Example sentences of "which make [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although a dolphin 's echolocation mechanism is remarkably sensitive , it probably can not detect the thin strands of nylon which make up the mesh of oceanic drift-nets . |
| 2 | Their professional achievements are so interwoven that one can not properly unravel the individual strands which make up the whole . |
| 3 | Just as the members of the harmonic series come at closer and closer intervals as the series ascends , so will the notes of a well-sounding chord be arranged with the notes which make up the top half closer together than those of the bottom half , and a clear octave should be left at the extreme bottom of the chord . |
| 4 | The traits which make up the individual 's personality have two main sources . |
| 5 | When in the fullness of immense periods of time , emerging man found that he needed a ‘ god ’ , and a logical conception of ‘ good ’ and ‘ evil ’ , he had no alternative but to accept that the countless millions of operations which make up the law of the ‘ survival of the fittest ’ , had necessarily to be designated either ‘ good ’ , if they furthered the cause , or completely disregarded if they did not . |
| 6 | If it is decided to drop the B74 course , we may still wish to keep details of the modules which make up the course . |
| 7 | Whether they functioned as transmitters was difficult to prove : the technical problems of access to particular sites inside the skull , located in the middle of the dense networks of nerve cells and fibres which make up the brain , are still far from being completely solved . |
| 8 | The actual assessment process is modular and candidates can build up credits for the individual units [ above and below ] which make up the NVQ . |
| 9 | The Danish proposal is expected to be backed by at least 42 of the 69 countries which make up the Convention . |
| 10 | The Assistant Instructor Series is made up of courses covering the BHS stages I , II & III and PTT , which make up the BHSAI . |
| 11 | It also houses a collection of old aeroplanes which make up the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Museum ; which includes among its exhibits a Lancaster bomber , two Hurricanes and four Spitfires . |
| 12 | The focused light hits a mosaic of rod- or cone-shaped light detectors , which make up the retina . |
| 13 | They become the guardians of decisions , some of which accord with the criteria for units of goodness which make up the substance of the Created God , and can therefore become part of it . |
| 14 | the units which make up the system of the modern world economy are not individual enterprises , but … complexes , state capitalist trusts … |
| 15 | Each input or interaction upsets homeostasis , but the parts which make up the system are programmed to respond in such a way as to ensure a return to normality . |
| 16 | To understand the nature of state power , it is necessary first of all to distinguish , and then to relate , the various elements which make up the state system . |
| 17 | The two hydrogen atoms and the one oxygen atom which make up the water molecule form strong covalent bonds ( Figure 7 , p.102 ) . |
| 18 | The homogeneous unit concept provides a valuable alternative map by which to gauge the Church 's effectiveness in relation to the ‘ mosaic ’ of peoples which make up the population of the British Isles . |
| 19 | The islands which make up the East Indies archipelago form a region of fascinating complexity . |
| 20 | Gennard sets out six propositions which make up the theory in its strongest version . |
| 21 | The suggested group contributions are shown in table 8.3 and the solubility parameter for a polymer can be estimated from the sum of the various molar attraction constants F for the groups which make up the repeat unit i.e. |
| 22 | The leading stars are Alpha or Deneb ( 1.2 ) , Gamma ( 2.2 ) , Epsilon ( 2.5 ) , Delta ( 2.9 ) and Beta or Albireo ( 3.1 ) which make up the cross ; next in order of brightness is Zeta ( 3.2 ) . |
| 23 | In this case , it is the PACKAGE binary itself , not the source modules which make up the package binary , which is required . |
| 24 | Example 18 is one of the fifteen or so melodic fragments which make up the piece : |
| 25 | It gets its name from the Silurian Epoch — a period around 450 million years ago when the rocks which make up the skeleton and the soil of the Grizedale Forest were formed . |
| 26 | The groups of staff which make up the bulk of the Authority are engineering staff , passenger and apron services staff and security staff . |
| 27 | The islands which make up the nation of Japan lie in an arc off mainland northeast Asia . |
| 28 | This instinct — along with all the other instinctive and subtle inward facets which make up the creature — then acts as the blueprint for the actual patterning , formation or projection of the physical sense organ and body itself . |
| 29 | Towards the end of the 16th century when the President 's Lodge of Queens ' College was built its timber framework was plastered over and it was not until 1911 that the plaster was removed to reveal the massive but somehow delicate oak members which make up the frame . |
| 30 | It is as though Crabbe 's personal inspiration , which surrounds Grimes with a visionary nimbus , becomes one part of the opera , and the whole series of poems which make up The Borough become the rest of the opera . |