Example sentences of "[noun pl] made [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two skimmers to pole and bloodworm tactics made up the bulk of his 4–1–3 winning weight , pipping England international Alan McAtee ( Elton Tackle ) on 3–13–8 . |
| 2 | Although reformist communists made up the bulk of members of these groupings , they refused the whip of the local party committee . |
| 3 | By the end of that day the Allies had put 120 000 men ashore ; 60 000 American troops made up the assault force on the western beaches of Normandy , nicknamed Utah and Omaha . |
| 4 | An entrance porch , cloakrooms and lavatories made up the rest of the accommodation . |
| 5 | Amnesty claimed that Moslem fundamentalists made up the majority of the 8,000 people arrested for political reasons in 1989 . |
| 6 | The boyfriends of the girls made up the numbers . |
| 7 | They trained to land in various numbers , although in later years some nine men made up the team in a powered dory . |
| 8 | She believes her children made up the allegations that sexual abuse was going on in other families because of the constant questioning . |
| 9 | The Daytona race became part of the " Championship " in 1965 and in 1967 a total of eight races made up the Prototype competition . |
| 10 | A.J. Wickens , K.C. and other prominent citizens made up the Board of Directors and we began to look for commercial advertisers . |
| 11 | Many others made up the array of artisan manufacturers , either as independent masters or , increasingly , as waged journeymen . |
| 12 | Several Trade Unions agreed to support the Communist application , among them the Miners ' Federation of Great Britain , whose votes made up the bulk of those recorded for Communist affiliation at the Edinburgh Conference of the Labour Party . |