Example sentences of "[is] made of the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mention is made of the Equal Pay and Sex Discrimination Acts but there is no attempt to question their ultimate effectiveness . |
| 2 | The lecture method has the great disadvantage that the speed of delivery of information can not be controlled by the receiver , and repetition is not possible unless printed handouts are provided , the student manages to write a synopsis , or some recording is made of the actual lecture . |
| 3 | This is a figure you 're likely to achieve quite often if liberal use is made of the fifth gear which comes as standard . |
| 4 | That their duvet cover is made of the Russian flag and the Union Jack can be passed by ; better are such details as the fact that Russians call spam ‘ Roosevelt smile ’ ; the question of whether Down 's syndrome chidren are known as Mongols in the USSR , and a dispute over private medicine : ‘ You think I 've fled 1,000 miles from scientific communism just to live with Mrs Engels ? ’ asks Slava . |
| 5 | Scarcity value apart , the Stag is made of the right stuff by classic yardsticks . |
| 6 | The display can be even more eye-catching if use is made of the wide choice of containers now available . |
| 7 | No mention is made of the lateral road on the ridge of Busaco which was so carefully restored by Wellington and which played such a vital role in the successful conduct of the battle . |
| 8 | 8.8 To ensure that appropriate use is made of the available line management support arrangements , all requests for external counselling must be discussed with the employee and approved by the relevant District Manager . |
| 9 | Much play is made of the dual nature of Woman as madonna and whore : a chestnut by now , surely to God . |
| 10 | Now it 's the turn of the attack to show it 's made of the right stuff . |