Example sentences of "to make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you put yourself in each prisoner 's place , assuming both to be motivated by rational self-interest and remembering that they can not talk to one another to make a pact , you will see that neither has any choice but to betray the other , thereby condemning both to heavy sentences . |
| 2 | Many people have found it has helped to make a pact with a friend who is also giving up ; or they have asked for sponsorship from their friends , fellow office workers or family ( their support will be invaluable ) . |
| 3 | Thus in 1428 it suited the Hungarians to make a pact with the Turks , who were then fighting the Venetians in Greece . |
| 4 | Erm I think we ought to make a pact not to blame each other if we copy the answers on th kind of thing |
| 5 | ‘ Expect you 'd like to make a day of it , yes ? ’ |
| 6 | It seals up every nick , stimulates the skin to a tingling glow , leaves it looking and feeling very pleasant indeed , Corvette After-Shave may not turn you into a film star , but it certainly helps to make a man worth a second glance ! 3/9 a large bottle . |
| 7 | Then when I told him that it takes a man to make a man , he hit me right across the face . |
| 8 | It is rather a place to make a man forget that there is any necessity for treason ! ’ |
| 9 | Who , an old soldier , was intent ‘ one way or the other ’ to make a man of him . |
| 10 | But he does n't have any suggestions to offer me about how to make a man interested in a future beyond a one-night stand . |
| 11 | The intention of the Old Testament law on usury , for example , was to make a man use his good fortune to help tide his less fortunate neighbour over a bad patch until he could again become self-sufficient . |
| 12 | Even though there is in Layarion 's Brut no expression of " religious belief " or " moral intention " , there can be no doubt that " the writer is a man of a high and generous nature , with a true reverence for whatsoever things are lovely and of good report , and rich in every human quality which goes to make a man and a poet " . |
| 13 | You never want to make a man the centre of your existence . |
| 14 | There were a thousand uses for Herrick 's implants , but most would be used as they had on Haavikko — to make a man vulnerable by making him believe he had done something when he had n't . |
| 15 | You know how to make a man hungry , Maggie Howard , and I am really beginning to believe that you are not aware at all of the consequences . ’ |
| 16 | Yes , yes , well I am too , and that we shall pay the penalty later on if we do n't get with us and I feel that erm , as difficult as the budget is , as tight as it is with reduction etcetera , I feel that we should make a positive funding for prevention or something , or er , because I think unless we do start somewhere , and quickly , we are going to pay the penalty at the end of the and so we 've got to make a date , you 've got to make a year , and if you wait and say and well we have n't got it now , well next year we shall say we have n't got it now , and the next year we 'll say we have n't got it now . |
| 17 | At twenty-two , he was already recognized within the ballet world as the most gifted dance creator of his generation , and George Balanchine commissioned him to make a work for New York City Ballet . |
| 18 | All applicants are required to make a £5 deposit per course . |
| 19 | In the business world it is sensible to enquire if the person you are dealing with does in fact have the authority to make a contract on behalf of his firm . |
| 20 | However , where a person is induced to make a contract by a false statement this may give rise to a civil action brought by the party to whom the statement was addressed for misrepresentation under the Misrepresentation Act 1967 . |
| 21 | Up to the moment that the contract is made , or more accurately is to take effect , the agent retains both his status as a person and whatever rights this entails , including the right to make a contract . |
| 22 | Certain persons lack the legal capacity to make a contract . |
| 23 | That being so , and the items being so basic , their lordships held that the parties had not intended to make a contract but had simply agreed to agree . |
| 24 | All of this in no way affects the ability to make a contract for the sale of future goods . |
| 25 | There was a representation that the accused had actual authority to make a contract with the shop and that the bank would honour the card . |
| 26 | Congressmen are reluctant to make a defence cut that might pain them in their own districts . |
| 27 | Indeed , ‘ the weightiest , and most solemn part ’ of Sprat 's History is ‘ to make a defence of the Royal Society , and this new experimental learning , in respect of the Christian Faith ’ . |
| 28 | The apostle Peter told his friends : always be prepared to make a defence for the hope that is in you . |
| 29 | When enforcement was sought in Germany , the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf , holding itself required to examine the matter for itself under Article 27(2) of the Brussels Convention , held that service had not been effected in sufficient time to allow the defendant to make a defence . |
| 30 | It seemed to her ridiculous at such a time ‘ to ask this man to make a defence . |