Example sentences of "made of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a 170g ( 6oz ) unit , also made of flat strip aluminium , and arranged for two axis presetting . |
| 2 | Four thin , wooden gods watched the rotting dead , each made of twisted lengths of birch-branch , no thicker than an arm but twice Tallis 's height . |
| 3 | There are some unusually good things to see inside the church of Saint-Savin : a ‘ Eucharist tower ’ twenty feet and three storeys high , Gothic in style , and made of gilded wood ; two primitive fifteenth-century panels , each containing nine scenes from the life of the church 's name-saint ; a Renaissance organ carried on what is left of a wooden gallery that once ran right across the church , from transept to transept — on the front of the instrument are three articulated mascarons , which moved their eyes and tongues as the organ played , in representation of wretched earthly sinners , grimacing at the intolerable sound of joyful , heavenly music . |
| 4 | For buildings which were not faced with marble or made of ashlar blocks , a marble stucco generally covered the brick and concrete walling . |
| 5 | The belt was ( had been ) three inches wide and made of two strips of cowhide sewn together along their edges . |
| 6 | Apart from the inherent implausibility of this claim , Althusser argues that if Marx were to defend it he would be vulnerable to the very criticism which he made of classical economy . |
| 7 | It 's well cut and made of high quality fabric that hangs beautifully , although it 's a little staid ; just the thing for the office . |
| 8 | For example , the major criticism which parents made of social workers concerned their poor communications , lack of openness and honesty , failure to value parents ' strengths and to treat them as equals , and a failure to involve parents in decisions . |
| 9 | ‘ This is in reply to a request we made of Greek Intelligence for as exhaustive a list as they could supply of all places where Andropulos is known either to do business or have contacts . |
| 10 | Note that the average is surprisingly low for the year 1300 ( at the top of the graph ) ; but in this year we know of complaints from the king that the dies were of poor quality and made of soft metal |
| 11 | In an attempt to solve this problem , I have used the experience gained from an analysis I once made of some Playschool programmes on BBC2 , and brought along some assistance , in the form of Big Ted and Little Ted , who will play the two speaker roles , and to whom I shall give an oral and a nasal voice respectively . |
| 12 | It is not always easy to avoid writing a shade smugly about the arrangements Mozart made of choral works by Handel . |
| 13 | There was an olive velvet evening dress , with beaver trim ; another made of purple velvet and organza ; another with a purple velvet bodice and gold organza skirt ; a khaki double duchesse satin dress , with a magnificent purple velvet belt with back bow ; a lovely purple taffeta dress with gold shaped belt with tails . |
| 14 | Its blade was two-edged , and made of heavy bronze , the grooves chased like lotus stems . |
| 15 | The massive thighs which emerged from out of the smock were encased in a pair of extraordinary breeches , bottle-green in colour and made of coarse twill . |
| 16 | The waste consists of rock and earth overburden and sand , which must be tipped , and micaceous residue ( sludge ) made of coarse particle clay , mica , quartz and tourmaline . |
| 17 | Excavations at the Late Hallstatt cemetery of Donja Dolina on the Save revealed seven cowrie shell beads on a necklace made up of hundreds of amber beads and some made of coloured glass . |