Example sentences of "make up the [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 She could conceivably be denied by Kitrina Douglas , the winner of this season 's St Moritz Classic and European Masters , although even if she were to win each of the last four tournaments , she still might not make up the £30,000 deficit on De Lorenzi .
2 Together they make up the species called Felis sylvestris .
3 We are told the way in which MPs have voted on certain controversial cross-party issues such as abortion and hanging ; we are given the names of those to whom we must say farewell and those we should welcome , but no details whatsoever as to the make up the corps of MPs ' secretaries , that body of sirens from whom the more susceptible among us should be protected .
4 Natural selection was a process taking place within the whole breeding population making up the species , and if a division were to occur , the single original population must somehow be split into several distinct subpopulations that did not interbreed .
5 For example , consider a portfolio composed of the shares making up the FT 30 using data from the r m S of October-December 1986 ( see Table 5.1 ) .
6 We order a further 1,000kg at £5/kg to make up the 3,000kg .
7 Almost all of the remaining capital required to make up the £1551 millions invested came from borrowing .
8 And he called on the company to make up the £1,650 for lost bar , ice-cream and coffee sales .
9 It was the custom of the train crews to make up the fish trains from empty stock located in the New Clee sidings , between Grimsby and Cleethorpes .
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