Example sentences of "make [adv prt] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The accuracy of this technique has been steadily improving and measurements can now be made over thousands of kilometres to an accuracy of a few millimetres . |
| 2 | Blood is made up millions of cells . |
| 3 | However , railways only made up 3 metres of every kilometre squared of territory as opposed to 200m/1km 2 in Britain . |
| 4 | So how long , how many hours would three men have to work , before they 'd made up forty eight man hours ? |
| 5 | Hollywood began to wake up to black culture , spurred on by statistics showing that although blacks only made up 12 per cent of the nation 's population they accounted for 25 per cent of America 's cinema audiences and were the fastest growing segment of US population . |
| 6 | It is very clear that Schools/Industry liaison , as promoted through Partnerships such as Compact , is regarded as an essential resource for all the Core and Foundation subjects which will make up 70 per cent of the National Curriculum . |
| 7 | By the end of the century women will make up 45 per cent of the total civilian labour force . |
| 8 | Now you 've got ta make up four questions . |
| 9 | Okay that 's how you could make up twelve coins one set of twelve . |
| 10 | ACORN divides the nation 's households into 38 individual neighbourhood types , which — in turn — can make up 12 larger groups , ranging in size from 3 per cent to 18 per cent of UK households . |
| 11 | Dungannon 's Clarke , now attached to the host K Club , has improved his score each day — 75 on Thursday , 73 on Friday and a splendid 70 yesterday — but it is most unlikely that even a golfer of his calibre could make up seven shots in one round . |
| 12 | The report made a series of recommendations on increasing CID strength , which has fallen sharply from 10 per cent of the force in 1973 to 7.4 per cent , despite an overall large increase in numbers and a recommendation by Her Majesty 's Inspectorate that provincial CIDs should make up 12.4 per cent of police . |
| 13 | Coupons would make up 25 per cent of salaries and would be used to purchase all goods in state shops costing under 1,500 roubles . |
| 14 | Education made up 22.5 per cent of development aid in 1985 and 17.5 per cent in 1987 . |
| 15 | They made up 16 per cent of conversion students but only 4 per cent of those studying on specialist IT courses . |
| 16 | The number of Indians had dropped from 51 per cent to 46.4 per cent of the population , while Melanesians made up 48.4 per cent with other races making up the remainder . |
| 17 | This was particularly so with the education professions and with low skilled industrial jobs where women made up 57 per cent and 23 per cent respectively of the total workforce but 79 per cent and 32 per cent respectively of the temporary workforce . |
| 18 | Tamils made up twenty-two per cent of Colombo residents , Moors nineteen per cent , and Burghers eight per cent . |
| 19 | A poor peasant , who made up seventy percent of the population , is a peasant who does n't have a plot big enough to support himself and his family . |
| 20 | The old breeds which were absorbed by the MRY included the red pied Hollander of North Holland which a century ago made up 7 per cent of the country 's herd ; the red-and-white Zeeland at 4 per cent ( a Zeeland type is shown in Paul Potter 's painting , The Young Bull ) ; the Drentish from Over-yssel ( 1.5 per cent ) , which was very similar to the Ayrshire of Scotland ; and the red-pied dairy Furnes-Ambacht of Flanders . |
| 21 | Similarly working class audiences were the heaviest listeners to BBC Radio 1 and 2 and ILR stations , and middle class listeners made up two-thirds of the audience for BBC Radio 3 and 4 . |
| 22 | They made up two-thirds of the membership during the period of rapid growth between 1905 and 1907 , and during the reaction of 1907–10 workers came to the fore in local party organizations across the country . |
| 23 | Mines would be grouped into seven holding companies to force profitable pits to support loss-makers , which made up two-thirds of the 63 mines . |
| 24 | Not all Unionist MPs ever supported the coalition , but almost all of them took the Whip at some time ; the Unionists made up three-quarters of the government side of the House . |
| 25 | When Liza seemed surprised , even put out , at this , she hastily altered her arrangements and made up two single beds in the larger room overlooking the sea . |
| 26 | It made up one of the most satisfying compositions of all American stations . |
| 27 | Initial attempts at change came in the wake of the 1974 NHS reorganization , when efforts were made to sectorize Exminster , Digby and Wonford House Hospitals , which together made up one administrative unit as the ‘ Exe Vale Group ’ . |
| 28 | They made up one of the ten elite ‘ Strike Force ’ teams , all top field operatives who had been siphoned off from police , military and intelligence services around the world . |
| 29 | Coceres , who had begun the day three shots behind overnight leader David Gilford , made up one shot on the European Ryder Cup man by going out in 33 . |
| 30 | In one recent survey of income support claimants in Bradford , Asian respondents made up nine out of ten of those who had not heard of the Social Fund ( Craig , 1991 ) . |