Sentence examples for amends something from inspiring English sources

A criminal is considered truly remorseful only if they accept responsibility for their offense and offer to make amends—something southerners were not more likely to exhibit.

There was some debate in the House of Lords, with questions and amendments covering Section 1, but the bill was not substantially amended, something North puts down to the quality of the draft prepared by the Law Commission.

"You can't amend something that doesn't exist," he said.

Wanna said legislation needs to be amended – something which happens several times during a parliament – to tighten up requirements.

"You simply can't amend something that is not built on a solid foundation and this budget is built on the sand and it will collapse and it won't deliver".

But it's a lot of work to amend something that everyone has come to believe.

You may need to start something new or amend something current.

If you want to amend something, you could write: "Article 1 shall be amended to state [State your present and foreseen needs and desires that need to be changed - for example, changing the name(s) of beneficiary(ies) and/or the executor of the will.]".

A laundry or dry cleaner can do the job in four or five days, generally returns the clothes in good shape, and makes amends if something goes wrong.

"It wasn't - not exactly - to make amends, but something like that was on my mind when I decided to work on aesthetics.

"To participate in the JRB, you have to be guilty and admit guilt," Byxbee said, as the JRB is "restorative justice"; you cannot make amends for something you are not culpable for.