Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] make up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The snakes and the tardy remedy make up the entirety of God 's response . |
| 2 | Throughout the first three decades of our post-imperial era , equipment-cost inflation has outstripped monetary inflation , and there has been insufficient growth in the British economy to make up the difference . |
| 3 | Muslim descendants of Slavs who converted to Islam under the Ottoman Empire make up the largest ethnic group , accounting for 43 per cent of the republic 's 4.3 million inhabitants . |
| 4 | Ships flying the Greek flag make up the world 's third-biggest merchant fleet , after Liberia 's and Panama 's ( having recently beaten an uppity Japan back into fourth place ) , and account for 40% of the European Community 's total tonnage . |
| 5 | One group , represented by nearly 30 brooches , mostly from Kent , was characterised by the care and precision of the design and laying out , the notched ridge making up the designs , the well-made and neat niello bands and garnet inlaid cells , and the carefully carved animal and geometric ornament , with sharp tops to the ridges . |