Example sentences of "makes [adv prt] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , she makes up fifty per cent of the cast — the only other character is her master , Uberto — and sings rather more than fifty per cent of the music , so the drawback becomes quite a serious one . |
| 2 | Though petroleum still makes up four-fifths of export earnings , he has made the country less dependent on oil . |
| 3 | Since 1919 , great armies of faceless conifers have stamped their way across the highlands and the lowlands , Sitka spruce now covers half a million hectares and makes up 52 per cent of conifers planted by the Forestry Commission in Scotland and Wales . |
| 4 | Edouard has a fifteen-per-cent share , I believe , and I have the same , which makes up thirty per cent . |
| 5 | The school is a snapshot of the American West , the great swath of the Plains between the Missouri River and the Rockies that makes up one fifth of continental America but which in the last generation has become known as the Empty Quarter , or the Dying Heart of the US . |
| 6 | There is a lot of reading material to get through and absorb , and there are cases to attend as an observer before a new Panel Member finally makes up one of the three actually hearing a case . |
| 7 | As head of Radio 2 's music department for the last four years , Ms Line has been responsible for the blend of easy listening that makes up 80 per cent of its 24-hours-a-day output , along with presenters such as Derek Jameson and Jimmy Young . |
| 8 | Reflecting trends across Europe , casualwear makes up 70 per cent of sales in the shop , but casual does not mean sloppy . |
| 9 | This type makes up 70 per cent of new loans , although it was almost unheard of a decade ago . |
| 10 | It makes up 70–80 per cent of the bodies of all living things — and life as we know it would be impossible without it . |
| 11 | PowerGen , which along with the other English generator , National Power , makes up 50 per cent of BR 's freight business , said the contract would be cancelled from next spring when BR privatisation is due to get under way . |