Example sentences of "make [adv] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Union Territory of Nagaland , Christians make up 85% of the population . |
| 2 | Of the 169 companies listed , five make up 85% of the value of the composite index . |
| 3 | You ask me she 's got make up loads of excuses . |
| 4 | Fourth , high speed printers make up 30% of UK revenues . |
| 5 | Take delivery as an example : each of the requirements of material , quantity , time , location and documents is marked and when added together these make up 30% of the total . |
| 6 | However , the gap between the sexes is narrowing : men now make up 57% of students in higher education , compared with 63% in 1980–1 and 67% in 1970–1 ( Government Statistical Service , 1989 , Table 27 ) . |
| 7 | Architect of the drive towards ‘ People 's Television ’ , Sydney Newman took with him to the BBC his observations on the experiment , which he summed up by saying , ‘ Children of today , who make up part of our vast audience , are well informed and are capable of some pretty sophisticated judgements . |
| 8 | In the USA , black Americans , who make up 12% of the population , have traditionally formed a distinct social stratum at the base of the stratification system . |
| 9 | The country 's farm-workers and labourers make up 17% of the population , yet they are ignored by the mass media . |
| 10 | Their rural cousins , who still make up 75% of the population , scratch a living from the soil . |
| 11 | So do the conventions that make up rules of the road . |
| 12 | And while products make up 28% of turnover , the group also has a strong recurring revenue stream , and is keen to exploit it further — 28% of income comes from maintenance , 44% from services : consultancy , technical support and training . |
| 13 | But what about the outcome of the usual monitoring visits — which still make up 80% of the subject assessor 's time ? |
| 14 | According to the 1986 English House Condition Survey , households 75+ only make up 10% of all households , but they occupy almost a third of dwellings lacking basic amenities and 16% of unfit dwellings . |
| 15 | Accidents and vandalism make up 25pc of claims for loss of use of the vehicle . ’ |
| 16 | The triceps make up 60% of the upper arm while the biceps make up only 40% and yet it is still the case that most people tend to have overdeveloped biceps . |