Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [vb pp] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These buds are composed of columnar cells . |
| 2 | Cans are made of valuable raw materials — aluminium , steel and tin which are rarely recycled . |
| 3 | Most conventional firedoors are made of compacted chipboard wood . |
| 4 | Her pyjamas are made of thin translucent cotton . |
| 5 | Both MSS and TM images are composed of individual pixels . |
| 6 | These three cylinders are composed of erectile tissue , which , like the clitoris in the female , has the ability to shut off its drainage of blood and become swollen , hard , and erect . |
| 7 | The new houses of the 18th and earlier 19th centuries were built of small rough bricks made in Patrington 's own brickyards . |
| 8 | Three different palladium rods were tried of various diameters : the thickest rod gave by far the greatest effect . |
| 9 | Those eyes were made of coloured glass . |
| 10 | Early tea packets were constructed of grey or brown greaseproof paper around a waxy paper lining , with different coloured seals denoting the different blends , one of which was Red Label [ Sainsbury 's longest established own brand product ] . |
| 11 | Lord Attlee 's memoirs , for example , as well as Sir John Wheeler Bennett 's biography of George VI described a number of views held by the King without the authors being accused of constitutional impropriety . |
| 12 | Generally , such a pump will consist of a cast body containing a motor although some recent models are made of non-corrosive materials like noryl . |
| 13 | The purse seine nets are made of large mesh in which it is easy for a dolphin to get its flipper or snout caught . |
| 14 | Most soils are composed of weathered bedrock but glacial or fluvioglacial deposition can be a problem , especially in upland areas . |
| 15 | The saddles are possessed of full three-way adjustment , so all that 's required for setting up is there . |
| 16 | The shoes were made of shiny black leather with ankle straps and tiny heels . |
| 17 | Pockets were emptied of loose change , parcels scanned as if for a malignant tumour and handbags rifled for evidence of evil intent . |
| 18 | The twenty-one defendants were accused of enormous wrongdoing before and during World War II in an indictment which took two days to read and 218 days to try before a tribunal composed of two judges from each of the four victorious countries . |
| 19 | Informal trials were undertaken of interactive testing using the microcomputer . |
| 20 | Then two 1-foot ( 30-cm ) tall stop-motion models were made of thin plastic on a metal framework , since the timetable demanded two simultaneous animation set-ups , using rear projection for economy . |
| 21 | Briefly , newborn thymocytes were depleted of mature CD3 + cells using multiple rounds of anti-CD3 ( clone C363.29B ; a gift from S. Carding ) -coated beads , then selected using anti-CD8 ( clone YTS169.4 ; SeraLab ) -coated beads . |
| 22 | The boat 's wrap-around windscreens were made of black polarised glass which only added to Dream Baby 's ugly air of menace . |
| 23 | Early fountain pens were made of black rubber and were semi-disposable ; the Duofold was a bright reddish-orange colour , much larger than other contemporary pens and thus capable of holding more ink , guaranteed for twenty-five years — and nearly three times the price of an average pen . |
| 24 | These results demonstrate that P. anserina telomeres are composed of short tracks of T 2 AG 3 repeats and therefore , confirm the expected telomeric nature of DNA sequences added to the termini of linear plasmids after replication in P. anserina . |
| 25 | The city 's building codes do not incorporate seismic resistance , and more than half of Manhattan 's buildings are built of unreinforced masonry . |
| 26 | They had three plank solid backs , but the seats were made of thin laths set on edge and not quite touching , so that rain water could pass between them . |
| 27 | The evidence suggests that almost all the village houses in earlier days were built of dried mud with thatched roofs . |
| 28 | At Cosmeston , as at other local villages , buildings were constructed of worked limestone bedded in courses using clay as a mortar . |
| 29 | Fifthly , regular reviews were made of outstanding warrants to see whether their continued operation was justified . |
| 30 | Of course many committees are composed of old chums , but a way of making meetings less forbidding to those outside the circle is to hold them on neutral ground outside members homes . |