Example sentences of "[adv] be make up [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This would not only reduce its political significance but it would allow for yearly increases ( though broadcasters have been quick to point out that the general rate of inflation is below the industry 's rate and so an increase would still leave a shortfall which can only be made up by savings ) .
2 The shortfall can only be made up by the sale of programmes and income from official car parks — so spectators are asked to support both .
3 The main board will normally be made up of a chief executive , who will hold the office of managing director , or possibly chairman , or both , and will include a number of ‘ heads of department ’ , for example the finance director , personnel director , technical director , and so on .
4 Normally , Sodium Hydroxide — Caustic Soda ( N a OH ) — solution is used as a developing agent , and this can easily be made up at home .
5 He notes that any loss of earnings can usually be made up during the first ten years of work .
6 Organisations may also be made up of different groups and professions and when these groups seek to assert themselves then the organisation may well be characterised by competition between groups .
7 It will be headed as president by Willie Shen , who has been m.d. of Longman Group Far East for the past 18 years , and will initially be made up of two divisions : Longman Hong Kong and Longman Asia ELT .
8 Losses are reduced by insulation and behaviour , but must ultimately be made up from metabolic energy sources , mostly by cellular oxidation of fuels derived from food .
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