Sentence examples for merely made up from inspiring English sources

The recent economic progress merely made up for ground lost during the plunge that accompanied independence and the painful belt-tightening that followed.

And puddings - a slice of pineapple drenched in kirsch, a plate of tiny desserts, including a slightly overdone butternut squash souffle - merely made up the numbers.

There is a significant morale collapse among the so-called Iraqi army which is merely made up of sectarian militias.

Some suggest that the unusually high productivity growth so late in an economic cycle is merely making up for sluggish productivity earlier in the 1990s.

What they did not point out, however, is that the secondary moderns were merely making up for dreadful failure in the recent past.

Yet if Mr. Cunningham's basic precept is that any movement is equivalent to another, that does not mean his dance works merely make up a collection of steps and gestures.

With no win in the Championship for nearly two years, Leicestershire are merely making up the numbers and, with their bright young prospect Shiv Thakor set to move to Derbyshire next season, any improvement looks some way off.

It is a clash with an agreeable contrast; the first kings of the global game visiting a team which, 25 years ago, were merely making up the numbers.

Stations that thought they had huge audiences based on the old method of calculating ratings people would write in a little notebook what they were listening too, but some people would fill out the data days later, merely make up information, and so on could see a downturn in their numbers.

Mary believes that she is merely making up for her problems with the bailout of Greece while Ron argues that the energy future for them -- and us -- should be solar, wind, and tidal power.

Alex's mum, Cheryl, escapes quite lightly: she is merely "assiduously made up, with a numbed quality".