Example sentences of "make up [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When determining their poll tax levies , districts were thus faced with already agreed demands from the counties , and their own precepts actually made up only a small proportion of the total amount community charge payers were required to pay . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 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 | Usually , proctoscopy is only performed on known gonorrhoea contacts and these make up only a small proportion of female patients seen in the clinic . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This painful catalogue makes up only a small part of the inventory of the ‘ art ’ of the restaurant … |