Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] up the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not surprisingly , for a country which is second only to Russia for the scale of its distances ( and second to no country but Norway on a per capita energy consumption basis ) motor fuels make up the largest element of oil consumption . |
| 2 | This initiative had the particular support of President Jaime Paz Zamora of Bolivia , who had noted that in most Latin American countries " the indigenous peoples make up the largest seriously poor groups " . |
| 3 | Mr Ishaq has also been at work on the Sindh assembly , in which Miss Bhutto 's supporters make up the biggest group . |
| 4 | Inside , the great piers curve up the interior space and emphasise the verticality of the design . |
| 5 | Tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano ( b. 1952 ) has in some respects come up the hard way ; passing the 40-year mark last year , he 's nevertheless a craftsman often overlooked in the public eye in favour of younger more ‘ marketable ’ musicians . |
| 6 | The musical setting is carefully selected too to remove him from the tawdry everyday fray of the pop marketplace : violas , accordions , pennywhistles and assorted kitchen utensils conjure up the timeless integrity of Irish folk music ( or ‘ roots ’ in 1990-speak ) . |
| 7 | Not only did the fragrances of the essences cover up the putrid smells of gangrenous wounds , they also suppressed them by retarding putrefaction . |
| 8 | This is , however , a revealing case study in that disagreements show up the different modes of explanation clearly . |
| 9 | The headlights pick up the shiny worn sleepers . |
| 10 | Photographers arrive at improbably early hours to capture the effect of the soft morning light , film crews struggle up the narrow village street with quantities of paraphernalia , Americans lean over the fence with their cameras and tell their friends to visit too . |
| 11 | Three classes make up the primary department , while there are two in the secondary department . |
| 12 | The positive energy partner , which is a normal photon , travels freely outward , and such outgoing photons make up the Hawking radiation . |
| 13 | In the case of the Anglican Church , whose buildings make up the largest group of ecclesiastical structures , there exists a quite involved and considered procedure which is defined by the Pastoral Measure of 1983 . |
| 14 | Why did those ancient replicators give up the cavalier freedom of the primeval soup and take to swarming in huge colonies ? |
| 15 | Last year the Association of Learned Societies in the Social Sciences and the Association of Social Research Organisations set up the Social Science Forum ( SSF ) to campaign on issues that were affecting social scientists . |
| 16 | The problem is that foreign scouts snap up the talented ones to work abroad . |
| 17 | Customers dial up the central computer , effectively making a telephone link via a modem between their terminal and the computer housing the databases . |
| 18 | ‘ Ribbon plates ’ , crochet work and brasses brighten up the confined space which represents the entire living space for the family . |
| 19 | Tutorials make up the first two days , followed by the main conference and associated exhibition . |
| 20 | Lymphocytes make up the predominating population of cells in site of florid chronic inflammation with many of the cells in a metabolically activated form . |
| 21 | The general appearance of the area is a drab one : there are few green spaces and few trees break up the uniform lines of terraced and semi-detached housing . |
| 22 | Also on Dec. 23 , leading intellectuals set up the first independent human rights monitoring group , the Forum for the Defence of Human Rights , which set itself the goal of the release of all political prisoners . |
| 23 | In many ways these two opinions sum up the different preconceptions , experiences , attitudes and priorities of the two sides . |
| 24 | Cassiopeia is crossed by the Milky Way , and the five leading stars make up the familiar W or M pattern : Gamma ( 2.2 , though variable ) , Alpha ( also 2.2 , slightly variable ) , Beta ( 2.3 ) , Delta ( 2.7 ) and Epsilon ( 3.4 ) . |
| 25 | The young mothers take up the local authorities ' slack stock . |
| 26 | The choline-containing phospholipids make up the major fraction of the lipid exposed at the cell surface , while the negatively charged phospholipids are confined to the cytoplasmic surface of the bilayer . |
| 27 | In FE centres , National Certificate Modules make up the main part of the curriculum , whilst in schools , modules are used mainly to supplement other courses and as taster or enrichment courses . |
| 28 | ‘ For thee these Hands wind up the whirling Jack , |
| 29 | The Founders put up the required £5,000. making a total of £39,650 — enough to match GLEB and trigger the promised grant . |
| 30 | Human societies use up the instinctual energy for other purposes than those of immediate individual gratification . |