Example sentences of "make up the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Mr Yeltsin tries to play by the rules as he moves towards a new constitutional order , he will fail , because parliament can make up the rules as it goes along . |
| 2 | Besides , he was sure we 'd quickly make up the time once we got out to sea . |
| 3 | But if you are charged a few pounds , you 'll soon make up the difference once you 're filling up with cheaper , lead-free petrol . |
| 4 | A minute into the second half , Alton made up the deficit when Paul Ventham intercepted a defender 's pass to put Whiddett through for a clinical finish . |
| 5 | The only certain starting point was that the opera would have a Swiss theme , in common with Cheltenham 's International Music Festival , of which the project was part.That aside , they made up the script as they went along . |
| 6 | So either you say there 's no general will or there is something like a general will , but it is not easily recognizable and for either reason you would want to be much more tolerant of the role minorities , either as a way of getting to the truth , or erm as a way of as it were making up the truth as you 're going along . |