Example sentences of "[vb -s] not make [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That lack of sensitivity has not made her especially popular in the locker room , but she has nevertheless gained enough respect to be selected to the board of the Women 's Tennis Association over many years , and she currently serves as its President . |
| 2 | ICI , in sixth place last time , has fallen to 12th : still heavily dependent on commodity chemicals , ICI 's restructuring has not made it as immune to the industry 's boom-bust cycles as it had hoped . |
| 3 | ‘ It — has n't made me very popular in some quarters . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Then I do hope your devotion to duty has n't made you late for some pressing engagement , ’ he added suavely . |
| 5 | I do have a question and , and it has n't made , that has n't made it particularly clear as to where we are , you hinted that , and I think that was also seconded here that there might now be a post of some kind to carry on for instance the thing that I 'm particularly worried about is that there 's a sort of hiatus in the heartbeat awards , which I think would be a tragedy if that happened , and I want to be absolutely sure that that is , is n't so . |
| 6 | And could be that other Blake-Dax goodies are on the way — though this one has n't made it out of rumoursville at present . |
| 7 | Esperanto has n't made it anywhere yet . |
| 8 | It is also wrong to say that ‘ Esperanto has n't made it anywhere yet ’ . |
| 9 | Citroen makes some fine cars , but it tends not to make them very well . |
| 10 | ‘ Just because they are small does not make them less precious . |
| 11 | That there is a certain amount of confusion and inconsistency in the arguments does not make them less to be feared . |
| 12 | But however effective these arguments may be in political debate , that does not make them necessarily adequate as theoretical explanations of racism . |
| 13 | These emerged as the movement represented by the Enlightenment itself became more self-critical and less brashly confident in its own rationalism ; but that does not make them any the less significant or challenging for theology . |
| 14 | Its frequency however does not make it right . |
| 15 | But that does not make it right to encourage disaster in search of diversion . |
| 16 | ‘ But it does not make it right . |
| 17 | Vehemently , she added , ‘ But that does not make it right ! |
| 18 | The mere fact that people are convinced that freedom , for example , is a good thing , even that God desires it for us , does not make it more than wishful thinking . |
| 19 | But to say that it is hard does not make it less desirable , neither does it mean that governments should abandon the attempt . |
| 20 | This does not make it any the less disturbing and below we will discuss contemporary styles of delinquency in greater detail . |
| 21 | However , it has been said that advice which is intended to have persuasive effect is not distinguishable from inducement and ‘ the fact that an inducement to break a contract is couched as an irresistible embargo rather than in terms of seduction does not make it any the less an inducement . ’ |
| 22 | On the other hand , the fact that a threat is couched in polite and regretful language does not make it any less a threat , and there is little value in the distinction which has been suggested between a warning and a threat . |
| 23 | Whilst the issue of ‘ crimes of the powerful ’ , to use Pearce 's ( 1976 ) evocative phrase , is now often portrayed as a left-wing cliche , this does not make it any the less a problem . |
| 24 | Still thinking that my drink was spiked in Kansas does n't make me very trusting . |
| 25 | ‘ It does n't make him less efficient , ’ I said . |
| 26 | Sorry , I run a health spa in Scotland and I see an awful lot of women who obviously come in for some slight improvement but quite frankly it is the stress factor that shows in the face that does n't make them quite so beautiful because their personalities comes across for when their stressed it shows in their face and I notice when they leave only after a few days the stress has gone and their personality shines through and their far more beautiful . |
| 27 | Certainly , both products now have these features but that does n't make them necessarily any more similar . |
| 28 | It does n't make them more adventurous but when they do climb you can see them looking for footholds . |
| 29 | and it comes in late we 're , we , it does n't it ins it does n't make us very sympathetic but you know if , if , if , if people know who you are and , you know , you know they know you 've ha they 've had a conversation with you then it , it makes it easier |
| 30 | It does n't make us so that satan has no power over us , so that we never sin again . |