Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the [adj] stuff " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baldly expressed , those who subscribe to that theory see it as important to explain the process of public policy-making since that is regarded as the essential stuff of British politics itself ; they see interest groups as of central and determining influence in that process ; and they see the group process as enhancing of democracy in Britain . |
| 2 | Scarcity value apart , the Stag is made of the right stuff by classic yardsticks . |
| 3 | He might drive for Italians , but he could n't be made of the right stuff . |
| 4 | Subalterns posted to the Indian Army were expected to kill a tiger in order to prove that they were made of the right stuff . |
| 5 | Keeping your head above water is half the secret in sport and young Karen Rake seems to be made of the right stuff . |
| 6 | 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 … |
| 7 | 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 … |
| 8 | and that 's the Karrimor International Mountain Marathon … a race made of the right stuff |
| 9 | Now it 's the turn of the attack to show it 's made of the right stuff . |
| 10 | Guided by the Emperor 's own harsh wisdom and foresight , they had experimented on the very stuff of Chaos and upon slaves permanently immobilized in nutrient vats , and upon prisoners . |
| 11 | Apparently Uncle Hamish is awaiting divine inspiration on the knotty problem of whether the good things one has accomplished in one 's life are also re-lived from the other side ( as it were ) , or simply subtracted from the nasty stuff . |
| 12 | The statement of compliance with the Cadbury code will be reduced to the anodyne stuff you read about employing disabled people in directors ' reports . |
| 13 | For we are told at the start that the effects of their psychological traits are ‘ accidents ’ , as opposed to the main stuff of social explanation . |
| 14 | While we English are only too ‘ delighted ’ to witness such unalloyed victorious joy in former colonial outposts such as Cardiff and Madras , it is not a trend we would wish to see maintained in the serious stuff of life — the Calcutta Cup ! |