Example sentences of "[adv] make [adv prt] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overall , in Britain , more than one in three of all journeys are made door-to-door on foot and pedestrian journeys of half a mile or less make up one-sixth of total personal transport demand . |
| 2 | Initial attempts at change came in the wake of the 1974 NHS reorganization , when efforts were made to sectorize Exminster , Digby and Wonford House Hospitals , which together made up one administrative unit as the ‘ Exe Vale Group ’ . |
| 3 | It is , however , the whole — the books , their bindings , the shelving , stucco and paint — which together make up one of the most atmospheric interiors in Prague . |
| 4 | Instead of thinking of society as made up of simple parts , we must think of it as a collection of wholes which together make up one ‘ complex whole ’ . |
| 5 | Notice that the conditions on the metric components and derivatives only make up nine equations , whereas there are ten degrees of freedom . |
| 6 | However , railways only made up 3 metres of every kilometre squared of territory as opposed to 200m/1km 2 in Britain . |
| 7 | Hollywood began to wake up to black culture , spurred on by statistics showing that although blacks only made up 12 per cent of the nation 's population they accounted for 25 per cent of America 's cinema audiences and were the fastest growing segment of US population . |
| 8 | Although a fuller account would include a detailed analysis of all sources of income , the plain fact is that by far the largest source of pensioners ' income is social security , comprising 60 per cent , with the retirement pension alone making up 49 per cent of pensioner income . |
| 9 | There were open sliding glass windows at the side of the house and in the dim interior I could just make out two figures standing . |
| 10 | It was nearly dark , but in the half-light you could just make out four or five women fussing around a surprisingly elderly-looking girl trussed up in a red Rajasthani costume . |
| 11 | About a hundred and fifty yards away I could just make out three figures crossing at the corner of the field and approaching the road in our direction . |
| 12 | There is a lot of reading material to get through and absorb , and there are cases to attend as an observer before a new Panel Member finally makes up one of the three actually hearing a case . |
| 13 | The social groups C2DE still make up 57 per cent of the electorate ; if Labour had enjoyed the same dominance among these voters as do the Tories in social groups ABC1 , they would have swept to power with a big majority . |
| 14 | It was hard for the Major to see the little procession that moved away from the Administration block towards the heart of the camp , but he fancied he could still make out one dark head amongst the hazing image of the retreating column . |
| 15 | Though petroleum still makes up four-fifths of export earnings , he has made the country less dependent on oil . |
| 16 | Many women are in employment but women also make up 60 per cent of Britain 's six million carers , many of whom look after elderly relatives . |
| 17 | For example , at Southmead Health Authority — one of the original Management Budgeting demonstration districts — the approach was to ask to each of the participating consultants to define the 10 or 12 case types which probably made up 80 to 90 per cent of their regular workload . |
| 18 | Vegetarians who exclude fish and poultry as well as red meat , now make up 3.7 per cent of the population — an increase of 23 per cent since 1988 and 76 per cent since 1984 . |
| 19 | The old breeds which were absorbed by the MRY included the red pied Hollander of North Holland which a century ago made up 7 per cent of the country 's herd ; the red-and-white Zeeland at 4 per cent ( a Zeeland type is shown in Paul Potter 's painting , The Young Bull ) ; the Drentish from Over-yssel ( 1.5 per cent ) , which was very similar to the Ayrshire of Scotland ; and the red-pied dairy Furnes-Ambacht of Flanders . |