Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.

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1 This is illustrated in the notes which make up a musical tune .
2 The pixels which make up an image on a digitized computer screen are like building blocks which can be coloured and combined in any way the operator 's computer , competence and ingenuity allow .
3 Third , an option should be created whereby , if the directors themselves set out a full enough statement of their responsibilities , it would obviate entirely the requirement to describe directors ' responsibilities in the auditors ' report .
4 Seeing the strangers he let out a shout , and headed towards them .
5 The police had arrived now in the shape of a wpc who was talking amiably to the protesters who moved back a little apparently in response to her request .
6 In a survey of school-children , we might expect that the answers they give in an interview held in the headmaster 's study will be different from those they give at home , or out of doors .
7 But now , with the Government having heavily modified the MMC's recommendations so brewers have to drop the tie from only half of the outlets they own over a 2,000-pub limit , Whitbread has decided to stick with brewing .
8 In both cases the artisans who made up a high proportion of the arrested do not appear in the rate-books , suggesting that they were not among those tradesmen who could be considered part of the " middling sort " .
9 It would be ideal if we could list the factors which make up a good melody .
10 The restoration has been further financed by a subsidy of DFl.130,000 ( £40,625 ; $70,684 ) from the Ministry of Culture as well as by contributions from the owners of the villas who set up a foundation specifically for the purpose .
11 Reassembling , say , all the designs for all the parts which make up a jet engine can be a time-consuming task on a relational database .
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