Example sentences of "[verb] make up the " in BNC.

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1 It helped make up the minds of waverers on the question of independence and it sent a signal about Serbian intentions to the outside world .
2 The shock can have a sudden and lasting effect ; the woman 's energy is no longer channelled into her appearance , and it seems as if she has made up the extra ten years , and more , all at once .
3 These are mixes which are designed for the horse owner who still wants to feed traditionally ie oats etc , but wants to make up the deficiencies with a specific mix .
4 ‘ The county council has to make up the remainder but it has already limited the amount it intends to spend . ’
5 It would require two million for the costs to be covered , so the Spanish government has to make up the shortfall .
6 Relatives of people living in care homes can be expected to make up the difference between the amount of benefit and the charges actually levied by by the home .
7 Seeing no need why it alone should be expected to make up the deficit , it requested its allies to increase their defence expenditure .
8 The two local favourites , Claire Waddell , who currently leads the Grand Prix , and Julie Nicol are expected to make up the semi-final line-up .
9 Supplements therefore are designed to make up the basic food ingredients and balance them to keep the horse healthy .
10 The media helped to make up the minds of those who were newly interested in politics , or unusually interested in politics , interested in the election but not very interested in politics generally .
11 He did n't know why he kept them really , except that they helped to make up the number on the shelves .
12 The groom said one of her horses died of colic or some such recently , from eating the wrong things , and the trainer did n't want any more accidents , so he 'd made up the feeds himself . ’
13 To get maximum benefit in making your diet easy , speedy and healthy , obtain your dietary fibre from a wide range of cereal , fruit and vegetable foods rather than seeking to make up the total from just one or two very fibre-rich foods .
14 Nonetheless , it was decided to make up the numbers with category B and C refugees .
15 Consigning me to hell seemed to make up the bulk of it , as I recall .
16 In the ancient world these dies were engraved by hand , but from the early medieval period punches began to be hammered into the die to make up the designs .
17 In what was in effect a mini-budget , Wilson announced on Dec. 19 , 1989 , a reduction in the proposed GST from 9 per cent to 7 per cent but announced further measures to make up the revenue loss .
18 Television therefore helped make up the minds of those who were newly interested in politics , or unusually interested in politics , interested in the election campaign but not very interested in politics more generally .
19 Once get your heroine into one of those confrontations that are going to make up the greater part of her adventure , once have her facing another person and the words will flow .
20 The Independent Labour Party in its rapid decline gave rise to several minorities besides those going to make up the Socialist League .
21 I 'm going to make up the fabric I 've got .
22 Their goodness has helped to make up the huge amount of goodness which has been accumulating for thousands of years and which we call the Created God . ’
23 If they pay most of your legal costs the contributions will be used to make up the difference and you will be refunded anything left over .
24 So Hinkley C and two further stations would be needed to make up the shortfall .
25 the necessary heading allowance , that is the amount of fabric needed to make up the heading
26 The 16 tonne lorry depositing a load is one of the 7,500 that are needed to make up the specified contours .
27 I heard , when I started looking into the project at first that erm , the women used to do most of the weaving but you do n't actually do the weaving now , and they used to basically you know make up the , the larger part of the work force , is that the case now ?
28 The pieces we loaned made up the ‘ influence of ’ section , with each piece was a particularly rare and important example of Japonisme as applied to domestic silver , and we shall have some of those pieces displayed for sale at this year 's fair .
29 But there were evenings when the fire burned brightly and Aunt Louise sat in her winged chair , her skirt turned back to toast her knees ; while having made up the fire I knelt on the hearthrug , loath to leave the fierce heat of the flames .
30 Blanche may have made up the prowling .
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