Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [unc] cent " 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 | 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 ] . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Many conscripts — they make up 65 per cent of the armed forces — receive only the most basic training . |
| 6 | At Chemical they went up 61 per cent and at Chase Manhattan by 84 per cent . |