Example sentences of "[verb] up [adv] [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Digesting food uses up about 20 per cent of our calorie intake but the rest must be worked off by the energy we expend while living our lives . |
| 2 | The Americans came up with 22 per cent and the Japanese , who seem to manufacture all the latest gadgets , actually thought up only six per cent . |
| 3 | However , households with children made up nearly 60 per cent of households with incomes in the lowest 10 per cent of the income distribution ( Oppenheim , 1990 ) . |
| 4 | By 1800 they made up nearly 50 per cent of the total . |
| 5 | The traditional occupation of Salagamas , who made up about seven per cent of the Sinhalese population , was cinnamon peeling . |
| 6 | By the beginning of the twentieth century the latter made up about 90 per cent of the population of the three western provinces , and between 60 and 85 per cent of Irkutsk , Transbaikal and Amur provinces , but in the enormous Yakutsk province and the far north-east it was still the non-Russian indigenous population which predominated , in a proportion of 13:1 . |
| 7 | On average , maintenance made up only 7 per cent of total income , with the mean amount being about £26 per family , or £16 per child per week . |
| 8 | Stamp duties , which did fall on the luxury consumption of the better-off , made up only 13 per cent of indirect taxation in 1800 and less than half as much of total revenue . |
| 9 | The pattern of relative abundance of Ichneumonidae is quite different : nearly a third of the 455 species trapped during 1972–73 were represented by single individuals , and the seven commonest species made up only 22 per cent of the catch . |
| 10 | A survey carried out for the 1909 Royal Commission on the Poor Laws found that subsidised pauper wage-earners made up only 0.5 per cent of the female population in the sixteen areas investigated , though an 1898 report by a woman factory inspector in Glasgow had considered that a substantial amount of poor relief went in aid of wages . |
| 11 | While it is clear that an enormous range of interest groups exist in Japan , few would argue that small firms , non-unionized labour ( who make up over 70 per cent of the total ) , minority groups or the elderly have the same continuous access to the state as do large companies . |
| 12 | Dairy products make up over 20 per cent of our calories and they also provide over 20 per cent of our protein intake and much of our calcium . |
| 13 | Ethnic Croats and Muslim Slavs , who together make up over 60 per cent of Bosnia 's population , support independence while minority Serbs have vowed to fight to retain links with Serbia , which borders Bosnia to the east . |
| 14 | As women make up over 60 per cent of these categories their position in the labour market is not well represented by the wage structure data . |
| 15 | Of all offenders found guilty , in all courts , both magistrate and crown courts , females make up approximately 11 per cent of the total ( magistrate courts deal with relatively minor crimes and civil actions , whereas the more serious indictable offences , which can be tried by jury , are dealt with by crown courts ) . |
| 16 | Therefore , to avoid any confusion , the interpretations have been based solely on a comparison of the rates charged for Cessna 150/152s , as these make up about 45 per cent of the aircraft offered for the purpose of basic training or hire . |
| 17 | Yellowfin tuna taken inside the ETP make up about 8 per cent of the world 's tuna catch . |
| 18 | None the less , its heavy dependence on exports of minerals , especially gold and diamonds ( which make up about 80 per cent of export earnings ) , make it vulnerable to fluctuations in the world market , and to sanctions imposed by some members of the international community . |
| 19 | Its strength lies partly in its scope , for Roman Catholics make up about 90 per cent of the population ; for instance , the figure is 89.1 per cent for Brazil ( LAB 1982 ) and 88.7 per cent for Mexico ( 1980 Census ) ; and also in its institutional links with other aspects of life , such as education , health , leisure and community activities . |
| 20 | The figure of 180 000 tonnes refer to almond kernels , which make up about 60 per cent of the total weight in California . |
| 21 | Women make up almost 60 per cent of all first callers to Housing Debtline [ said Simon Johnson in 1988 ] , and are usually willing to discuss their problems frankly and be guided by their adviser . |
| 22 | There is a small landed gentry and a growing professional class that make up perhaps eight per cent of the population . |
| 23 | The first figures published by the Home Office ( Home Office 1986 ) indicated that of prisoners , 8 per cent of men and 12 per cent of women were Afro-Caribbean , yet these groups make up only 1 per cent and 2 per cent of the population in general ( see also Walker 1987 ) . |
| 24 | Though whites make up only 17 per cent of the population , they control the most fertile farming areas . |
| 25 | Prisoners are male , and disproportionately young — a quarter of the prison population being under 21 , whereas 15–20-year-olds make up only 10 per cent of the British population . |
| 26 | Writing paper and personal cards make up only 29 per cent of the stationery market in France . |
| 27 | Interest and dividend income had fallen 11 per cent to £7.3 billion and other receipts , including the national business rates , had gone up only 1 per cent to £15.6 billion . |
| 28 | In Germany , Scandinavia and France , social costs — state pension contributions , national insurance and so on — take up about 60 per cent of salary compared with less than 20 per cent in the UK . |
| 29 | The only flexibility in a local authority 's ability to raise finance will be the poll tax , which on current reckoning is intended to make up only 20 per cent of a local authority 's revenue base . |
| 30 | Indeed , dog still makes up about 3½ per cent of the diet of Italian wolves . |