Example sentences of "[am/are] make [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 2 | ‘ I know that a lot of people think I am made of steel . |
| 3 | Hence budgets are made amidst uncertainty . |
| 4 | This chapter explores the functions of the diverse grouping of financial institutions known as non-bank financial intermediaries and comparisons are made between unit trusts and investment trusts , and the impact of pension funds on the operation of the financial system are considered . |
| 5 | Tactics in drafting agreements and conducting disputes are considered in Chapter 16 : comparisons are made between litigation , arbitration , expert determination and alternative dispute resolution . |
| 6 | Basically they do the same job , that is they break down the structure of the hair and reset them with a neutraliser , but are made without animal testing , contain naturally derived ingredients and are biodegradable . |
| 7 | The sub-contractor must produce a current 714 tax certificate before payments are made without deduction of tax . |
| 8 | The response times are ‘ average ’ and somewhat fewer visits are made during assessment . |
| 9 | Pulsed sounds like clicks are used for echolocation and navigation ; yelps can be a feature of courtship ; and other pulsed calls are made during distress and aggressive confrontation . |
| 10 | Eighty per cent of tropical hardwoods are made into furniture . |
| 11 | Fresh fruit is valuable also for its high vitamin C content , but plums should be avoided unless they are made into jam , as they sometimes tend to cause diarrhoea in the elderly if too many are eaten in one day . |
| 12 | Acrylic fibres are made into fabric which is soft and warm , and consequently has similar characteristics to wool . |
| 13 | They are made to measure and supplied pre-glazed — double or triple — with all the fittings and screws in place ready for immediate , trouble-free installation ( as long as measuring up has been done carefully , and the hole for the window is square ) . |
| 14 | Doors are made to measure , delivered in four weeks , for d-i-y fitting or professional installation . , , . |
| 15 | Attempts are made to route them into low-level manual work regardless of ability or level of motivation for further education , and discrimination in entry to training schemes acts as a further block to employment and careers ( Wrench , 1987 , 1990 ) . |
| 16 | The red route option , which we introduced , has already shown that bus services improve when comparable improvements are made to traffic management . |
| 17 | As we have seen so far , the results from pattern recognition are far from perfect , and no matter what improvements are made to recognition , it is never going to reach 100% accuracy . |
| 18 | Whenever substantial changes are made to dictionary material it is desirable that lexicographers be aware of cross-references targeted on material which is to have its address or its meaning changed . |
| 19 | However , we are aware of the concerns that have been expressed about the system as compared with the arrangements in England and Wales , where appeals are made to valuation and community charge tribunals . |
| 20 | Fairies are supposed to make tapestries of light beams , but these tapestries of the mind are made of thread even finer . |
| 21 | If they are made of mahogany , the answer is ‘ yes ’ . |
| 22 | The skeletal parts of hard corals are made of calcium carbonate and if this is in short supply they can suffer . |
| 23 | At Millook the cliff rocks are made of sandstone and shale layers which have been folded over millions of years into zigzag patterns . |
| 24 | They are Richard Walker 's Mk IV design of 1½lb test-curve , but they were very expensive rods at the time I bought them for they are made of cane called Palakona . |
| 25 | Collections may be made following a child 's interest in say ‘ shiny ’ things or from the teacher 's suggestion , ‘ Let's collect things that are made of wood ’ or ‘ things with lines on ’ . |
| 26 | But now he 's showing definite signs of not thinking you are made of wood I 'm quite happy to stop taking violent umbrage and to start liking him . |
| 27 | And models of Noah 's ark must be among the most enduring of children 's toys , whether the animals are made of wood or plastic . |
| 28 | The genes are made of DNA , which is both simple and complex , passive yet active , a truly magical molecule . |
| 29 | The trees screw into the base , and their trunks and leaves are made of metal , thickened with specially grown dwarf twigs . |
| 30 | Most sealant guns are made of metal , which soon rusts , and they do n't come with any instructions on how to use them . |