Example sentences of "to [be] make [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a thin section of a basalt is examined under a microscope , it can be seen to be made up of a closely-felted mass of interlocking needle-like crystals of feldspar , a millimetre or so long , with a scattering of more colourful tiny crystals of olivine and pyroxene and some black opaque specks of iron oxides . |
| 2 | My face seemed to be made up of a mass of needles or electrical impulses . ’ |
| 3 | My face seemed to be made up of a mass of needles or spikes or electrical impulses . |
| 4 | Electromagnetic radiation oscillating v times a second turns out to be made up of a whole number of packets of energy , each of amount unc where h is Planck 's celebrated constant . |
| 5 | Instead it has to be made up of a band of waves of different wavelengths , cunningly chosen to cancel each other out outside the region of width unc and to reinforce each other inside it . |
| 6 | Lateral thinking and tolerating eccentricity are British characteristics whereas quality programmes tend to be made up of a lot of little things which cumulatively add up to something important . ’ |
| 7 | This would enable parcels of instruments to be made up to a given value , type or maturity for sale and thus improve their marketability . |
| 8 | A car is picking me up at 1.30 to take me to Thames T.V. to be made up as a Chinese coolie . |
| 9 | You will need the same heading allowance as for pinch pleats if it is to be made up as a curtain heading , but for making a valance you will need only 1.5cm ( ½in ) for the heading allowance . |
| 10 | With a low-start , low-cost with-profits endowment , payments are reduced in the first few years , and the difference has to be made up in the remaining period . |
| 11 | There was money to be made out of the destruction of pests in a country place . |
| 12 | But there was no defence to be made out for the people she 'd met today . |
| 13 | Now one of the tall windows on the front room stands open to the warm evening air , but there is nothing to be made out in the darkness of the room beyond . |