Example sentences of "[pron] make up [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the insider such an exploration of the secular rituals and social constructs which govern police practice will hold what Myerhoff and Moore ( 1977 : 18 ) have described as ‘ the possibility that we will encounter ourselves making up conceptions of the world , society , our very selves . |
| 2 | While the UK and US showed ‘ hesitant recoveries ’ — these countries generate 35% and 21% of total revenues respectively — continental Europe , which makes up 36% of overall sales , moved deeper into recession . |
| 3 | The weft , which makes up 60% of the material , consists of pure cotton thread , while the warp , the other 40% , is nylon thread . |
| 4 | Architect of the drive towards ‘ People 's Television ’ , Sydney Newman took with him to the BBC his observations on the experiment , which he summed up by saying , ‘ Children of today , who make up part of our vast audience , are well informed and are capable of some pretty sophisticated judgements . |
| 5 | In the USA , black Americans , who make up 12% of the population , have traditionally formed a distinct social stratum at the base of the stratification system . |
| 6 | No longer can they be considered country bumpkins , there to make up numbers among the pacemakers until the springtime surge for honours begins . |
| 7 | When they did n't get the answers they wanted , they made up theories of their own . |
| 8 | ‘ Young people especially find it difficult to cope with death so they make up jokes about what 's happened to make it easier . ’ |
| 9 | In between driving lessons — she passed her test at the second attempt she was much in demand as a babysitter by her sisters ' married friends while Sarah used her to make up numbers at her frequent dinner parties . |