Example sentences of "[subord] make up [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nina knows about the lymphoma ; I had to cancel a prearranged lunch at Langans with her as it coincided with my short stay in hospital , and rather than make up an excuse I thought it an opportune time to tell her . |
| 2 | It 's better to admit that you do n't know and then go away to find out the answer , than to make up an answer that is not true ! |
| 3 | They discover , however , that the logic of narrative is far less rigorous and relies far more on individual taste : ‘ … it seems harder to tell a story , even our own , than to make up the most complex program . |
| 4 | It is a commonplace observation that if we lose a night 's sleep we tend to sleep a bit longer on subsequent nights , as if to make up a " sleep debt " . |
| 5 | Waterways , a watering system designed for them , consists of a perforated funnel inserted when making up the basket so that its mouth is just above the compost level . |
| 6 | Nevertheless I remember those unsettled days as making up a hard and rough year . |
| 7 | The four volumes of this work are to be accompanied soon by a further five , the whole series presented as making up the definitive study of of quantum theory in an historical context . |
| 8 | Years ago , in a Sky at Night television programme , I referred to these three as making up the ‘ Summer Triangle ’ , and nowadays everyone seems to use the term , though it is completely unofficial and in any case does not apply to the southern hemisphere , where June is midwinter . |
| 9 | That is to say , your study will provide you with the knowledge that is generally accepted as making up the subject . |
| 10 | Indeed , court documents show that the eight performers named in the livret as making up the harmonie rustique were all wind players in the employ of the king . |