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The phrase 'make representations to' is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used to refer to making a case or presenting an argument to an authority or person with more power. For example, "I made representations to the company's board of directors, but they were not convinced of my argument."
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Dozens of charities and pressure groups regularly make representations to ministers and civil servants.
Political parties are entitled to make representations to the Boundary Commissioners.
Her friends contacted her MP, who agreed to make representations to immigration minister Damian Green.
The board continues to make representations to the UK government to encourage initiatives to ensure an effective transition.
Neither the coroner nor the family can initiate contempt proceedings, but they can make representations to the attorney general.
Sister Maura wrote: "When [the nuns] try to make representations to church authorities about harassment by priests, they simply are not heard".
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The insolvency trade body, R3, made representations to government on this matter last year".
May made representations to Shapps on behalf of her special advisers.
"We have already made representations to the U.S. side about this," she said.
The local authority has also made representations to the Home Office about how the placing of asylum seekers is managed.
"Gerry Francis made representations to Sport England," he revealed of one of the pursuit's high-profile … athletes, is it?
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