Example sentences of "[verb] make [adv prt] the [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | It would require two million for the costs to be covered , so the Spanish government has to make up the shortfall . |
| 4 | ‘ The county council has to make up the remainder but it has already limited the amount it intends to spend . ’ |
| 5 | Seeing no need why it alone should be expected to make up the deficit , it requested its allies to increase their defence expenditure . |
| 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 | He did n't know why he kept them really , except that they helped to make up the number on the shelves . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | After she 'd made out the application for him she said , ‘ Can you manage if I leave you with it ? ’ |
| 11 | It was growing dark and she had to squint to make out the details of the room . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He squinted to make out the figure above the nearest open door , but it was completely encrusted with grime ; the name and number above the next building however , was Number Two . |
| 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 | I 'm going to make up the fabric I 've got . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | So Hinkley C and two further stations would be needed to make up the shortfall . |
| 22 | the necessary heading allowance , that is the amount of fabric needed to make up the heading |
| 23 | As Gedanken peered into the bubble she began to make out the spacecraft . |
| 24 | Presently , she grew a little more adjusted to the noise and she began to make out the details a little more plainly ; she could see that the captives were all young men , some of them not much more than boys , but certainly strong and lithe . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Mr Parker , 33 , denied that Joanna , 25 , could have made up the story . |
| 27 | Blanche may have made up the prowling . |
| 28 | Frank will be going into more detail on these and our other businesses , which are all facing an uphill struggle , particularly in the U K and North America , both in deep recession and which you can see continue to make up the bulk of our markets . |
| 29 | Write down the amount needed to make up the imprest . |
| 30 | There is a slim chance that you will have to make up the shortfall . |