Example sentences of "would [not/n't] make " in BNC.

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1 She would not make that mistake again .
2 But that would not make for easy writing , still less reading .
3 Personally , I reject the Oxford claim that English Literature begins with Anglo-Saxon , and would not make it a required subject .
4 He also said that the Prince and Princess of Wales would not make a planned visit to China in November ‘ so long as those responsible for the atrocities over the past weekend remain in control of the Chinese government ’ .
5 One suspects he would not make it were Islam a majority religion in Britain .
6 His personal religious feelings would not make him doubt Ramsey , for he owed something in his private religion to that tradition of the Oxford Movement which Ramsey represented .
7 Men , of course , would not make friends with a single mother for the reason that men do not make friends .
8 He does not , however , make the powerful point which had some currency at the time , that even were there universally accepted beliefs which were innate , this would not make them true , and so something we knew .
9 Of course there was nothing to guarantee that the soup you were canning would measure up to the quality or taste of Mother 's , nor that other soup canners would not make the same sales appeal .
10 He would not make this mistake again .
11 An Observer sale would not make much of a dent but it would staunch losses Lonrho may no longer want to suffer .
12 But I would not make this a necessary condition when designing a border , since to do so would be to deny oneself the pleasure of many first-rate foliage plants .
13 Keir Hardie joined Labour because the Liberals would not make him , a miner , a parliamentary candidate .
14 The creation of such an inspectorate said Andrews Lees of FoE , would not make the proposed European Environment Agency redundant .
15 For the diminutive Andy — people often wonder how he hauls around the pro bags that stand as high as him — the triumphs he has shared with Nick Faldo are something of a fulfilment of his own ambition of winning the titles himself : he started as a tournament professional with dreams of a major championship before realizing he would not make the grade as a pro , and so took up the bag instead of the club .
16 As had been realised already in the model experiments , a rotor ship would not make full use of a wind blowing directly from astern .
17 When Harold Wilson succeeded Hugh Gaitskell as party leader in 1963 , he swore he would not make Gaitskell 's mistake of surrounding himself with elite coteries of policy advisers .
18 I think his experience of farming was somewhat limited because of the time he had spent in the Army , and that would not make things easy for Grandma Hauxwell because she had to take on more responsibility around the farm .
19 But still — within the house , in open view , Meg might have murdered Rubberneck — they would not make a move .
20 He would not make his judgement blind ,
21 Although he was wary of commenting on a specific meeting , Mr Hyde said the company ‘ would not make it a matter of policy to say we have been in contact or received authorisation , if that had n't been the case ’ .
22 In the late 1980s developers knew that they would not make a decent return on their investment on a pay and play basis .
23 Failure to bring about the defection would mean certain imprisonment , possibly death , for if he did not bring matters to a successful conclusion , Manville and his colleagues would not make the slightest attempt to help him .
24 Unless he had changed a lot he would not make a good impression .
25 I would not make an offer if I was told a player was not for sale .
26 She seemed worried that Prince Charles would not make the wedding in time .
27 The decision was reportedly taken after it became clear that the French Disneyland would not make its expected profit this year .
28 ALTHOUGH John Kirwan might be in a honeymoon mood at the moment after the whole All Black team turned up at his recent marriage in Italy ( see pages 54 and 65 ) , his good humour is unlikely to last too long if the NZRFU meeting on December 12 and 13th decides to take action against him over his public announcement that he would not make himself available for the All Blacks if Auckland coach John Hart is not Grizz Wyllie 's successor as national coach .
29 He hoped she had made up her mind to talk and would not make him lose valuable time persuading her .
30 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 ?
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