Example sentences of "[adv] make [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overall , in Britain , more than one in three of all journeys are made door-to-door on foot and pedestrian journeys of half a mile or less make up one-sixth of total personal transport demand . |
| 2 | It is , however , the whole — the books , their bindings , the shelving , stucco and paint — which together make up one of the most atmospheric interiors in Prague . |
| 3 | Instead of thinking of society as made up of simple parts , we must think of it as a collection of wholes which together make up one ‘ complex whole ’ . |
| 4 | Colour analyst/hairdresser Mrs Myra Addison and photographer Mrs Ann Simmons together make up Beautiful Images , a venture set up in Darlington 15 months ago : and they came out tops with stunning portraits in competitions organised by the British Institute of Professional Photography and the Master Photographers ' Association . |
| 5 | It also begins to look at some of the processes which together make up these overall trends . |
| 6 | Buffalo , zebra , wildebeest , topi , and Thomson 's gazelle live together in huge groups which together make up some 90% of the total weight of mammals living on the Serengeti . |
| 7 | Notice that the conditions on the metric components and derivatives only make up nine equations , whereas there are ten degrees of freedom . |
| 8 | It is surprising how little will actually be remembered about a house after you have left it , so make as many notes as possible as you go round . |
| 9 | What I do is n't singing about myself , I kinda make up these little stories , I do n't know where they come from … |
| 10 | ‘ In your place , quite frankly , I 'd sign the agreement — and then just make damned sure I produced what he wanted . ’ |
| 11 | Climbers , ramblers and larger growing shrub roses can be expected to grow away and quickly make more top growth early on than the bush types . |
| 12 | The social groups C2DE still make up 57 per cent of the electorate ; if Labour had enjoyed the same dominance among these voters as do the Tories in social groups ABC1 , they would have swept to power with a big majority . |
| 13 | The new operating systems have n't been recompiled for Intel 's Pentium — Santa Cruz says it would have to support two product lines otherwise — and sales on 80386 systems still make up half its business . |
| 14 | The new operating systems have n't been recompiled for Intel 's Pentium — SCO says it 'd have to support two product lines otherwise — and sales on 80386 platforms still make up half its business . |
| 15 | What is astonishing is not that educational technology makes such important use of audio-visual facilities , but that other movements within education in the last quarter of the twentieth century still make so little use of them . |
| 16 | Size : Always make absolutely sure that the variety you prefer will suit the size of your pond . |
| 17 | After all , flowers always make very successful presents , but long-lasting ones , such as pressed flower pictures , are doubly appreciated . |
| 18 | Many women are in employment but women also make up 60 per cent of Britain 's six million carers , many of whom look after elderly relatives . |
| 19 | They also make significantly fewer social and recreational trips than the overall population . |
| 20 | The tiny whales also make very good ‘ going home presents ’ , although there will be arguments unless you make a few more . |
| 21 | Hilyer ( whose character is apparently the Patron Saint of actors ) is , however , excellent , while Rae Smith 's idiosyncratic costume designs and the lighting by Paul Russell also make very effective contributions to an uneven but often rewarding evening . |
| 22 | Vegetarians who exclude fish and poultry as well as red meat , now make up 3.7 per cent of the population — an increase of 23 per cent since 1988 and 76 per cent since 1984 . |
| 23 | While a range of jobs now make up this sector , they neatly divide into seasonal , temporary or casual work on the one hand , and , on the other , work contracted for a fixed period of time or for whatever time it takes to complete a defined task . |
| 24 | At the other extreme , Andy Cohen , president of Beverley Hills Motoring Accessories , says that firms now make so many hot-rod components that would-be hot-rodders no longer need even the skeleton of a Studebaker to begin work . |
| 25 | We do not have to decide whether to keep in bulk or alternatively to sample , particular instance papers which electronic data handling techniques now make potentially useful to the historian in ways that they simply were not before . |
| 26 | Their primary audiences may differ , as may some of their aims and , in consequence , their modes of analysis and communication , but quite a few of their findings and methods are the same , a fact which is all too often ignored , at least by ourselves — the consumers of our wares often make far less of a distinction . |
| 27 | ( Please make as many copies as you need of Section Two ) |
| 28 | Believe me , Mr Fowler , the people round here make up these stories because they 've nothing better to do in the winter . |
| 29 | If two of the family are chatting about something special , perhaps they could do it another time or alternatively make absolutely sure that you know what it is all about . |
| 30 | Note : The procedures indicated are those available in the case of requests originating from England ; the Conventions sometimes make more generous provision in respect of the taking of evidence in England . |