Example sentences of "it [vb mod] not make " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Mr Bond was vague on details , because the rules of the race are that once a boat has started , it may not make contact except with officials until the event is over . |
| 2 | In practical terms it may not make much difference to consumers when they do that . ’ |
| 3 | It may not make you very popular with the queue behind you in the post office , but if it helps you that does not matter . |
| 4 | It may not make them popular , but it will usually make them right . |
| 5 | On the other hand , successful communication must work within the framework of the receiver 's existing knowledge ; it must not make too many demands . |
| 6 | Indeed , as Paul Du Noyer noted in NME , it might not make a sausage of difference to your diet but it 's guaranteed to leave a feeling of guilt in your head as you tuck into that rump steak . |
| 7 | But , even if the All Blacks are subconsciously tempted to relegate the Irish to an after-thought , it might not make a bit of difference . |
| 8 | The head of the Bonn Chancellery , Rudolf Seiters , said the West German government had made it clear that it could not make any concessions regarding its embassies in other countries and that no East German would be turned away from any West German mission abroad . |
| 9 | The Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society this month withdrew its cheap share-dealing service , which it could not make profitable . |
| 10 | It would not challenge capitalism , so it tried to support it ; but it could not make its policy acceptable to the trade unions on whom it depended . |
| 11 | If coal was just another industry or a medium-sized company in the private sector whose product was not as much in demand as previously , or had been superseded by another product that it could not make or compete with it , that industry or company would slim down or might even close altogether — with the same tragic effect on families and communities as has been seen in the coal industry . |
| 12 | Even if a band that I liked did this , I 'm sure that it would not make me gay ( And even if the power of rock introduced you to the delights of homosexuality , who cares , eh ? |
| 13 | If the Court of Session could make an order of the same nature , it was better to resort to its jurisdiction ; if it would not make such an order , the English court would hesitate the more before seeking to make an order to be effective in Scotland . |
| 14 | In addition , from a purely practical point of view it would not make sense for judgment creditors to be afforded preferential treatment in insolvencies . |
| 15 | A scissors-and-paste job on the existing curriculum — which removed masculinist language , substituted female examples and models , deleted stereotypes or debasing images — would provide a superficially ‘ non-sexist ’ transmission process , but it would not make many inroads into the valuation of , or boundaries around , such knowledge areas at present designated ‘ home economics ’ or ‘ applied maths ’ , or , indeed , have any direct effect on the hidden curriculum . |
| 16 | It would not make sense . |
| 17 | If a person were to announce to a policeman that he was about to go to the house of his sworn enemy and beat the living daylights out of him , it would not make sense if the law were that the policeman had to follow the suspect to the locus in quo and only then arrest him . |
| 18 | It would not make any difference if fluid was being poured into the funnel , but if the arrow traced the path of a ball-bearing dropped into the funnel then the baffle plate would speed up the descent of the ball into the tube part of the funnel , In the same way structural changes need to take account of what is to pass through the structure . |
| 19 | At Procedure Roll a defender may , very occasionally , succeed in persuading a Court that the pursuer 's case is so hopeless that it is not worth allowing evidence to be heard because even if that evidence was heard , it would not make out a case which would entitle the pursuer to succeed . |
| 20 | On other occasions , work is very ‘ peaky ’ and it would not make sense to employ our own staff because they would n't be occupied full-time . |
| 21 | I have meandered round all sorts of fairly obscure topics , just about pleasing the Chair by remaining in order , knowing that whatever I said it would not make the slightest difference to the outcome of the private Bill . |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman says that that is what he is advocating , and says that we should reintroduce it now for those who face a shortfall in fees , but it would not make up the shortfall , because it would be part of the reasonable rate of fees . |
| 23 | The Washington Post of Sept. 21 reported the move had also been prompted by Brazil 's recent announcement that it would not make a US$1,600 million payment due to foreign creditors . |
| 24 | [ 6 ] If we wished to test a new theory about Napoleon 's allergy to snuff , say , it would not make sense to examine look-alikes of Napoleon 's clothing . |
| 25 | So agriculture will have to play a role in that and therefore we want to increase agricultural output and in order to do that you want to protect the middle and rich peasants who are the most efficient producers , or I E managerial farms if , if they are more efficient , you want to , if you want it would not make sense to take land away from rich peasants in order to give to poor peasants when rich peasants might be more efficient producers . |
| 26 | When overseas selling operations are only small scale and it would not make economic sense to carry out such operations oneself . |
| 27 | Insurer pledges it will not make a drama out of a crisis |
| 28 | I suspect it will not make the impact of Capra 's work . |
| 29 | The ASB is due to consider acquisition accounting later this year , but Mr Garner says that what it is currently proposing ‘ will not be a problem for us because it will not make any difference to the end product , just the presentation ’ . |
| 30 | And I 'm afraid there is no way you can you , if you try and force the caf to be more a sort of caf that people who come to the cinema will patronize then it will not make a profit in my view . |