Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] make up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not strange at all , of course , in economic terms , since the slacks and Pringle jumper brigade who make up the bulk of business in summer would n't take the Austin Maxi out of the car-port if there was even a remote chance of frost . |
| 2 | The two hydrogen atoms and the one oxygen atom which make up the water molecule form strong covalent bonds ( Figure 7 , p.102 ) . |
| 3 | She and Allan has , so far as the plot goes , the look of an afterthought , with a patchwork plot full of echoes of Quatermain 's other adventures and placing Ayesha in the same kind of danger from rebellion and rivalry which made up the story lines of She and Ayesha . |
| 4 | But he also sub-divided these manifold elites into a governing elite , composed of all leaders who directly or indirectly play a part in ruling the society , and a non-governing elite who make up the remainder of the elites ( 1935 , vol. 3 , pp. 1422 — 4 ) . |
| 5 | With his latest southern signings , Harry Kenny and Ray Duffy , arriving after the deadline for Europe , Walker could be forced into a comeback himself to make up the numbers . |
| 6 | They become the guardians of decisions , some of which accord with the criteria for units of goodness which make up the substance of the Created God , and can therefore become part of it . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But the appalling Carl Douglas and Rubettes are just as potent salvagers of memory as Mike Oldfield and the Pink Floyd , because theirs was the music of harrowing , lust-ridden parties and halitotic discos ; theirs was the music which made up the soundtrack of the most exciting moments of our lives . |
| 9 | One item which makes up the package is life assurance — a benefit for which all employees over the age of 18 are eligible . |
| 10 | It is thought possible that , when the Universe came into existence , there was by chance a little more matter than antimatter ; most of the matter destroyed itself by interaction with the antimatter , but that still left some over — the matter which makes up the Universe around us . |
| 11 | The Intermediate Instructor Series is made up of courses covering the BHS Stage IV and IT which make up the BHSII . |
| 12 | Words , he said , are interdependent parts of the ‘ structural ’ system which makes up the language . |
| 13 | I like the way they splice on their headstocks ( almost invisibly underneath the headstock facing ) but not the way they make up the depth of the heel with a very different-coloured piece of mahogany — although I suppose some people might . |
| 14 | Although a dolphin 's echolocation mechanism is remarkably sensitive , it probably can not detect the thin strands of nylon which make up the mesh of oceanic drift-nets . |
| 15 | First , they invite you to show that you are familiar with the basic , raw material which makes up the subject — whether this is a work , a series of works , a literary theory , the historical context of an author or what critics have said about something . |