Example sentences of "[was/were] make [prep] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chafe ( 1977:244 ) criticises the typical psycholinguistic tree structures which assign agents and roles to the words used in the recall as being ‘ able to capture only certain decisions that were made during certain particular verbalisations . |
| 2 | The boat 's wrap-around windscreens were made of black polarised glass which only added to Dream Baby 's ugly air of menace . |
| 3 | His breeches were made of white shiny silk and so was his waistcoat . |
| 4 | The shoes were made of shiny black leather with ankle straps and tiny heels . |
| 5 | The boxes were made of heavy green-painted panels of metal slotted and bolted together ; dismantleable . |
| 6 | Rather later , some concessions were made to local architectural styles . |
| 7 | All were in perfect condition , and the inscriptions seemed rather unusual : analysis failed to detect any gold at all , strongly suggesting the ingots were made from modern refined silver . |
| 8 | Several of his Rembrandt drawings were said to have a provenance from the Six collection in Amsterdam , and other purchases were made from distinguished contemporary sales such as those of the Earl of Arundel , Sir Peter Lely [ q.v . ] , |
| 9 | Measurements were made by negative thermal ionization mass spectrometry on a 15-inch-radius mass spectrometer at the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism , Carnegie Institution . |
| 10 | She said that large cuts were made in regional selective assistance in the early 1980s . |
| 11 | It was made of expensive brown leather , but it was n't fat , it was thin . |
| 12 | It was made of twisted black metal , ornamented with Eastern demons and orgies . |
| 13 | The room was made of unpainted white stones . |
| 14 | So they greeted her with comforts and praise , and said they liked the colour , and Janice lent her a necklace ; Clara did not much like the necklace either , for it was made of large artificial pearls , and she secretly suspected the donor of malicious intent in offering such a loan , but she put it on just the same , and ignored her suspicions , and allowed herself to be comforted , because she wished to be comforted , and because it was too late to get out of going . |
| 15 | This survey follows a pilot study of the West Midlands in the Anglo-Saxon period in which particular use was made of Old English charter material . |
| 16 | The hull was made of overlapping wrought-iron plates riveted to metal frames . |
| 17 | Greater use was made of quiet suburban stations or of quieter platforms on the main stations ; trains left at night and the number of family wellwishers come to say goodbye was restricted to one parent for each child . |
| 18 | There were minor improvements : capacity charges to Boards whose peaks were on Sunday and did not coincide with system peaks were reduced a little in 1950 and further in 1954 ; an allowance was made for lower-cost regional energy imports in 1957 . |
| 19 | A sandstone plaque depicting the Scottish Amicable crest was made for Scottish Amicable when Head Office moved to 78 St Vincent Street in 1852 . |
| 20 | Analysis of this unique vessel suggests it was made from local Nigerian copper . |
| 21 | The diagnosis of chronic liver disease was made by accepted clinical , serological and histological criteria . |
| 22 | The first attempt to analyse the basic components of communication was made by American political scientist Harold D Lasswell in 1948 in what became known as ‘ The Lasswell Formula ’ . |