Example sentences of "the [noun sg] was made [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nottingham county court accepted the club 's explanation that the decision was made on commercial grounds . |
| 2 | The decision was made on conservation grounds after a public enquiry . |
| 3 | The decision was made by senior managers and Health Authority members , none of whom now have any local accountability . |
| 4 | The study was made on full thickness tissues excised from surgical resection specimens in conjunction with an in vivo labelling study of primary gastric or oesophageal carcinomas . |
| 5 | Now Vasilissa came to the clearing where Baba Yaga 's hut stood : the fence round the hut was made of human bones , and on the fenceposts there were skulls , glaring out of their eye-sockets . |
| 6 | The interesting thing about this — in my experience the first ever co-ordinated attempt to find a target — was that despite the assurance of all the enthusiasts to the scheme ( one Plt Off Leonard Cheshire included ) that the run was made with great care , not one of a dozen or more taking part in this quite unofficial experiment claimed to have ever seen one of the other 's flares or Very lights . |
| 7 | The postbox was made of white wood . |
| 8 | The piano was made of beautiful , dark brown wood . |
| 9 | The room was made of unpainted white stones . |
| 10 | The announcement was made to Downtown Radio shortly after three more shootings . |
| 11 | The announcement was made by Primary Industries Minister Lim Keng , who will visit Europe in May to discuss the issue with government members and environmental NGOs . |
| 12 | The presentation was made in early December , a little over the quarter century mark which had been crossed in July . |
| 13 | She believed that as much as she believed the moon was made of green cheese . |
| 14 | Unapologetic authors could not sue if the retraction was made in open court : the statement would then be privileged and so too would any report of it . |
| 15 | Half the size of his palm , the worm-cake was made of bitter chocolate whose only hint of sweetness was in the sparse sprinkling of sugar on its surface . |
| 16 | For 21 subjects ( 16 patients and five controls ) the count was made at different times by three independent observers , two of whom were unaware of the diagnosis . |
| 17 | Mr Kneeshaw said : ‘ We will have to look at the offer along with the rugby club because the offer was made to joint clubs but we are firmly against a buy-out . ’ |
| 18 | In practice , the choice was made on subjective grounds , reflecting the institutional preferences of military planners . |
| 19 | The furniture was made by ex-student Adrian Jacobs . |
| 20 | The application was made by National Power . |
| 21 | Whether the parents planted a cedar tree in honour of the occasion , as another custom dictated ( girls only got a pine tree ! ) we do not know , but we can rest assured that the salutation-prayer was made with particular relish for this first son of a first son : ‘ A boy is born into the world ; a blessing has come into the world . ’ |
| 22 | The bottle was made of opaque glass so that the contents could not be seen . |
| 23 | The hull was made of overlapping wrought-iron plates riveted to metal frames . |
| 24 | The comb was made of shiny steel and it was his to keep . |