Example sentences of "[vb past] up [n mass] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1991 results of serum tests and ultrasonography before 28 weeks ' gestation together made up 38% of the indications leading to a prenatal karyotypic confirmation of fetal trisomy 21 . |
| 2 | Persistent and casual truants — so categorised by headteachers — made up 4% of the school roll in November and 5% in June . |
| 3 | The professional and managerial classes made up 18% of the population in 1971 : their children formed 51% of university entrants in 1975 and 54% in 1979 . |
| 4 | In 1989 , some 16% or 900 of the Polytechnique 's 5,000 students were female , of which Nathalie Provost was one , although women made up 56% of the student body of the University at large . |
| 5 | Referrals from general practice made up 40% of the workload of the district 's radiology service . |
| 6 | it did n't come down again it , it went up tuppence for the crisis . |
| 7 | The Community Action Trust put up £5,000 of the money . |