Example sentences of "makes [adv] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence the rather long question that makes up the sub-title of this section . |
| 2 | Linthal takes its name from the river Linth which drains the beautiful transverse valley that largely makes up the canton of Glarus . |
| 3 | Furthermore , this pattern of decisions is recognized as of very special interest because it makes up the state of equilibrium . |
| 4 | This same guilloche also makes up the border of the saltire , thus enclosing the curved sides of the semi-roundels , all of which appear to have contained a seabeast . |
| 5 | It is thought possible that , when the Universe came into existence , there was by chance a little more matter than antimatter ; most of the matter destroyed itself by interaction with the antimatter , but that still left some over — the matter which makes up the Universe around us . |
| 6 | But their genes — DNA — are simply distributed around the cytoplasm , the material that makes up the body of the cell . |
| 7 | Though to me , Mrs. Proudie seems to be the strongest of the trinity that makes up the Bishop of Barchester — Dr. Proudie , Mrs. Proudie and Mr. Slope — Dr. Grantly at first dismisses her saying that ‘ when a woman is impertinent , one must only put up with it , and keep out of her way in future ’ . |
| 8 | The procuticle , which may be absent from the tracheoles , is secreted by the epidermal cells and makes up the bulk of the integument . |
| 9 | A quick glance at the seven-layer decision-making ladder of the OSI , makes plain the potential for querulous technical in-fighting over a near-interminable period . |