Example sentences of "[verb] to be [verb] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parts are designed to be made of single materials only , making separation during recycling much easier . |
| 2 | It must be recognised that there is another repository of values , language , which needs to be freed of male bias . |
| 3 | Full use needs to be made of tactile and sensory experiences . |
| 4 | However , in attempting to ascertain the applicability of the model to other countries , in order to strengthen confidence in the results , it is recognised that instead of simply applying it to them mechanically , some account needs to be taken of prevailing differences in their industrial relations systems . |
| 5 | As in other areas of financial modelling , most notably that of money demand , 22 the message from this study would seem to be that account needs to be taken of institutional developments in financial markets in moving towards the construction of plausible empirical models . |
| 6 | One wonders , for example , to what extent the original distinction between theory and practice was reinforced or modified by the later Christian one between the contemplative and the active , or when and why the word ‘ pure ’ came to be used of certain types of knowledge . |
| 7 | To them , the outside world may appear to be constituted of broad , impersonal processes . |
| 8 | Many were so hard that they seemed to be made of solid wood while others shattered like eggshells , but were virtually empty . |
| 9 | Most of the little bits seemed to be made of cream-painted hardboard and enamelled black wrought iron . |
| 10 | The face of the Adjudicator in Extremis seemed to be composed of flat green slabs . |
| 11 | Official circles in London would dearly like to be rid of Irish problems . |
| 12 | She did not like to be reminded of dead things , even flies , by the stiff , still bits of leg . |
| 13 | The overriding emphasis in all this work was on the ‘ network ’ , which in silicates was found to be made of regular chains or layers of SiO4 molecules sharing common oxygens . |
| 14 | The nucleus , in turn , was found to be composed of so-called elementary particles , protons and neutrons , held together by nuclear bonds of the order of 10 6 eV . |
| 15 | It is 3.5″ long x 1.5″ wide x 2″ deep and it seems to be made of brown Bakalite ( like the old radios were made of ) . |
| 16 | Salespeople must be able to work and communicate with people in a variety of positions and be prepared to tailor their selling approaches to satisfy individual needs , e.g. specifiers will need to be convinced of the technical merits of the product , production people will want to be assured of guaranteed deliveries and buyers will be looking for value for money . |
| 17 | Satellite TV facilities allow use to be made of Russian TV programmes and films . |
| 18 | Conversation , not only on that day , got on to An Adventure and would not easily get off it , though we wished to be speaking of other things . |
| 19 | It is interesting to note , in passing , that most of them are questions that have to be asked of primary data as well . |
| 20 | Your notes , however , should strive to be concise and need to be stripped of unnecessary words . |
| 21 | You need to be reminded of key dates in sufficient time to take the appropriate action . |
| 22 | People wanted to be rid of neo-Stalinist regimes , they argued , but were not eager for cut-throat capitalism . |