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 . |