Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] made [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clubs are made to standard size and are suitable for the vast majority of players . |
| 2 | Cans are made of valuable raw materials — aluminium , steel and tin which are rarely recycled . |
| 3 | Drinks cans are made in different sizes , but most are approximately cylindrical in shape . |
| 4 | The Government reiterate this argument when any attempts are made by individual members of both Houses of Parliament to propose measures to outlaw age discrimination . |
| 5 | The uppers are made from durable leather with a padded leather ankle support . |
| 6 | The extent to which such improvements are made in practical agriculture will depend on a complex of other factors . |
| 7 | Most conventional firedoors are made of compacted chipboard wood . |
| 8 | Her pyjamas are made of thin translucent cotton . |
| 9 | Herati-design rugs are made by numerous workshop , village and nomadic groups throughout Persia , but are most closely associated with those from Khorassan , Kurdistan , Ferahan , Hamadan and Tabriz . |
| 10 | All the ties are made from hand-printed Chinese silk . |
| 11 | The snakes are made from rolled-up pieces of multi-coloured fondant , but you could use bought jelly snakes instead to save time if preferred . |
| 12 | No one loves plutonium , but equally a tamed carbon-free and virtually inexhaustible fuel has its attractions in a world in which increasing demands are made on finite energy resources . |
| 13 | In the physically gruelling sport of boxing where ‘ brawn ’ is said to rule , the most stringent demands are made upon mental agility , speed of thought , anticipation and sense of strategy — at all times , it is necessary to ‘ box clever ’ . |
| 14 | When speeches are made after seated dinners at lengthy , formal wedding receptions , they begin after all eating at the formal meal has finished , and are preceded by the announcement from the toastmaster , ‘ Ladies and Gentlemen , you may now smoke . ’ |
| 15 | Monthly video recordings are made in structured situations in the University and in more natural settings at home . |
| 16 | Most modern baths are made from acrylic plastic or glass fibre reinforced plastic ( grp ) , which is relatively inexpensive , and can be moulded easily into different shapes . |
| 17 | The sharpest judgments by listeners are made about local radio , perhaps because the audience identifies easily with a nearby station . |
| 18 | Similar declarations were made by Komi on Aug. 30 and Tataria on Aug. 31 . |
| 19 | Coal hole covers were made in different patterns and embossed with the name of the foundry ; outside older houses , the bootscrapers can often still be seen . |
| 20 | The religious observances of the inhabitants of Corbridge are well attested , not only through the structural remains of the six or so temples which lined the south side of the main east-west street near the military compounds but also through the number of dedications and items of religious sculpture which have been recovered from the site ; quite a number , though , of the dedications were made by military personnel or army units . |
| 21 | Though concessions were made to royal justice over the forest laws and in cases concerning land , the church courts ' competence over marriage and legitimacy cases and wills was henceforth assured as was the notion of " benefit of clergy " . |
| 22 | Rather later , some concessions were made to local architectural styles . |
| 23 | Although no comprehensive trade agreement was forthcoming , several concessions were made by Japanese businesses which , it was estimated , could boost Japanese imports by $10,200 million by 1993 . |
| 24 | Those eyes were made of coloured glass . |
| 25 | Speeches were made by notable guests which included a Norwegian General and Don MacIntyre the pilot of Halifax W1048 . |
| 26 | Conventional sharp-electrode voltage recordings were made from pyramidal neurons in the CA1 region . |
| 27 | Brisbane ( 1981 ) has suggested three modes of production for pottery in early Anglo-Saxon England ; vessels for domestic use were made on settlements ; specialised vessels were made for funerary use , both as a grave-good with inhumation burials and for containing cremated remains ; and a relatively small quantity of imported wares . |
| 28 | Traditionally , baths were made from cast iron covered in porcelain enamel , which is strong and durable , but more expensive than acrylic . |
| 29 | Such a given behaviour ( innate is the conventional term , but I prefer to avoid it if possible , for it carries along with it a load of redundant ideological baggage ) ensures that appropriate responses are made to particular stimuli without the need for trial-and-error learning , but at the expense of limits to both the range and the flexibility of the response . |
| 30 | Moreover , departmental rivalries are endemic in the style of central government whereby competitive bids are made for limited financial resources . |