Example sentences of "[vb mod] judge " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Madam , I confess myself deeply grieved that you should judge one an enemy who has ever served you and yours faithfully and to the utmost of his ability , ’ he said sorrowfully — and the prince , watching the scene with avid interest , expected to see tears well from his eyes .
2 In the 1924 election manifesto , the Labour party explained that it was by the international record of the Government , rather than by any direct schemes of job creation , that the electorate should judge its efforts to solve the problem of unemployment .
3 ‘ They should judge him purely on his ability as a player and what they are actually saying is that their man-management techniques are n't up to scratch .
4 This is an example of why you should judge catalogues — and nurseries — by the candour , honesty and fullness of the information they provide .
5 Fertility conditions play a part then , and as hard pruning provokes the greater growth response , we should judge to ease back a little on poor , dry soils compared with more fertile conditions .
6 But more information is not necessarily more instructive , or we should judge textbooks by their size .
7 In general , where the patient 's welfare is the crucial issue the patient should judge .
8 The Gascons demanded that such issues , which gravely threatened the liberty and hereditary rights of both Edward I and themselves , be settled by those they called ‘ common judges ’ or wardens ( esgardiatores ) who should judge the case according to marcher law .
9 Suffice it to say that , after referring to the ‘ extraordinary , and perhaps unique , jurisdiction of the Visitors to the Inns of Court , ’ he found that the judges possessed a residual jurisdiction by which , in an exceptional case , they might remit a matter to an Inn and direct it to reconsider , with the Inns ' Council and the Bar Council , what ought to be the criteria by which they should judge the question before it determined the application afresh .
10 ‘ No very bold villain at the best of times , I should judge , and greatly in awe of the Gospel verdict today .
11 Both English civil and criminal evidential statutes contain provisions concerned with how the court should judge the weight , or probative value , of the evidence .
12 So John came up and we said er we were wondering who could judge th Christmas card competition and he was saying oh I do n't know , and then th the P T A chairman came up erm we said oh perhaps you should judge the Christmas card competition erm and she said well Melissa is judging it and we said Pardon !
13 Well , but what 's the standard by which they should judge their comments .
14 We are saying it is the best we can do and we must judge how it is operating . ’
15 WHEN a court is determining whether a natural mother is unreasonable in withholding consent to her child 's adoption , for the purposes of section 16 of the Adoption Act 1976 , the court must judge the mother 's reasonableness objectively , but must not simply substitute its own views for that of the mother .
16 A revelation from God is bound to be true , ‘ but whether it be a divine revelation , or no , reason must judge ’ .
17 Ah well : posterity must judge .
18 The local historian must judge quite separately any need for the large ( and expensive ) Latin Dictionary by Charton Lewis ( Oxford 1879/1980 ) .
19 In specific terms it is our professional duty to stand back and , acknowledging that the resources to acquire everything are not available , to provide a service that is balanced and unbiased and tries to meet the demands of a clientele that itself must judge what is good and proper .
20 In the final analysis , it is the two Houses of the Westminster Parliament which must judge whether or not this criterion is met .
21 ‘ One must judge men not by their opinions but by what their opinions have made of them . ’
22 It is against this that we must judge Jesus 's teaching on economic matters .
23 The reader must judge from this account , written by someone who approached his subject with no preconceived ideas either way .
24 There is no single criterion by which a scientist must judge the merit or promise of a paradigm , and further , proponents of competing programmes will subscribe to different sets of standards and will even view the world in different ways and describe it in a different language .
25 It seems to me that I must judge the present claim in nuisance by reference to the present character of the neighbourhood pursuant to the planning permission for use of the dockyard as a commercial port .
26 We must be able to judge nearer the time — Parliament must judge nearer the time — whether a single currency is in the interests of Britain .
27 We must judge the second world war differently , but let us make sure that we do not repeat the mistakes that so many politicians thoughout Europe made over the past 100 years .
28 She must judge , too ; he thought she would trust him and let him have his way .
29 It is basically a question of ‘ balance ’ , in that the salesperson must judge the individual circumstances and ‘ tailor ’ the demonstration accordingly .
30 What I find very frightening is the campaign by Sir Thomas Hetherington in particular who erm as reported in the newspapers has said that there are er a handful , 3 or 4 people whom he has singled out , and he says the evidence is prima facie evidence against them , is so overwhelming that the law of England must be radically changed in order to bring a prosecution against them , and , as Lord Shawcroft said , well how , in such circumstances , could such people have a fair trial when we 've had the er Hetherington the former Attorney General saying , in effect , we know these people are guilty , we 're changing the law to prosecute them , and now you members of the jury must n't on any account er think er in er you must judge completely impartially .
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