Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] up only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although most enterprise unions are affiliated to a number of national labour federations , industrial or trade unions which include workers from many different firms make up only a tiny proportion of Japanese labour unions . |
| 2 | In reality , of course , purchases of some items take up a relatively large proportion of household spending while purchases of other items take up only a very small proportion . |
| 3 | Women made up only a minor proportion of the prison population in Geurrero and I was assured that this situation was reflected throughout Mexico . |
| 4 | Agency workers and their close equivalents make up only a small minority of the temporary workforce and most of them are concentrated in a very narrow range of occupations , particularly those involving office or secretarial skills . |
| 5 | In the Khartoum region , female enrolment outstripped that of males at secondary school level , though women make up only a small proportion of students in the technical secondary schools . |
| 6 | Residents of the East London boroughs make up only a fraction of those working in Docklands or seeking jobs in the area . |
| 7 | The injected cells remained healthy within the liver parenchyma and corrected the phenylalanine defect for the normal life span of the mouse ( even though the cells made up only a small percentage of liver cells ) . |
| 8 | Women MPs make up only a very small proportion of the total number of MPs . |