Example sentences of "[be] make [prep] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Panic throbbed through my body and , if I had n't been made of sterner stuff , I would have dug spurs into my horse and galloped as fast as I could back to Ipswich . |
| 2 | So many exceptions had been made to earlier Navigation Acts by royal licence that it had sometimes looked as if they were intended to raise revenue rather than to direct trade , and in the 1660s there had been a few signs that the legislation which Charles had inherited from the Republic and had then extended might still be treated in the same way . |
| 3 | This policy posed a general problem for the National WEA , which lacked a clear view on its partnership with other providers , and was an especially acute one for the District where important concessions had been made in earlier years to the Cambridge Board . |
| 4 | The drawing-room was full of rugs that looked upsettingly as if they had been made from earlier Afghans . |
| 5 | And that whereas the earth 's actual mantle , which appears on the ocean floor , consists of heavy rocks — predominantly silicon and magnesium ( sima ) — the continents are made of lighter material : igneous rocks and crystalline schists ( sial ) . |
| 6 | The female characters , too , are made of sterner stuff than the quick-witted schemers of Figaro . |
| 7 | Where possible comparisons are made with older countries , especially those of western Europe , as this enables us to identify the uniqueness ( or otherwise ) of the trends observed in Britain . |
| 8 | The school is the springboard for sport and , even if commitments are made in later years , early involvement and subsequent progress are important in launching an interest . |
| 9 | Reference will be made to fuller reviews at appropriate points in the text . |
| 10 | Somewhat anomalously , reference may even be made to later statutes , to see the meaning that Parliament puts on the same words in a similar context . |
| 11 | Miller was conscious of economy and recognised that from an aesthetic viewpoint the Duke must be gratified , but felt that good use could be made of cheaper material elsewhere . |
| 12 | But Venables had promised that his men would be made of sterner stuff this time , and their first-half guile and style foiled Tranmere 's honest endeavours . |
| 13 | But the Kuwaiti royal family appears to be made of sterner stuff . |
| 14 | The visitors seem to be made of sterner stuff . |
| 15 | Without denigrating the work of the Coordinating Team , it is the evaluators ' belief that decisions will be made on better grounds than they have been if something like this proposal becomes a reality . |
| 16 | However , having heard argument , I am satisfied that the order of Saville J. was provisional only and was subject to any further order that might be made on further material being placed before the court . |
| 17 | The almost exclusive concentration on the formal political process has been replaced by accounts that take in crucial determinants outside this sphere , and which are placed in an explanatory framework that allows links to be made with wider sets of social relations . |
| 18 | The point concerning 11a can be made with greater force in respect of 12a , which can also be rendered normal by changing either a closed set item ( 12b ) or an open set item ( 12c ) . |
| 19 | A variety of improved " implantable " devices like the newer types of pacemakers allow sensitive monitoring of essential functions to take place and adjustments to be made without further surgery . |
| 20 | Because the spirit of this new age was fundamentally materialistic , scientific invention focussed on reducing the labour needed to produce a given article so it could be made in greater quantity and at less cost . |
| 21 | Landings could be made in dimmer evening lights . |
| 22 | If to be made in larger quantities and stored , seal the little pots with a layer of clarified butter , melted and poured over the chilled paste . |
| 23 | Fewer rivets were needed because rolled iron sheets could be made in larger sizes . |
| 24 | But when the ways of making a living that are open to small organisms have all been filled , there are still prosperous livings to be made by larger organisms . |
| 25 | There is also a tendency to pause in a pose at the end of a phrase and for a deliberate change to be made before further dance . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm made of sterner stuff than that . |
| 27 | A minor road skirts its western base but a direct climb from it is ruled out by unremitting steepness and a barrier of rocky buttresses , the ascent usually being made over gentler ground from the north . |
| 28 | It would therefore report the progress being made with earlier commitments — from international agreements and from the UK 's Environment White Paper process . |
| 29 | When progress is being made to finer handwriting tasks , a black-coloured ball pen is usually the best choice . |
| 30 | Riding on the back of this successful ‘ First ’ , plans are now being made for further courses in 1992 . |