Example sentences of "[vb mod] make [adv prt] [num] " in BNC.
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1 | The report made a series of recommendations on increasing CID strength , which has fallen sharply from 10 per cent of the force in 1973 to 7.4 per cent , despite an overall large increase in numbers and a recommendation by Her Majesty 's Inspectorate that provincial CIDs should make up 12.4 per cent of police . |
2 | Okay that 's how you could make up twelve coins one set of twelve . |
3 | Dungannon 's Clarke , now attached to the host K Club , has improved his score each day — 75 on Thursday , 73 on Friday and a splendid 70 yesterday — but it is most unlikely that even a golfer of his calibre could make up seven shots in one round . |
4 | I could make out four men . |
5 | I could make out two soldiers standing in a slit trench , they look like Airborne troops judging by the type of steel helmet they are wearing . |
6 | Beyond the stained glass window he could make out two male silhouettes . |
7 | Magee could make out two figures crouched on the steps near the top , quite close to the door of the church . |
8 | I could make out two figures in the boat , one male , one female . |
9 | Coupons would make up 25 per cent of salaries and would be used to purchase all goods in state shops costing under 1,500 roubles . |
10 | It is very clear that Schools/Industry liaison , as promoted through Partnerships such as Compact , is regarded as an essential resource for all the Core and Foundation subjects which will make up 70 per cent of the National Curriculum . |
11 | By the end of the century women will make up 45 per cent of the total civilian labour force . |
12 | ACORN divides the nation 's households into 38 individual neighbourhood types , which — in turn — can make up 12 larger groups , ranging in size from 3 per cent to 18 per cent of UK households . |
13 | I daresay you can make out one of them up across the Vale there . " |