Example sentences of "he [vb mod] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | But since it is quite unfair that the intention of the deceased should be deceived by a freedman , he ought to make over to the testator 's sons the hundred left to him , as in a similar case our late Emperor Marcus also made this ruling . |
| 2 | The great warrior Arjuna has battlefield doubts whether he may make war on his own kin , and his mentor Krishna tells him victory and defeat are the same , and he must fight without desire . |
| 3 | He may make me feel desolate , make my spirits sink , hide my future from me … still … |
| 4 | He may make an excellent shoemaker , but can never make a good poet . |
| 5 | If it is true that no man knows what may befall him , nor how he may make himself safe against all future evils , is it not therefore the wisest course to make no provision , but to live in the present experience only ? |
| 6 | Each student can make up a package of tests to go for ; he may repeat those that he fails , without the social disaster of being kept down a year ; and he may make up a mix of practical and theoretical according to a plan worked out with his class teacher , and bearing in mind what he aims to do next . |
| 7 | The chief executive or clerk of the authority will for the purpose of avoiding disqualification under this provision usually prepare the form in readiness so that as soon as the councillor is elected he may make the declaration as required . |
| 8 | Thus in a self-contract he may make a contract such as ‘ if at the end of the week I have gone without a drink , or lost x lbs in weight , I can buy myself … ’ . |
| 9 | In his poetry , Wordsworth uses the language of faith years before his ‘ prose mind ’ can accept Christian doctrine ; this is why his ‘ conversion ’ is impossible to date , and why there is so much divergence between the poetic and prose statements he may make at any stage in his progress . |
| 10 | A worker may be required to live in tied accommodation as a condition of employment or he may make his own decision to do so . |
| 11 | These accusations may be wholly untrue but they will be made to an extent not paralleled by criticism of any judgment he may make from the bench of the regular courts . |
| 12 | The private householder having work done to his own property is not required to make deductions from any payments he may make to subcontractors . |
| 13 | It 's partly because I 'm so lonely , it 's partly deliberate ( I want to make him relax , both for his own good and so that one day he may make a mistake ) , so it 's part weakness , and part cunning , and part charity . |
| 14 | ‘ He may make life unpleasant for the rest of us , but he wo n't smash the magic cup before he 's drunk from it good and deep . |
| 15 | If you are negotiating with a salesman with a view to acquiring computer software , he may make statements regarding the software and its performance . |
| 16 | Where a party can not protect his position by a payment into court , he may make the other party a written offer filing a copy with the court , but not to be brought to the attention of the court until costs fall to be decided ( Ord 12 , r 10 ) and similarly , where contribution arises a party may make a written offer to contribute ( Ord 12 , r 7 ) . |
| 17 | Lord Denning MR said : Every member of the community is entitled to carry on any trade or business he chooses and in such manner as he thinks most desirable in his own interests , so long as he does nothing unlawful : with the consequence that any contract which interferes with the free exercise of his trade or business , by restricting him in the work he may do for others , or the arrangements which he may make with others , is a contract in restraint of trade . |
| 18 | McHale hinted that he may make as many as four changes for the trip , but was not revealing anything last night . |
| 19 | If an inexperienced pilot finds himself in a situation where a field landing seems necessary , he should make the decision to choose a field and plan the landing properly , while there is height and time to spare . |
| 20 | He should make it known within the company that this is one of his priorities , that the whole board supports it and that a percentage of the profits should be devoted to it . |
| 21 | He should make a Vice Presidency within five , the Presidency within ten . |
| 22 | He wondered if he should make introductions . |
| 23 | He had explained about Ari , vehemently disagreed with Zambia 's suggestion he should make himself known to the girl , and tortured himself out loud with conjectures about how Roirbak and Leila might , at this very moment , be destroying Ari 's abilities beneath their feet . |
| 24 | He should make short work of his rivals in Ayr 's opener ( 2.0 ) . |
| 25 | And he should make it plain that Parliament will yield no further on the right of the British people to make their own laws , issue their own currency , set their own taxes and elect their own Government , free of foreign domination . |
| 26 | This means that , having discussed the problems with you , he should make you aware of the consequences of a continuing failure to live up to expectations and give you an opportunity to demonstrate an improvement . |
| 27 | In addition he has a duty to consider whether , in the public interest , he should make a report on any matter arising out of , or in connection with the accounts , in order that the matter should be considered by the council or brought to public attention . |
| 28 | I ask whether with the above words he has entrusted to Pamphilus that after his death he should make over a hundred to the sons of the deceased . |
| 29 | He replied that on the facts as stated it did not appear , at least so far as the testator 's words were concerned , that it was entrusted to Pamphilus that he should make over a hundred . |
| 30 | The following had been written : ‘ I entrust to my sons that if one should die before the other leaving no children he should make over his share to his surviving brother ; but if both die childless I wish the whole estate to pass to my granddaughter Claudia . ’ |