Example sentences of "make up [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make up a thickish paste from polycell or other wallpaper paste . |
| 2 | Neither constraint applies to the Tertiary College where adults and part-time students make up a sizable proportion of the student population . |
| 3 | Clear away topsoil and make up a simple formwork of timber supported by pegs set on the outside . |
| 4 | A further major problem associated with the use of the network variable is that it is most readily operationalized to study speakers whose networks are of a relatively closeknit type and can not easily handle socially and geographically mobile speakers whose personal network ties are not predominantly dense or multiplex ; yet , such persons make up a substantial proportion of the population in a post-industrial society . |
| 5 | The Hatfield study found an uncritical expectation that returning women workers — women already make up a substantial part of small firm employment — would fill the gap left by young people . |
| 6 | Caroline 's comment : Commercial baby foods make up a substantial part of the average baby 's diet and they are very convenient . |
| 7 | Social class differences are equally stark : in spite of the fact that manual workers are the majority of the working population , they make up a small proportion of those covered by retirement pensions . |
| 8 | It is easy to find from the stars Chi ( 4.7 ) and Phi ( 5.0 ) , which make up a small triangle with Delta and are in the same × 20 field with it . |
| 9 | Its two main stars , Alpha ( 3.5 ) and Zeta ( 4.1 ) make up a small triangle with Theta Aræ , and I have included Telescopium in the map with Ara . |
| 10 | Today they make up a sad string of tarnished beads , from Bombay , Calcutta and Rangoon to Saigon ( now Ho Chi Minh City ) , Hanoi and Canton . |
| 11 | Football now has Bob Wilson of Arsenal and Emlyn Hughes of Liverpool and on independent television there is Ian StJohn and Jimmy Greaves ( ‘ The Saint and Greavsie ’ ) , who have taken the art of televised sport a step further by reproducing in the studio all the mixture of jokes and outlandish memories , bets , hunches , tactical shrewdness , and affectionate ‘ piss-taking ’ that make up a friendly hour in the pub . |
| 12 | In certain areas of higher education — physics and engineering , for example — they make up a tiny proportion of students . |
| 13 | These publications are very valuable , even when they require correction , but they only make up a tiny part of the huge body of statistical information now available in print . |
| 14 | Trade-unionists make up a decreasing proportion of the electorate . |
| 15 | Editor , — Substance misusers make up a considerable proportion of patients admitted to hospital , yet during our work as housestaff we have noticed a curious anomaly . |
| 16 | This makes it difficult to place students in ‘ responsible line management roles which make up a valuable part of their training as chartered accountants in business ’ . |
| 17 | It is a lot easier these days , so make up a little cocktail of compatible systemic insecticide and fungicide , plus a drip or two of washing-up detergent to achieve a good wetting , in a small bowl , and swish the two leaves of each cutting in the solution so that they get a good wetting and protective coating . |
| 18 | It might be suggested that the employed women make up a particular group with respect to housework attitudes : women who are dissatisfied with housework may turn to employment as a palliative . |
| 19 | When the children arrive you give them each a balloon and make up a convenient number of teams . |
| 20 | The packaging and product name usually make up a hefty part of that cost . |
| 21 | The latter two are vital in controlling particulate ( soot ) emission , as burnt oil and sulphates make up a significant chunk of the black stuff that swirls away from the exhaust stack . |
| 22 | Overseas firms make up a significant proportion of the membership . |
| 23 | Women worried about the cosmetic effects of insect bites on the face make up a significant proportion of those seeking medical assistance . |
| 24 | You might want to add to a set of chairs that you already possess , or make up a matching chair to one at home . |
| 25 | As we have already seen , these make up a sizeable number of temporary workers and in the years since 1983 there has been a major expansion of special employment measures in Britain . |
| 26 | Their written forms , like autobiographies , biographies , and interviews , make up a large part of contemporary western feminist literature . |
| 27 | Erm so do you feel that in the years that you 've worked here are women just as important in the factory and make up a large part of the workforce now as they , as they 've ever done ? |
| 28 | Seals make up a large part of the diet of the great white shark the beast which terrified movie-goers in Jaws and is regarded as the most dangerous shark species . |
| 29 | In a news conference reported on Portuguese radio on April 9 , UNITA vice-president Jeremias Chitunda said that resolution of the conflict was contingent on the signing of a ceasefire agreement and the holding of free , fair and internationally monitored elections which , he said , " make up an indivisible component of the process that will lead to lasting peace and national reconciliation in Angola " . |
| 30 | These two lie close together , and make up an equilateral triangle with Zeta Puppis and Lambda Velorum . |