Example sentences of "to make [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Solon divided the citizen body into four classes on the basis of wealth or property ownership , and while most important political offices were confined to the higher of these classes , the lowest class were entitled to attend the Assembly or Ecclesia , and to make up the juries who decided both on guilt and innocence and on sentences in the courts . |
| 2 | Concern was expressed over the failure of Cala Homes to make up the roads to serve their new houses . |
| 3 | Among the shields are those of Bohemia , Moravia , Silesia and Upper and Lower Lusatia , the states that went to make up the lands of Bohemia . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The nation-state , therefore , is the spatial reference point for most of the crucial transnational practices that go to make up the structures of the global system , in the sense that most transnational practices intersect in particular countries and come under the jurisdiction of particular nation-states . |
| 6 | The heavier atomic bits — the stuff that goes to make up the planets — they had to wait until later until they 'd had a chance to be built up . |
| 7 | First , by drawing a distinction between what it regarded as the natural ( and therefore genuine ) core of religion and the complex of authorities , traditions , institutions and doctrines which went to make up the forms of Christianity , it implied that much , indeed very much of the latter was redundant and could safely be jettisoned . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | So the fishermen fish even harder , to make up the catches they need to keep their vessels at sea . |
| 10 | I 'd better answer your questions in case you 're tempted to make up the answers . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And I 'm going to have to make up the cameras and equipment , too , because we do n't have any . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | All the rest of us are just here to make up the numbers . ’ |
| 15 | Well , no , not really Ma'am , there were still charts to plot , and observations to send to Group , and instruments to read — and the unspoken implication , ever present , was that we were Grade 2 technicians , and if she wanted to make up the numbers on parade surely she could find a few more pen-pushers in nine-to-five jobs ? |
| 16 | It 's just to make up the numbers , really . |
| 17 | Nonetheless , it was decided to make up the numbers with category B and C refugees . |
| 18 | I 'm not just going along to make up the numbers , ’ says Adams-Robinson . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | To make up the numbers he had the Dutch-Belgian army , over thirty thousand infantrymen in all , which he did not trust at all . |
| 21 | Maybe his mother would have organized a dinner party , invited the girl next door to make up the numbers . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | With his latest southern signings , Harry Kenny and Ray Duffy , arriving after the deadline for Europe , Walker could be forced into a comeback himself to make up the numbers . |
| 24 | ‘ We are not talking about someone who is going to Barcelona just to make up the numbers . |
| 25 | The first step is to make up the templates of all the shaped parts of the chair . |
| 26 | Then I can safely leave Lisa to make up the flowers when she has time . |
| 27 | The parish schoolmasters are to make up the lists , and I am sure they will oblige . |
| 28 | It contains three- and four-letter word picture cards , and children have to make up the words using eight cubes with letters on each side . |
| 29 | Bride-to-be Sarah was given an extra wad of £20 notes by Barclays to make up the wages of 12 hotel workers . |
| 30 | 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 . |