Example sentences of "[noun] to make up [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concern was expressed over the failure of Cala Homes to make up the roads to serve their new houses . |
| 2 | Now the editors have picked out some plums to make up a poets ' special - from Eliot and Auden , through Allen Ginsberg ( 'I think it was about the same time that I was having these Blake visions ' ) to John Ashbery and the delightful Elizabeth Bishop . |
| 3 | The original trigger for the stories was a note sent to clients by Merrill Lynch & Co analyst Daniel Mandresh , in which he said he believed that IBM plans to cut as many as 40,000 jobs this year , which would require yet another charge of about $1,000m to make up the provisions short-fall . |
| 4 | Maybe his mother would have organized a dinner party , invited the girl next door to make up the numbers . |
| 5 | Her enthusiasm did not , however , encompass all the complexities that would be involved in such a project , from researching the fabric to preparing special screens for printing and educating machinists to make up the dresses in a traditional way . |
| 6 | If the number of volunteers exceeded the number required , the company would be prepared to move drivers from quarry to quarry to make up the numbers . |
| 7 | The government 's concern throughout the late 1940s was to stimulate building to make up the deficiencies in housing stock arising from bomb damage and the wartime standstill in house building . |
| 8 | Then I can safely leave Lisa to make up the flowers when she has time . |
| 9 | The waiter placed her coffee down on one of the small tables with a flourish , then whisked another chair from an empty table to make up the numbers . |
| 10 | Bride-to-be Sarah was given an extra wad of £20 notes by Barclays to make up the wages of 12 hotel workers . |