Example sentences of "make up [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One was its desire to find some way not simply to get through the current hard times , but also to protect themselves from the financial ups and downs that make up every economic cycle . |
| 2 | The primary , but not exclusive , focus is on Scottish IT firms which make up a localised sample that could be comprehensively surveyed . |
| 3 | Make up a thickish paste from polycell or other wallpaper paste . |
| 4 | Neither constraint applies to the Tertiary College where adults and part-time students make up a sizable proportion of the student population . |
| 5 | Write a letter to a hotel ( make up a suitable name or choose one that advertises in your local paper ) enquiring about a holiday for two adults and two children . |
| 6 | Consequently , the National Certificate Modules which make up a general SVQ may not relate directly to functions performed in employment , although they are relevant to the needs of employment . |
| 7 | Clear away topsoil and make up a simple formwork of timber supported by pegs set on the outside . |
| 8 | hornemanni make up a similar pair , the former more southerly in distribution but overlapping in parts of their range . |
| 9 | They make up a physically-associated system , but the real separation between them is over 300000 million kilometres . |
| 10 | Docks , farms , animals , people , towns and villages all make up a complete railway system . |
| 11 | A further major problem associated with the use of the network variable is that it is most readily operationalized to study speakers whose networks are of a relatively closeknit type and can not easily handle socially and geographically mobile speakers whose personal network ties are not predominantly dense or multiplex ; yet , such persons make up a substantial proportion of the population in a post-industrial society . |
| 12 | The Hatfield study found an uncritical expectation that returning women workers — women already make up a substantial part of small firm employment — would fill the gap left by young people . |
| 13 | Caroline 's comment : Commercial baby foods make up a substantial part of the average baby 's diet and they are very convenient . |
| 14 | Social class differences are equally stark : in spite of the fact that manual workers are the majority of the working population , they make up a small proportion of those covered by retirement pensions . |
| 15 | Once Alpha has been located , it is easy to find the other chief stars of the constellation , Gamma ( 3.9 ) , Beta ( 4.2 ) and Delta ( 4.7 ) , which make up a small triangle . |
| 16 | It is easy to find from the stars Chi ( 4.7 ) and Phi ( 5.0 ) , which make up a small triangle with Delta and are in the same × 20 field with it . |
| 17 | Its two main stars , Alpha ( 3.5 ) and Zeta ( 4.1 ) make up a small triangle with Theta Aræ , and I have included Telescopium in the map with Ara . |
| 18 | They make up a wide pair , with beautiful contrasting colours ; Lambda is white and Mu very red , with an M-type spectrum . |
| 19 | This allowed us to line the side curtains in striped fabric and make up a flat roof instead of a gathered one . |
| 20 | So far as I knew I covered the area around my bowels , liver , one kidney and all the other bits and pieces that make up a living abdomen . |
| 21 | It would be ideal if we could list the factors which make up a good melody . |
| 22 | Today they make up a sad string of tarnished beads , from Bombay , Calcutta and Rangoon to Saigon ( now Ho Chi Minh City ) , Hanoi and Canton . |
| 23 | The opening screen is in fact a text editor that you can use to enter the commands that make up a QBasic program . |
| 24 | Football now has Bob Wilson of Arsenal and Emlyn Hughes of Liverpool and on independent television there is Ian StJohn and Jimmy Greaves ( ‘ The Saint and Greavsie ’ ) , who have taken the art of televised sport a step further by reproducing in the studio all the mixture of jokes and outlandish memories , bets , hunches , tactical shrewdness , and affectionate ‘ piss-taking ’ that make up a friendly hour in the pub . |
| 25 | Make up a dry mortar mix with a minimum of water , then fill the joints . |
| 26 | This section provides an overview of the various activities that make up a typical risk management programme , and then presents some examples of good practice derived from Engineering Council studies and other sources . |
| 27 | With the wringer and mop they make up a mopping system . |
| 28 | Contemporary dance , comedy , cabaret , pantomime and drama make up a packed schedule . |
| 29 | In certain areas of higher education — physics and engineering , for example — they make up a tiny proportion of students . |
| 30 | These publications are very valuable , even when they require correction , but they only make up a tiny part of the huge body of statistical information now available in print . |