Example sentences of "made of the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use that will be made of the online information retrieval systems depends in part on the education of users about the availability and functioning of this method of information retrieval . |
| 2 | A quick survey was made of the various functions in the 1992–93 calendar of events and some allocated to different members of committee . |
| 3 | A quick survey was made of the various functions in the 1993 -93 calendar of events and some allocated to different members of committee . |
| 4 | This allowed an evaluation to be made of the possible effect pre-entry study on performance . |
| 5 | A major problem with early computers was the question of reliability ; pessimistic forecasts were made of the mean time to failure of assemblies of several thousand valves , and a prime consideration in designing a computer was to make it as simple as possible . |
| 6 | Above all , use was made of the great lake in front of the palace , the famous Étang des Carpes , where some of the fish were reputed to have been swimming since the days of Francis I. All sorts of pleasure boats were at the disposal of the guests , ranging from a Venetian gondola to a miniature frigate of the French navy — the latter the pride and joy of the Prince Imperial . |
| 7 | The principles of electromagnetism had been established by the late eighteenth century , but it was not until the mid-nineteenth century that any sort of measurements could be made of the small currents produced by living tissue . |
| 8 | The magnetic field generated in the Moon by the action of the solar wind enables the electrical currents flowing in the Moon to be deduced , and this enables rough estimates to be made of the internal temperatures , the higher the temperatures the greater the currents for a given solar wind field . |
| 9 | Much has been made of the disciplinary power of the market for managerial services . |
| 10 | Scarcity value apart , the Stag is made of the right stuff by classic yardsticks . |
| 11 | He might drive for Italians , but he could n't be made of the right stuff . |
| 12 | Subalterns posted to the Indian Army were expected to kill a tiger in order to prove that they were made of the right stuff . |
| 13 | Keeping your head above water is half the secret in sport and young Karen Rake seems to be made of the right stuff . |
| 14 | or how about Ray Wilkins … still playing of course in the premier league but he 's surely made of the right stuff to be a manager … |
| 15 | or how about Ray Wilkins … still playing of course in the premier league but he 's surely made of the right stuff to be a manager … |
| 16 | and that 's the Karrimor International Mountain Marathon … a race made of the right stuff |
| 17 | Now it 's the turn of the attack to show it 's made of the right stuff . |
| 18 | Because they were made of the right kind of iron ? |
| 19 | The display can be even more eye-catching if use is made of the wide choice of containers now available . |
| 20 | I am sure you are as appalled as I am at the use that has been made of the private letter of a schoolboy to his parents , but it is certainly a lesson for you in the ways of the world . ’ |
| 21 | The lecture method has the great disadvantage that the speed of delivery of information can not be controlled by the receiver , and repetition is not possible unless printed handouts are provided , the student manages to write a synopsis , or some recording is made of the actual lecture . |
| 22 | Due to a lack of adequate accommodation no precise analysis has yet been made of the ex-German holdings . |
| 23 | To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment has been made of the adverse effect on maintaining and upgrading hospitals of the amount being spent in preparing hospital trusts . |
| 24 | Up to the present in this chapter no mention has been made of the eliminatory processes — defaecation and urination . |
| 25 | All the postings you have made of the above list are P&L transactions and now need to be transferred to the P&L account . |
| 26 | The cold and windless afternoon made of the mellow brick and pastel grass a perfect conspiracy of pretension and nature , an exact depiction of everything Harry most loved and loathed in his homeland . |
| 27 | That their duvet cover is made of the Russian flag and the Union Jack can be passed by ; better are such details as the fact that Russians call spam ‘ Roosevelt smile ’ ; the question of whether Down 's syndrome chidren are known as Mongols in the USSR , and a dispute over private medicine : ‘ You think I 've fled 1,000 miles from scientific communism just to live with Mrs Engels ? ’ asks Slava . |
| 28 | to examine the use made of the new powers ; |
| 29 | Note was made of the new house group initiated by Bruce Nicole which aim to foster Christian friendship , deepen understanding of the faith and provide the basis for evangelism . |
| 30 | As has already been mentioned , insider traders also face the possibility of conviction under the US mail and wire fraud statutes in so far as they participate in a ‘ scheme … to defraud ’ ( ie breach of s.10b and Rule 10b-5 ) where use has been made of the postal system or telephonic communication . |