Example sentences of "made up [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Good thinking , Princess , ’ he said , with an easy charm that made up for any lack of etiquette . |
| 2 | So it made up for any other , er , you know . |
| 3 | Fortunately the driver made up for this heresy by roundly cursing the French , whom he disliked for the same reason that most Englishmen do — the way they clutter up the place , never get out of the way and ca n't speak English . |
| 4 | The women made up for this restraint . |
| 5 | He had no abilities , but made up for this drawback with sharp elbows . |
| 6 | 1 The chief characteristic of society is that it is " open " and made up of many interests that freely and automatically form themselves into a whole variety of groups . |
| 7 | The intrinsic value of the ball , in contrast — say its beauty — would follow from the intrinsic nature made up of such properties but not itself be part of that in virtue of which two balls might be exactly alike . |
| 8 | Each team will carry a lantern and a section of the flag of flags — made up of each flag of the UN member states . |
| 9 | The head of state is the President of the Republic ( currently Francesco Cossiga ) , elected for a seven-year term by an electoral college made up of both Houses of Parliament and 58 regional representatives . |
| 10 | The head of state is the President of the Republic , elected for a seven-year term by an electoral college made up of both Houses of Parliament and 58 regional representatives . |
| 11 | Er there 's another book which is similar to the other one in the sense that it made up of some papers by Phillips , Steel and Tants and that has some information about Mexicano in it , er and you find that some people er were giving Mexican language a low a low prestige rate whereas other group in the community were doing the opposite and giving a high prestige rate or certainly a less low one , er in favour of spanish a lot of the Because it was in I think it 's in South America I guess , er you find that a lot of the locals were switching to spanish because it was coming the dominant language er because of societal pressures and constraints and so on . |
| 12 | On pages 206 — 211 we give some sample ready-planned daily menus made up from these meals , to show you how easy it is to keep to your preferred eating pattern and daily dieting calorie allowance . |
| 13 | ‘ I found there were limitations on conveying a point of view or a situation , and I suddenly thought : you can get a lot more information out of looking at something made up from several pictures . |
| 14 | ‘ I found there were limitations on conveying a point of view or a situation , and I suddenly thought : you can get a lot more information out of looking at something made up from several pictures . |