Example sentences of "[was/were] made up [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The train sets were made up with the following types of coaches : |
| 2 | In the early 1980s , 80 per cent of agricultural exports were made up of the following items , in order of importance : coffee , sugar , soya beans , oil seed meal and oil-cake , cotton , cocoa , bananas , beef and live cattle , maize and wheat ( López Cordovez 1982 ) . |
| 3 | There were only half a dozen sergeants in the mess , but the numbers were made up by the civilian engineers who worked on the project . |
| 4 | The Donaldson matter was petty and tiresome but much of office life was made up of the petty and tiresome . |
| 5 | This was made up of the organic residues of farms , forestry , industry and domestic refuse . |
| 6 | The television-viewing public was made up of the older stay-at-homes , not the swinging exotics whose exploits filled the front pages of the newspapers . |
| 7 | Ashore the troops were commanded by Colonel John Durnford-Slater , the Commanding Officer of 3 Commando , who did most of the detailed planning for the raiding force which was made up from the entire 3 Commando , reinforced by two Troops from ‘ No.2 ’ with additional Royal Engineers from ‘ No.6 ’ , Royal Army Medical Corps ( RAMC ) personnel from ‘ No.4 ’ , intelligence officers from the War Office , and a Press Unit . |
| 8 | This was made up by the Head Girl mixing together oxide of zinc , glycerine , rosewater , a touch of yellow ochre and methylated spirits , the latter helping to dry it on the legs . |