1.   Pitted roads splay out between rows of makeshift shacks built of scraps of corrugated iron.

2.   There are several hundred people in makeshift shacks roofed with black plastic sheeting.

3.   At least eight gunmen attacked a makeshift shack near the Ardoo Bridge on the outskirts of the town when the pilgrims were eating dinner.

4.   Home is often an abandoned apartment or a makeshift shack.

5.   Late Monday, settlers on a hill outside the settlement Beit El put up several makeshift shacks, a settler spokesman said.

6.   The fire spread quickly through the cramped neighborhood of makeshift wooden shacks and mounds of scrap collected by residents who make a living selling paper and recycling plastic.

7.   The result was a rash of unauthorised buildings and makeshift shacks on the beach.

8.   The outside businessmen range from small-time traders with market stalls or cheap restaurants in makeshift wooden shacks to major real-estate investors.