Example sentences of "it [modal v] [not/n't] make [noun] " 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 | But it should n't make people scared of touching each other . |
| 3 | ’ But it ca n't make life any easier for you at the moment . ’ |
| 4 | It ca n't make matters worse , anyway . |
| 5 | If that were the case , it would n't make sense to ask who , or what , caused or created the big bang . |
| 6 | Yeah , but would n't that make it possible to take that out , and then it would n't make sense , 'cos it would say , as I missed the train which went in an hour 's time if you put another comma , 'cos if you , if you put two commas you could n't take it out . |
| 7 | In addition , from a purely practical point of view it would not make sense for judgment creditors to be afforded preferential treatment in insolvencies . |
| 8 | It would not make sense . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | [ 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If we look only at the surface of this transaction , it wo n't make sense to us . |
| 14 | It wo n't make things . |
| 15 | It wo n't make Christmas any less awful if we do n't have one ’ |
| 16 | But the Disablement Services Centre in Bristol , says it wo n't make Percy the artificial legs he needs , because they 're worried he may fall over . |
| 17 | A business can not plan without making forecasts , and it can not make forecasts without having some kind of plan to act as a framework for forecasters to use . |
| 18 | It can ask things of politicians but it can not make demands of them . |