Example sentences of "[vb pp] make [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the vast symbolic and metaphorical potential of the natural world , it is obvious , says Lévi-Strauss , that the same characteristics could be given different meaning and that different characteristics could be selected to make up a set . |
| 2 | But desperation leads people into rushed decisions when one or two people are urgently needed to make up a complement of tenants for a specific property . |
| 3 | The collection could consist entirely of culinary kinds ; the health-giving species can lead to a very large collection , as four , five or six different plants may be needed to make up a prescription . |
| 4 | 1 Are there special words in your area for any of these : child , playing truant , sandwich , packed lunch , look at , very surprised , too hot ( of a person ) , wood for the bonfire. 2 What other words and expressions are special to your area ? 3 Use the ideas you have got to make up a local phrase book for your area . |
| 5 | The Church of Scotland had agreed to make up a proportion of the shortfall equal to the proportion of its members present . |
| 6 | Text of the kind exemplified makes up a significant part of what children in primary school are expected to read . |
| 7 | These visitors , about 42 per cent from overseas , also divide into three categories : those who book far in advance , whose who gain starting times in the daily ballot and the ‘ casuals ’ who haphazardly turn up on the off-chance of being asked to make up a foursome . |
| 8 | At the same time , teachers were asked to make out a special report card on the child , itemizing health , academic standard , character , ability , and what they considered would be a suitable employment . |
| 9 | Most nursing skills consist of a number of chains or subtasks combined to make up a complex response pattern . |
| 10 | Even if they were not now playing in Durham 's shadow , Yorkshire would be hard pressed to make out a good financial case for quitting Acklam Park . |
| 11 | Earlier , for brief periods of the day , she had contemplated making up a foursome not unhappily , might have taken risks , might even have ended up in bed with someone , the classic holiday encounter . |