Example sentences of "which [vb base] up a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once Alpha has been located , it is easy to find the other chief stars of the constellation , Gamma ( 3.9 ) , Beta ( 4.2 ) and Delta ( 4.7 ) , which make up a small triangle . |
| 2 | It is easy to find from the stars Chi ( 4.7 ) and Phi ( 5.0 ) , which make up a small triangle with Delta and are in the same × 20 field with it . |
| 3 | The primary , but not exclusive , focus is on Scottish IT firms which make up a localised sample that could be comprehensively surveyed . |
| 4 | It would be ideal if we could list the factors which make up a good melody . |
| 5 | This makes it difficult to place students in ‘ responsible line management roles which make up a valuable part of their training as chartered accountants in business ’ . |
| 6 | Two of many examples of nomic correlates , although the matter is in several ways complex , are provided by the interdependent variation of the pressure of a gas and its volume and temperature , according to the Boyle-Charles law for ideal gases , and the orbits of the two stars which make up a double star , which are held close together by mutual gravitational attraction . |
| 7 | This is illustrated in the notes which make up a musical tune . |
| 8 | It can be useful practice to read through the first sentences of paragraphs which make up a published essay , to see how much work — of summary and of signposting — is being done by these " topic sentences " . |
| 9 | As Oliver , Davis and Bentley ( 1981 ) remind us : ‘ The ‘ suburban semi ’ is a cliché which summons up a mental picture of rows of red-roofed , roughcast pairs of houses , each with its bay windows , its porched entrance , its ‘ third bedroom ’ above ’ , ( Oliver , Davis and Bentley , 1981 , p , 11 ) , recalling images of small front gardens and bigger rear ones , side garages and garden gates . |