Example sentences of "[is] made [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The infill of the cave is made up of a wide variety of materials , from silts to large stones , and the radioactive content of these materials is similarly variable .
2 The cluster is made up of a small quadrilateral which is distinctive enough , and is very characteristic with × 20 .
3 A message is made up of a fixed number of time-frames , and during each time-frame either f0 is transmitted to represent the digit ‘ 0 ’ , or f1 is transmitted to represent the other binary digit ‘ 1 ’ .
4 This is made up of a twenty-four-bit field containing the overflow address plus control information , followed by the record key , which can be up to sixty-four characters in length .
5 The general solution of the form used in eqn ( 10.6 ) is made up of a linear combination of the two orthogonal states : and where φ is an arbitrary
6 ‘ So , ’ he continued , ‘ each pulse of light is made up of a short series of humps and dips — a bit like the water ripples you get when you drop the soap into the bath .
7 I mean if you think that an atom is , as we said , typically ten to the minus eight of a centimetre , then a nucleus is typically ten to the minus twelve of a centimetre , so that 's four orders of magnitude down , so the nucleus itself , if you scaled the whole thing down by a factor of ten to the four , the neucleus itself again is made up of a fair amount of free space and loss of particles inside it .
8 There is a sheet of cells covering the tooth germ which is made up of a loose mass of cells .
9 The agenda for reform on this issue is made up of a whole range of possibilities .
10 The Stinkschiefer is made up of a thin unit of dark , laminated , organic-rich carbonate mudstones .
11 As Amsterdam is made up of a criss-crossed network of canals , one of the best ways to get around the city is by boat .
12 It is made up of an outer sheet of cells which forms a particularly thick structure — the apical ridge — at the tip , with an inner mass of loosely packed and rather dull looking cells .
13 The sum of the probabilities for space to which records have not been allocated , P EMPTY , is : The rest of the total file area must therefore hold home records , i.e. ( Note : The proportion of the file area that contains home records is calculated indirectly rather than directly , because the sum of home record probabilities is made up of an infinite series , while that of the empty positions is finite , as is clear from equation ( 6.13 ) . )
14 For example , the genetic material is made up from a complex molecule known as DNA ( deoxyribonucleic acid ) .
15 The bow is made out of a separate piece of fabric and stitched to a basic straight tie-back .
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