Example sentences of "is [verb] [adv] of a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cork is made up of a myriad of tiny cells , each imprisoning a tiny pocket of air . |
| 2 | Inactivation of the X chromosome is random so that the early embryo is made up of a mixture of cells in which one or other of the X chromosomes is inactivated . |
| 3 | The Appeal Committee is made up of a Chairman ( often a former judge ) and two members of the Panel not involved in the decision under appeal . |
| 4 | The Certificate is made up of a range of foundation units with specialist options . |
| 5 | A legal system is not a monolith , but is made up of a variety of legal ‘ arenas ’ in which many different ‘ legal languages ’ are spoken , and while some of these arenas may well be prepared to listen to the presentation of a problem in one jurisprudential language , others might reject it completely ( Ladeur , 1984 ; Sciolla , 1983 ; Dunsire , 1978 ) . |
| 6 | A core team is made up of a University consultant , an LEA adviser and a senior teacher . |
| 7 | Each spreadsheet page is made up of a grid of columns and rows . |
| 8 | An ability is made up of a repertoire of skills and is thus a higher level skill . |
| 9 | In the old card game ‘ Happy Families ’ , every family involved is made up of a father , mother and two children . |
| 10 | Each item is made up of a plate displaying four pictures , three of which are distractors . |
| 11 | Sekers , like Stoddard is made up of a group of companies . |
| 12 | Motivation is an ‘ event ’ in itself — motivation is made up of a number of factors of which the most important are the perceived value of the outcome to the individual and the correlation between that outcome and the effort necessary to achieve it . |
| 13 | Multi- stage sampling can be used when the population is made up of a number of sub-units . |
| 14 | Another type of date code is made up of a number and a row of dots , eg |
| 15 | Like all enzymes it is a protein and like some it is made up of a number of polypeptide subunits ( so forming a ‘ complex ’ ) . |
| 16 | It is made up of a number of bones ( vertebrae ) which are placed one on top of another . |
| 17 | Business Direct is made up of a number of different services , each designed to smooth your way throughout the world . |
| 18 | And protein is made up of a number of what , can you remember ? |
| 19 | 3 Where the petition is based on a statutory demand , only the debt claimed in the demand may be included in the petition , except that interest or other charges which have accrued since the date of the demand to the date of the petition may be added … 4 When completing para 2 of the petition , attention is drawn to r 6.8(I) ( a ) to ( c ) , particularly where the " aggregate sum " is made up of a number of debts . |
| 20 | Since every organization is made up of a number of different groups of employees , the question of collaboration between groups is vital for obtaining an overall balance in the social system . |
| 21 | According to the ideas outlined in Chapter 6 , the language processing system is made up of a number of information-processing modules , each responsible for a specific information-processing task ( such as recognising letters , for example , or producing spoken words ) . |
| 22 | Set up to tackle problems faced by local communities in north west Edinburgh , the NEAR ( Northwest Edinburgh Area Renewal ) project is made up of a number of organisations committed to working together . |
| 23 | It was mentioned earlier that a remotely-sensed image is made up of a number of scan lines and that each scan line contains a large number of pixel values . |
| 24 | Each NVQ [ there are 24 City and Guilds NVQs in the hotel , catering and hospitality industry ] is made up of a number of units ; each unit sets out the standard that must be reached . |
| 25 | The DNA molecule is made up of a sequence of four basic units — nucleotides — strung together . |
| 26 | Erm , the idea is that letters are uniquely sep specified by different combinations of features , but certain letters would share more features than others So the idea is that you might consider that the letter X is made up of two features line going that way , whoops , yeah , and a line going that way , which when they 're viewed together make the letter X. The letter Y is made up of a line going that way and a line going that way . |
| 27 | He repeatedly told students ‘ Painting is made out of a love for the subject . ’ |
| 28 | I wanted the garment to seem feminine even though it is made out of a yarn as heavy and warm as pure wool . |
| 29 | This block is made out of a steel structure covered with concrete slabs and masked with a red brick shell . |
| 30 | If blood is pumping out of a wound , use a clean pad to press on the wound , or if need be your bare hands or the pads of your fingers . |