Example sentences of "[noun] [am/are] made [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Yes , it would be a bit dishonest , but a lot of pledges are made before an election that are never honoured .
2 Notes are made on VIP guests , any tour groups , seminars or special events , and the diary is used to alert and remind the front office staff of the expected activity on that day .
3 Many metal objects are made of more than one component .
4 Despite that , surprisingly few complaints about discrimination are made to industrial tribunals each year .
5 Separate accounts are made for each person and for each class of asset , liability , profit or loss .
6 For examples of using run-outs , see the speed cruiser cake recipe on page 73 ( the lifebelts are made by this method ) .
7 Notations are made on the card as to the reasons for blacklisting , and any instructions such as ‘ refer to manager ’ , ‘ do not accept ’ or ‘ undesirable ’ should be carefully adhered to by the staff .
8 Cooker hobs are made from this sort of thing … and obviously missiles need to withstand a lot of heat from friction with the air . ’
9 Pluralists actually define British politics as public policy-making , and so they see politics as somehow " explained " once they tell us how those policies are made as a result of the activities of the various interested groups .
10 In Cambridgeshire , both on the former open-field areas and in the reclaimed fens almost identical farmhouses are made of a grey-white brick .
11 Open market operations are made via the discount houses , but can also be conducted directly with the major clearing banks .
12 Appointments to the Court of Appeal , to the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords , and to the offices of Lord Chief Justice and President of the Family Division are made by the Prime Minister after consultation with the Lord Chancellor , who himself consults with senior members of the judiciary before making his choice or consulting with the Prime Minister .
13 Moreover , most surviving copies are made of marble , which does not perform as bronze .
14 But in fact , the egg cells are quite the most likely place for the cycle to occur — because egg cells go through a phase of very high and relatively indiscriminate transcriptional activity when numerous RNA copies are made of a great deal of DNA including some of the Alu sequences .
15 Clubs are made to standard size and are suitable for the vast majority of players .
16 Modern drill steels are made from a very tough and resilient steel , more often than not with integral tungsten-carbide inserts — that metal being noted for its durability and resistance to abrasion .
17 It is to be noted that need is not referred to albeit that , in practice , many applications for interim payment are made with the specific intent of securing a sum designed to meet a specific need or requirement of the pursuer .
18 Nowadays , most maps are made by plotting features from vertical aerial photographs , using computers to correct the distortion in the photographs .
19 Although , the rule of the clock affected most people in the sixteenth century far less than it does us today , it was already sufficient to provoke Brother Jean in the Gargantua ( 1535 ) of Rabelais to complain that ‘ the hours are made for man and not man for the hours ! ’
20 ‘ Did you know , ’ says Vic , ’ that ninety-six percent of the world 's microwave ovens are made in Japan , Taiwan or Korea ? ’
21 Denials of prejudice and racism are made by politicians on the New Right ( Gordon and Klug , 1986 ; see also , Schoen , 1977 , and Studlar , 1974 , for examples from Enoch Powell 's speeches ) .
22 She had read , ‘ Art forms are made by the people of Luctia from the preserved arms and legs of the people of Vascar .
23 I walk a tightrope ; if inroads are made into my routine I risk overbalancing .
24 Bones and teeth are made from quite simple inorganic compounds which in their normal crystalline and glassy forms are very brittle .
25 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 ) .
26 Cans are made of valuable raw materials — aluminium , steel and tin which are rarely recycled .
27 Aluminium cans are made from bauxite dug up in tropical forests .
28 Drinks cans are made in different sizes , but most are approximately cylindrical in shape .
29 By taking account of business and other operational plans , such as changes in working practices , projections are made over a five-year period to provide base information against which to evaluate alternative strategies on staffing requirements and costs .
30 By this means events are conceptualized and interpreted , and judgments are made in the interest of better anticipating the future .
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