Example sentences of "make [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could be repeating the arguments I make endlessly in Council , Bill . |
| 2 | But nevertheless that 's human nature and perhaps it 's also a reason why life should not stand still , whatever progress we make both in housing and in quality of housing and the quality of life , once people are used to that , to that they expect more and this is what progress , what forward thinking is all about . |
| 3 | There is no road going through which makes it fairly quiet and peaceful , though low flying aircraft and farm machinery make up for traffic noise . |
| 4 | You see that 's the trouble you see every individual is different in the make up of life they are , so some 'd get pregnant by oh you might as well say looking at one another and another one they might perhaps go years and not get pregnant . |
| 5 | But what it 's readers lack in numbers , they make up in intellect , for the newsy magazine goes out to BP 's elite financial wizards of many different nationalities scattered across six countries from Singapore to the USA — share-dealers boosting BP 's revenue on the world 's money markets , or making multi-million pound acquisitions and disposals . |
| 6 | Although Stennis lacks the scope and sheer number of routes to be found at nearby St Govan 's Head , its climbs certainly make up in quality for any lack of quantity . |
| 7 | They make up in quality for their comparatively small area . |
| 8 | Now their dishes make up in imagination and taste what they lack in meat . |
| 9 | His band make out like Gallon Drunk minus the drunken-ness and plus the focused attack of Killing Joke . |
| 10 | ‘ We want to impress on people that they are contravening the law if they moor or make fast to navigation aids , ’ says Howard Cooper , a spokesman for Trinity House . |