Example sentences of "[am/are] made [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Many discharges , both domestic and industrial , are made into the tidal section of the main river .
2 At first light final checks are made to the hot air balloons for the start of the weekend festival .
3 Recommendations on student progress are made to the central management team of the Dean , Assistant Dean and Co-ordinator by Field Chairs and senior tutors before noon on Thursday .
4 Few references are made to the social class distribution of West Indian and Asian parents found in other studies , and no supporting evidence is offered for the following statement :
5 Genes are made of the nucleic acid DNA , and they exert their effect by determining which proteins are made in the cell .
6 Specific rates of the demand for HE from individuals with particular characteristics — these typically include age , gender and social class — are calculated and then forecasts are made of the future demand from individuals with these characteristics .
7 Linings Most lightweight sleeping bags are made of the same shell material inside and out .
8 All elements are made of the same stuff — positively charged nuclei containing protons and encircled by negatively charged electrons .
9 Subsequent references to Wordsworth 's surroundings are made with the definite article ( " the woods ' , " the pathless rocks ' ) .
10 It is to be noted that need is not referred to albeit that , in practice , many applications for interim payment are made with the specific intent of securing a sum designed to meet a specific need or requirement of the pursuer .
11 The actual monitor controls are never altered , the adjustments are made with the standard colour wheel control of the Macintosh , but the end result should be a pretty close approximation .
12 There are overheads when defining and manipulating hierarchies , and this is particularly apparent when comparisons are made with the relational approach .
13 Co-direction ensures that administrative decisions are made with the full understanding of the implications for all participants .
14 They will help make sure that gas , electricity and telephone connections are made on the right day .
15 Ironically , it is obviously during recession that the greatest demands are made on the social security budget as needs explodes .
16 Often , a product is assessed in a screened room and problem frequencies identified before more precise measurements are made on the open area test site .
17 A number of products or components are made at the same time , but not on a continuous basis .
18 Sometimes extravagant claims are made for the incapacitatory effectiveness of ordinary prison sentences , and it is argued that if prison sentences were longer this could produce a substantial reduction in crime by means of incapacitation .
19 There seems to the writer little doubt that unemployment due to automation will grow steadily over the next few decades , perhaps centuries , and in the end it is likely to reach a very high figure , say ninety per cent of the labour force , unless radical changes are made in the present pattern of working .
20 To the east of Taunton are the ‘ withy ’ beds from which hard-wearing and attractive willow baskets and furniture are made in the traditional manner .
21 The clothes are made in the Far East .
22 Whatever institutional changes are made in the Labour Party , tradition dies hard .
23 A plan must also be drawn up to ensure that parts are made in the right order for assembly .
24 The major part of our profits are made in the second half er , and this year er will certainly be no exception .
25 The same calculations that so accurately predict the proportions in which the elements are made in the big bang also predict the amounts in which they are made .
26 Three units are available , all of which are made in the same casing .
27 These are made in the same kind of way but for each pattern shape you work on the same set of needles as if you were turning the heel of a sock .
28 Set squares are made in the same way though a little ingenuity may be required to grip the material .
29 Their view is that if the office furniture division were sold for £23m ( the amount of capital employed in the business ) , the group 's borrowings of £49m and gearing of 57% would be nearly halved ; that Athena 's high operational gearing offers scope for cost cutting ; that an expected upturn in the UK small business sector would benefit Ryman ; and that Dillons , the group 's core business , has performed relatively well , considering that around one-third of its sales are made in the difficult terrain of central London .
30 The majority are made in the 90-line grade , with a ⅝″ ( 1½ ) deep pile , but a number of 70-line items , sometimes with slightly lower piles , are also produced .
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