Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] to make [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 However , it seems fairly certain that the Moon is depleted in iron with respect to the Earth , not only in iron alone but also in iron-rich compounds because iron and these compounds are too dense to be sufficiently abundant to make up the iron abundance to that of the Earth .
2 With the templates prepared , and the length of the seat rails marked onto the plan it is now possible to make up a cutting list .
3 Out to sea the beam of the lighthouse swept a great arc every fifteen seconds ; on one side of the headland were the lights of the town and harbour , on the other it was just possible to make out a line of cliffs receding into the darkness .
4 The wind and rain on the little hill above Jaffa had ripped away at the paint but it was just possible to make out the words ‘ David Damiani ’ to the left of the broken wooden gate .
5 It was just possible to make out the 300 foot radio mast at the Davistow Airfield , an ex-military airfield well worth a visit , offering splendid moorland isolation and three concrete runways , the longest being 1550 metres .
6 It was even impossible to make out the enormous saw which had been the cause of the accident .
7 The orders were very strict that one could not move off until the oil temperature was above the minimum and on this occasion I was quite determined to make up the time .
8 Since the plant manager was never able to make up a day 's loss of output which pulled down his monthly overall efficiency figures on which he was judged , it was never difficult for Clasper to prove his point .
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