Example sentences of "[was/were] made of a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A recent survey of early Anglo-Saxon whetstones showed that a number were made of a sand-silt greywacké which has its source in the north-west Pennines , the Lake District and south-west Scotland . |
| 2 | The door stood over ten metres high and was made of a silvery metal . |
| 3 | This in his opinion would make aircraft easier to guard against sabotage , no mention was made of a possible air strike which had not occurred to the air staff . |
| 4 | In 1942 one such appointment was made of a deaf artist , Alfred Reginald Thomson , as official War Artist to the Royal Air Force . |
| 5 | It was a balanced system in which the best use was made of a poor environment and which safeguarded the long-term interest of the communities which occupied it , at the level of which the land was capable . |
| 6 | It was made of a fine gossamer fabric that clung to her smooth , flawless skin . |
| 7 | Well I think it was made of a squidgy thing . |