Example sentences of "they make [adv prt] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local people caught them in vast numbers for food , eating them fresh or drying them in the sun , and until recently they made up 80 per cent or more of the total catch . |
| 2 | They made up 16 per cent of conversion students but only 4 per cent of those studying on specialist IT courses . |
| 3 | They made up two-thirds of the membership during the period of rapid growth between 1905 and 1907 , and during the reaction of 1907–10 workers came to the fore in local party organizations across the country . |
| 4 | They made up one of the ten elite ‘ Strike Force ’ teams , all top field operatives who had been siphoned off from police , military and intelligence services around the world . |
| 5 | In 1983 temporary workers not in special schemes made up 5.5 per cent of the total labour force not in special schemes ; in 1986 they made up 5.6 per cent [ see Table 1.13 ] . |
| 6 | They are also disproportionately represented amongst a particular category of temporary workers , namely those working on a seasonal , temporary or casual basis , where they make up 64 per cent of the total , and amongst agency workers , where they account for 63 per cent of the total . |
| 7 | They make up twenty three per cent of those currently applying for council homes in the Forest . |
| 8 | Many conscripts — they make up 65 per cent of the armed forces — receive only the most basic training . |
| 9 | In his foreword to the book , Professor Sir Robert Birley says of Janet Lacey : ‘ One meets energetic people and unorthodox people and efficient people , but it is rare to meet them making up one person … add to that the power to speak forcefully and clearly … she was the first woman to preach in St Paul 's and Liverpool Cathedral and St George 's Cathedral in Jerusalem … she is also exceedingly good company … |