Example sentences of "are make of [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Fairies are supposed to make tapestries of light beams , but these tapestries of the mind are made of thread even finer .
2 If they are made of mahogany , the answer is ‘ yes ’ .
3 The skeletal parts of hard corals are made of calcium carbonate and if this is in short supply they can suffer .
4 At Millook the cliff rocks are made of sandstone and shale layers which have been folded over millions of years into zigzag patterns .
5 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 .
6 Both jacket and salopettes are made of Parameta with a Pertex outer shell .
7 All the examples are made of notes from a pentatonic scale , but harmonised using 4ths to fatten them up and make them sound a bit more ‘ chunky ’ .
8 Half of Switzerland 's coffins are made of abachi wood .
9 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 ’ .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 The genes are made of DNA , which is both simple and complex , passive yet active , a truly magical molecule .
13 The Protagon range offers three rackets , all of which are made of 100% high performance ( c/c unidirectional carbon as used in the aerospace industry ) graphite .
14 The trees screw into the base , and their trunks and leaves are made of metal , thickened with specially grown dwarf twigs .
15 Most sealant guns are made of metal , which soon rusts , and they do n't come with any instructions on how to use them .
16 ‘ The doors are made of metal and they 're locked and chained , ’ said Toby .
17 They are complicated and obviously designed for a purpose , yet they are not alive , and they are made of metal and plastic rather than of flesh and blood .
18 The Dwarfs concentrate on fortification and consolidation , so few records are made of Orc activity for the next few hundred years .
19 They are made of copper alloy and are about 3 to 4 cms in length .
20 In the usual form of construction both the lead and return conductors are made of copper to minimise resistive loss , the outer return is braided for flexibility and the entire space in between is filled with highly insulating material such as polythene , polythene foam or polytetrafluoroethylene .
21 These are made of metals since they are good conductors of heat .
22 In fact , the tools turn out to be either simply copper or arsenical copper ( none are made of bronze ) , whereas weapons are never made of copper alone and most are tin bronze .
23 Scientific examination has shown that they are made of bronze similar to that used in genuine Italic figures from Italy and the patination appears to have developed over a long period , suggesting that they are not modern copies .
24 There are , of course , several American dreams : one is the John Wayne tradition of the cowboy going out to the west and the whole notion of pioneering individualism ; another is the immigrant American dream , this being the land of opportunity where the streets are made of gold .
25 Or if a jeweller said , you know , the rings in my window are made of gold when really they were not made of gold at all , then that would be a false trade description .
26 The floors throughout the house are made of stone , including upstairs !
27 People who only believe in things when they know what they are made of will feel uneasy .
28 The quiver and bowcase are made of buffalo hide covered with otter skins and adorned with beaded cuffs .
29 The book is well designed ; the pages are made of Zerkall mould-made paper which flops languidly open rather than standing to starched attention perpendicular to the open cover .
30 ‘ How about : You are made of stardust ! ’
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