Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] make up the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some mill-workers on a mid-shift and a group of men crossing the river to look for work made up the rest of the throng , with the exception of a portly little man with a bowler hat , waistcoat and watch-chain , a foreman from one of the Govan yards on an errand for the Head Office . |
| 2 | The muted stripes can be worked with any quantity of yarn making up the total , just add in the colours where you will , provided you have enough left over for borders . |
| 3 | Small-scale hydropower projects and electricity generated from waste make up the majority of the schemes which have received approval . |
| 4 | Even looking around the kitchen in order to make up the shopping lists is a task involving observation , forward thinking and memory . |
| 5 | Sir [ James ] Stephen added : ‘ The effect of adopting this definition would be to include under one description all the cognate offences which at present make up the crime of theft . |