Example sentences of "[pron] make up the [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them made up the remnants of a tiny battery , source identified . |
| 2 | The sugars formed by combining the hydrogen with the carbon dioxide are then converted into substances called starches ( the main components of flour and potatoes ) which can be elaborated further into the many complex materials which make up the bodies of living things . |
| 3 | For others , the medium is most certainly not the message , and the curriculum is more narrowly defined as that collection of bodies of knowledge which make up the subjects on the school timetable . |
| 4 | Adam it was who made up the fires of a morning , when his mistress , who slept only fitfully at night , was already awake , Adam who crept noiselessly about the place , unnoticed , who must have seen them together last night outside the ballroom . |
| 5 | ‘ We were a player short and he made up the numbers for us . ’ |