Example sentences of "up [n mass] [prep] the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what about the outcome of the usual monitoring visits — which still make up 80% of the subject assessor 's time ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Persistent and casual truants — so categorised by headteachers — made up 4% of the school roll in November and 5% in June . |
| 4 | The reorganisation , which is likely to take seven weeks , will result in the food and drink section taking up 45pc of the floor space at the expense of the textiles section . |
| 5 | When a Jakarta bureaucrat decided in the early 1980s that Indonesia should develop a steel industry , Mr Liem was ‘ encouraged ’ to put up 40% of the $800m cost of the Krakatau Steel project . |