Example sentences of "[adv] making up [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | This has two properties together making up a property complex ; each property is applied to the immediately adjacent subject of the sentence . |
2 | The alternative version has the same two properties together making up a property complex that is applied to the immediately adjacent subject of the sentence ; moreover in both cases the complex as a whole is assigned syntactically to the subject E ; the sole difference is in the matter of which property is taken as " senior " to the other within the bounds of the complex , as in ( 63 ) , and in such a case this will produce an infinitesimal semantic difference : ( 63 ) However this sort of syntactic trading is only possible where the language contains suitable lexical items ; it must have an adverb and verb with the appropriate meanings ; thus , in the absence of an adverb equivalent to after a change and a verb meaning to be orange , for instance , English can not offer such an alternative for ( 64 ) : ( 64 ) in spring , their skin turns orange 5.8 The range of verbs which can occur with postverbal adjectives is in fact quite wide . |
3 | Mothers were encouraged to give solids at a very early age and bottle feeding was predominant , with mothers incorrectly making up the feeds . |
4 | At the moment I am just making up the numbers . |
5 | The thirty pupils or more making up the group move around together in the school during the school breaks . |
6 | So simply making up the calcium that astronauts excrete may not ensure that it is laid down properly in new bone . |
7 | Is it connected with the variety of radical movements actually making up the counterculture ? |