10 | If that does n't make him sit up and take notice … one of the voices in her head started to say until she firmly clamped down on it . |
| 11 | If that does n't make you feel humble you must naturally be so humble that the hell with you anyway . |
| 12 | Indeed , HARPY , HWIM and HEARSAY-II did not make final decisions about hypotheses until the end of the utterance . |
| 13 | The Neo-Expressionists mostly seem too dour to qualify — and most do not make prints on a sufficiently regular basis . |
| 14 | We well I do , unless that does n't make sense . |
| 15 | ‘ But that does n't make me an anorexic . |
| 16 | He had one bad game for England but that does n't make him a bad player . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ No , but that does n't make any difference . |
| 18 | Having read a lot of books does not make for good rock'n'roll lyrics — you end up with a band like XTC ; you might like them , sure , but that does n't make them rock'n'roll . |
| 19 | I suppose I have but that does n't make my behaviour wrong . |
| 20 | But that does n't make the Horde some mutant version of the unthinking stadium bombast brigade ; they 've too much wit and self-awareness to get caught in those traps of emotional formlessness . |
| 21 | Miners may strike in support of nurses , but that does n't make them fighters for the equality of women or for women as women . |
| 22 | I defended myself when I had to , but that does n't make me a killer . |
| 23 | Of course , they do it all the time but that does n't make it any easier to get used to . |
| 24 | Hell , everybody I know 's done something like that at some time or another but that does n't make them a murderer ; I think McDunn 's crazy but I ca n't tell him that because , if he 's wrong about that and I 'm wrong about it being something to do with those guys who died in the Lake District a few years ago , then there 's only one suspect left and that 's me . |
| 25 | Certainly , both products now have these features but that does n't make them necessarily any more similar . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've seen a lot of horse races but that does n't make me a jockey , does it ? ’ |
| 27 | END 'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN might have been a silly name , stupid haircuts and jump up and down like idiots but that does n't make them irrelevant . |
| 28 | But that does n't make it any less serious or painful . |
| 29 | No one 's fault but my own , not even my fault , in a way , but that does n't make it any easier , does it ? |
| 30 | And it might be traditional but that does n't make it right , bear baiting and dog fighting |