Example sentences of "comprise [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 His £44,000 of quoted shares comprise mainly £40,000 of British Petroleum and only 2,345 in the failed Maxwell Communication Corporation .
2 Second , there are highlands , which comprise about 8% of the imaged surface area and which lie approximately between altitudes +2 km and +12 km .
3 First , there are rolling plains , which comprise about 65% of the imaged surface area and which lie approximately between altitudes 0 km and +2 km .
4 Finally , there are the lowlands , which comprise about 27% of the imaged surface area and which lie approximately between altitudes -2 km and 0 km .
5 Frauds comprise almost 5% of all recorded indictable ( serious ) crime in England and Wales , compared to only 0.5% in 1928 .
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