Example sentences of "[noun] make of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners ' legs , |
| 2 | A set of silver vessels was found in the Silver Vessels Sanctuary ( Evans ' South House ) at Knossos , but relatively few vases made of precious metals have been found in Crete . |
| 3 | Significant levels of trading went on outside this inner area , and scattered finds of Minoan products have been made as far west as the Lipari Islands off the coast of Italy , as far north as Troy ( stone lamps ) , and as far east as Egypt and Syria , where Minoan vases made of precious metal have been found . |
| 4 | Needs vary , as do expectations and demands made of available opportunities and services . |
| 5 | Likewise , French silk underwear may be underwear made of French silk ( ( French silk ) underwear ) or French underwear made of silk ( French ( silk underwear ) ) . |
| 6 | A capacitor made of concentric cylinders has an inner radius a , outer radius b , and length l. it is filled with a dielectric of relative permittivity |
| 7 | ‘ There are at least three separate periods of building , ’ the Doctor said , ‘ and the oldest-looking , all the monumental masonry made of weathered stone , is the most recent . ’ |
| 8 | A search made of this path , however , produced very little . |
| 9 | Cellulose insulation made of recycled newspapers is used . |
| 10 | Beside it was a modest , two-storeyed house , its roof made of yellowing thatch , the windows nothing more than wooden shutters . |
| 11 | Long ago , he had found Simon a Hindu rattle made of chased silver with an ivory handle shaped for a child to hold . |
| 12 | Gloria took from her bag a little blanket made of coloured squares that a long-ago lady in a shelter had knitted for Baby before he was born . |
| 13 | Both are half-figures made of coloured marbles , with painted hair , dyed skin , and inset amber eyes . |
| 14 | The other two held aloft a kind of canopy made of embroidered silk , not unlike a huge two-handled umbrella . |
| 15 | Well before noon , beside a small church whose roof sagged under clumps of grass and willow-herb , they came to the bridge over to Grandtully and looked across at the dense little settlement , lumpish houses made of undressed river boulders with brown smoke streaming through their heather thatch , hovels of branches littered through the trees , a few solid cottages with level roof-trees . |
| 16 | In the same tea chest he came across a cube-shaped case made of orange plastic . |
| 17 | She had never suspect that her opponent was a computer made of human brains , but the Field Agents of the OEO were recruited for their adaptability . |
| 18 | She put out a wary hand and felt her fingers sink into the softness of a robe made of albescent whiteness , pouring ivory and soft , glinting pearl . |
| 19 | Her eyes seemed to have changed , seeing the half-mortals like giants made of pure light ; she could feel a cold clear air in her face , and wondered if it was the wind in which they moved . |
| 20 | From the surviving documentation , annotations on meeting papers , careful notes made of verbal exchanges and copies of correspondence it is possible to reconstruct the broad sequence of events and the serial proposals and counter-proposals which marked a period of intensive and difficult negotiation with neither side being prepared to risk an open breach in relationships which would have been publicly damaging . |
| 21 | The crystal beads and spheres are probably the only objects made of one material and which have different distributions . |
| 22 | When King Gustav VI Adolph of Sweden turned his attention to objects made of this material in building his collection of Chinese art there were those who found it difficult to reconcile such pieces with his choice porcelains , jades and lacquer-work . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , people do not feel quite the same craving to buy products made of recycled materials . |
| 24 | First , under section 6 , when granting a warrant , the Home Secretary must make arrangements for the purpose of securing that : ( a ) the extent to which the material is disclosed ; ( b ) the number of persons to whom the material is disclosed ; ( c ) the extent to which the material is copied ; and ( d ) the number of copies made of any material is limited in each case to the minimum that is necessary . |
| 25 | Erm the some people can actually have a reduction made of twenty percent instead . |
| 26 | For example , the major criticism which parents made of social workers concerned their poor communications , lack of openness and honesty , failure to value parents ' strengths and to treat them as equals , and a failure to involve parents in decisions . |
| 27 | After about an hour Birkett began to be very busy about the room collecting a saucepan and a baking dish made of hammered-out tins and chipping little bits of wood for a fire . |
| 28 | Containers : Where ponds have been installed using the preformed type of pool or the use of a flexible liner , the easiest and most convenient way to plant waterlilies is to use the specially-designed baskets made of strong plastic . |
| 29 | Now some blocks made of this material have begun to disintegrate . |
| 30 | Is not my right hon. Friend absolutely astonished at the failure of the Leader of the Opposition to condemn the absurd criticisms made of that investment by the Trades Union Congress ? |