Example sentences of "he [modal v] make the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 Thorpe J. found that W. had sufficient understanding to make an informed decision but held that he had jurisdiction to authorise medical treatment without W. 's consent , and he concluded that in view of the medical evidence he should make the order sought .
4 He must make the switch from half-baked seducer to ruthless interrogator as brutally as possible .
5 But he says he 'll make the trip to Sarejevo whatever happens .
6 If output requirements vary , he 'll make the manning system flexible enough to cover peaks .
7 It 's a hundred and twenty miles — say up to three hours in that little crate — and he could make the night train down , arriving home in the early morning and , with luck , not being recognized by anybody on the trip or at the station , and not disturbing the family . ’
8 If he could make the shelter of the trees he thought there might be a chance of watching the high road from the wood 's far side .
9 Buster felt that he could make the vehicle — which was a very dismal thing to look at — a real sort of Bonny and Clyde affair .
10 He could make the rest of us , adults and kids , seem rather frivolous .
11 Bodie raced up the stairs to Doyle 's apartment , and rang the buzzer furiously , stabbing the button as if he could make the door open by doing so .
12 If he could make the Prophet fire and miss once more , the gun would be empty … always assuming the man had acquired no further ammunition .
13 He just turned it up and he could make the thing do anything he liked : make toast or take the dog for a walk , answer the door … he could do anything with it . ’
14 And he did all he could to make the food bad , except what he ate himself .
15 On that basis it was confirmed that he would make the donation .
16 And he had been left to conduct this hearing on his own , secure that he would make the decision both Hotspur and she needed .
17 A 68 put Ballesteros safely through to the last two days but a distressed Olazabal , despite a 69 , faced an anxious wait to see if he would make the cut .
18 Having answered his own question of whether he would make the cut , he proved himself capable of denying the one that he was a one-major wonder .
19 My hon. Friend was kind enough to tell me in answer to a question on the third problem , asking him whether he would make the east-west A427 a trunk road , that it came under the county council 's responsibility for bypasses .
20 Numerous times before that period when GM got involved , he did n't know how he would make the payroll next week , much less next month .
21 And , in a few weeks when he sees how business is going , he will make the decision as to whether to confirm you in the part or to recast . ’
22 For at the age of 49 he can make the noise of five different kinds of lorry changing gear on a hill .
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