Example sentences of "he [modal v] make [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might not matter in the end — Forester fully expected to be traced and caught-but every difficulty and delay that he could strew behind him could make a final difference of hours or even minutes that might determine the distinction between success or failure . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | He may make an excellent shoemaker , but can never make a good poet . |
| 4 | He should make a Vice Presidency within five , the Presidency within ten . |
| 5 | Since most of the beginner 's forensic work will be in county courts and magistrates ' courts , he should make a special point of familiarising himself with the procedure and powers of these courts . |
| 6 | At this point Fleischmann decided that as the whole thing was going ahead , then he should make the best of it and then get away for home in England immediately . |
| 7 | The cobbles are slightly greasy , so that if an adventurer runs at maximum rate for any reason he must make a successful I test or slip and fall suffering 1 automatic Wound . |
| 8 | Yet he must make a tentative judgment on inadequate evidence , for such a matter is of fundamental importance . |
| 9 | Niki 's statement is cut-throat in its clarity : ‘ If he [ Daniele ] is to give the orders , he must make the right decisions : right for me , for the team , for success . ’ |
| 10 | Once a male silkmoth has sensed bombykol , his only task is to fly in the correct direction ; he must make the correct taxic response ( p. 40 ) . |
| 11 | Maxim felt a moment of total disorientation before he realised that something must have gone badly wrong , that because she had not greeted him he must stay being Winterbotham , that because they were strangers he must make the first move . |
| 12 | To-night he must make the shortest time of it he could to Strata Marcella , reassure himself that his father 's grave had not been desecrated , and warn the prior of Isambard 's malignant interest in it . |
| 13 | During a match when a player goes down injured he must make the same decision but this time in the thick of the action with the crowd chanting and the referee looking at his watch . |
| 14 | Worse still , he must make an I test . |
| 15 | As any character leaves the Tower , he must make an Int test . |
| 16 | He adores them ; he 'll make a perfect father one of these days . |
| 17 | And 56-year-old Jean , cast as Mrs Hardcastle , is sure he 'll make a whole meal of his role . |
| 18 | A friend treated her to a pukkah drinks-dispensing butler who asked if he might make a personal remark before teetering off into the small hours . |
| 19 | A similar clarification was made by Menem himself on Jan. 8 when he also suggested the possibility that he might make an official visit to the United Kingdom . |
| 20 | Clearly , he could make no more of the situation than Hazel . |
| 21 | He was grateful — but felt sure he could make a better one . |
| 22 | He then decided he could make a better biplane than many that he daily worked upon and with his four brothers ( Tom , Mark , Bob and Ed ) , they built the first ‘ Gee Bee ’ . |
| 23 | Mark , if you think that Strach was looking that far ahead then we should snap him up immediately , as if he is that much of a thinker then he could make a great manager . |
| 24 | He could make a small one-man plane . |
| 25 | Bernice did n't know where the Doctor got his talent from , but if he ever got tired of fighting ultimate evil , he could make a healthy profit as an intergalactic busker . |
| 26 | Just to satisfy herself that he understood how it was he was able to build out of the vertical , the teacher asked if he could make a bent tower with wooden building blocks . |
| 27 | Hoomey scooted to his feet , but several interested parties moved in to deal with Jazz before he could make a tactful retreat . |
| 28 | Or he could make a determined effort to solve the mystery , whatever the risk . |
| 29 | And here were people who wanted him not just for the name on the letter-head , but because they thought he could make a positive contribution . |
| 30 | This physiotherapist , from the Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre near Marlow , says , given time , he could make a full recovery . |