Example sentences of "make of a [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daedalus would like to do the same thing for human senses , and DREADCO chemists are now at work on his ‘ contrast-exalting spectacles ’ or ‘ Cexspex ’ ( Regd. ) make of a cunning tinted glass . |
| 2 | Just a small bowl , about the size of a teacup ; made of a dull pewterish metal , leaf-thin with age ; decorated with some worn beading round the rim , and on the sides a formal pattern of entwining lines . |
| 3 | Mention is also made of a small attached building heated by a hypocaust at the south-west corner , suggested as a possible priest 's house , and this may account for the so-called ‘ hypocaust ’ tiles found on the site , presumably box-flues . |
| 4 | The bed is made of a fine dense material and coarse light material , so that , after disturbance in backwashing , the former settles first and the latter afterwards , the bed thus being re-formed in the correct order . |
| 5 | There were other non Gore-Tex waterproofs that are ultra-lightweight : Mountain Equipment 's Nimbus jacket ( and trousers ) , part of their Compak range , made of a sanded microfibre fabric , and costing about £80 . |
| 6 | The Harvester , Boxer , and Chieftain Vases and the Peak Sanctuary Rhyton are all made of a close-grained black steatite and decorated with highly detailed reliefs showing ritual scenes ( Figure 56 ) . |
| 7 | It seemed that when he had arrested the thief , and reported to Sergia , she had been sitting in an ornate chair made of a local high-gloss hardwood . |