Example sentences of "is [verb] [adv] of [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Now that Czechoslovakia is stepping out of the Stalinist ice-box , nationalist voices in Slovakia are beginning to be heard again .
2 When the trigger is pulled the adhesive having been heated to melting point is squeezed out of the front nozzle .
3 Detail Design — The fuel tank is located ahead of the rear wheels and the collapsible steering column is also fitted with a deformable support structure .
4 The infill of the cave is made up of a wide variety of materials , from silts to large stones , and the radioactive content of these materials is similarly variable .
5 The cluster is made up of a small quadrilateral which is distinctive enough , and is very characteristic with × 20 .
6 A message is made up of a fixed number of time-frames , and during each time-frame either f0 is transmitted to represent the digit ‘ 0 ’ , or f1 is transmitted to represent the other binary digit ‘ 1 ’ .
7 This is made up of a twenty-four-bit field containing the overflow address plus control information , followed by the record key , which can be up to sixty-four characters in length .
8 The general solution of the form used in eqn ( 10.6 ) is made up of a linear combination of the two orthogonal states : and where φ is an arbitrary
9 ‘ So , ’ he continued , ‘ each pulse of light is made up of a short series of humps and dips — a bit like the water ripples you get when you drop the soap into the bath .
10 I mean if you think that an atom is , as we said , typically ten to the minus eight of a centimetre , then a nucleus is typically ten to the minus twelve of a centimetre , so that 's four orders of magnitude down , so the nucleus itself , if you scaled the whole thing down by a factor of ten to the four , the neucleus itself again is made up of a fair amount of free space and loss of particles inside it .
11 There is a sheet of cells covering the tooth germ which is made up of a loose mass of cells .
12 The agenda for reform on this issue is made up of a whole range of possibilities .
13 The Stinkschiefer is made up of a thin unit of dark , laminated , organic-rich carbonate mudstones .
14 As Amsterdam is made up of a criss-crossed network of canals , one of the best ways to get around the city is by boat .
15 Consistent with the purpose of the paper , one third of a typical number is made up of the perennial feature " Around the Country " , with reports from the branches about their activities and other local social news .
16 A paradigm is made up of the general theoretical assumptions and laws and techniques for their application that the members of a particular scientific community adopt .
17 Deputies to the Federal Assembly , which is made up of the Federal Chamber ( 220 seats ) and the Chamber of Republics and Provinces ( 88 seats ) are elected by a multi-tiered system of communal assemblies , and serve for four years .
18 For example , the family is made up of the interconnected roles of husband , father , wife , mother , son and daughter .
19 The Service is made up of the Latin American sections of the international Catholic organisations for radio and television ( UNDA ) , press ( UCLAP ) and audio visuals ( OCIC ) .
20 It is made up of an outer sheet of cells which forms a particularly thick structure — the apical ridge — at the tip , with an inner mass of loosely packed and rather dull looking cells .
21 The sum of the probabilities for space to which records have not been allocated , P EMPTY , is : The rest of the total file area must therefore hold home records , i.e. ( Note : The proportion of the file area that contains home records is calculated indirectly rather than directly , because the sum of home record probabilities is made up of an infinite series , while that of the empty positions is finite , as is clear from equation ( 6.13 ) . )
22 The bow is made out of a separate piece of fabric and stitched to a basic straight tie-back .
23 Capitalism is the first mode of production in history in which the means whereby the surplus is pumped out of the direct producer is ‘ purely ’ economic in form …
24 ( ANNE ) One of Britain 's top speedway clubs is pulling out of the British league .
25 Physicists know only too well from studying crystalline materials that an understanding of solid-state physics is borne out of a sure knowledge of atomic structure and this has come traditionally from X-ray crystallography .
26 The expansion of the public programmes now proposed is to meet exceptional needs ; it is born partly of a short-term necessity , partly of the conditions inherent in modern urban life .
27 At the age of 47 , Robert De Niro is coming out of a creative crisis and entering a new phase as a movie mogul .
28 Well I think I , I mean I do agree and I think that the that er that pressure is now getting on to these , these city institutions , but erm , but I still come back to the basic thing that , that really , you know what appears to me is happening is we 've we 're having literally millions of pounds taken out in , in issuing these massive massive writs you know , a hundred and seventy eight page writs are sort of being and really the money for those is coming out of the remaining money in our pension funds and really I feel that what wou what is happening is this , as far as I 'm concerned , is all due to the self-regulatory body being set under the Financial Services Act , and in a way I feel that you know we 're being made to pay for sorting out a mess that somebody else is making .
29 No no no no you basically the company is pulled out of the ordinary high street travel business and set up a new concept in business travel .
30 The third method , grafting , is similar to budding and differs in that a short section of wood with more than one eye is enjoined instead of a single bud .
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