Example sentences of "out [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the past two years , a cross-party section of politicians , mountaineers , hillwalkers and fishermen has lobbied the Ministry of Defence to retain the unit at Leuchars , which since its inception in 1955 has carried out 2,731 rescues . |
| 2 | But most of his time was now absorbed by his various inventions , which included a miniature camera , a two-sided stove , and a gramophone ; he claimed to have taken out 500 patents . |
| 3 | Where problems do arise over cutting out narrow strips — which we have met before — it is sometimes best to cut in the background piecemeal , gluing in each subsection of background separately as you go along . |
| 4 | Last year , the proportion of pupils getting help with their fees rose above 25% as schools switched from buying new computer labs to bailing out hard-up parents . |
| 5 | The metal shutters on the windows and behind the doors of the four-storey grey structure were designed to keep out unnecessary callers . |
| 6 | In some ways a continuation of the drive against bourgeois liberalism which began after the 1980 elections , it mobilised the media , the CYL and other official agencies in efforts to stamp out undesirable imports . |
| 7 | Down the line the Q-train quietly rolled : out fell cameras , pencils , and Deputy Dawg |
| 8 | Still more irritating was the fact that whilst Vaughan laboured slowly , working up his ideas through a series of studies , Minton dashed out striking designs with astonishing facility , working with fierce concentration and a pertinacious resistance to interruptions . |
| 9 | He pointed out striking similarities between Sanskrit , Greek , Latin and the European languages like English and French . |
| 10 | You give out conflicting signals , did you know that … ? ’ |
| 11 | These are discrete structures that carry out specific functions . |
| 12 | No-one seriously questions that different parts of the cerebral cortex are specialized to carry out specific functions . |
| 13 | The committee will be broken down into four district working groups covering Hartlepool , North Tees , Middlesbrough and Langbaurgh , as well as task groups to carry out specific functions . |
| 14 | It does not rule out specific industries , but looks for companies in the £l0m to £100m area that are well-established operations with a strong market position ; big enough to support a sensible market structure ; small enough to offer a reasonable growth opportunity ; and where there are likely to be attractive opportunities for exit . |
| 15 | Not just any DNA , but DNA whose coded characters spell out specific instructions for building willow trees that will shed a new generation of downy seeds . |
| 16 | The business of getting and staying fit has become a complicated science and a lot of time spent working out specific programmes for different training phases during the year . |
| 17 | Current research work is focused around six major themes , within which researchers carry out specific projects either with ‘ core ’ ESRC resources or as shorter-term projects funded by housing agencies . |
| 18 | Accordingly , the buyer will prefer to set out specific rights to inspect and test the goods , coupled with a formal procedure for acceptance or rejection , and an exclusion of the operation of ss 11 and 35 of the SGA . |
| 19 | The police themselves did not possess the necessary internal organization to root out specific forms of vice , which often necessitated painstaking investigative work . |
| 20 | Increasingly , local government used its legal powers to separate out specific groups as targets for police intervention . |
| 21 | As cells differentiate to perform separate functions , they select out specific components from a diverse signalling repertoire to construct personalized messenger pathways precisely adapted to suit their particular requirements . |
| 22 | Techniques are routine and detailed methods of carrying out specific tasks fast . |
| 23 | Timetables for implementation should be established , setting out specific goals and actions that allow responsibility to be allocated and achievement monitored . |
| 24 | Customers have to sort out specific requirements with a local undertaker . |
| 25 | It is almost invidious to single out specific examples of success . |
| 26 | Be sure that you spell out specific words and deeds : if a teenager complains about a younger sibling , ask him or her to take the child on an outing . |
| 27 | Most schools ask Work Experience students to complete a diary or to carry out specific enquiries as tasks during their placements . |
| 28 | The uncertain effects of the operation ( though some remarkable results had been achieved ) ruled out hasty decisions . |
| 29 | Port Divers carry out underwater surveys of ports , search ships ' hulls for mines and help Clearance Divers find and dispose of mines ; during the day . |
| 30 | Alan Foster and Nick Graves carry out underwater examinations of irradiated fuel at Scottish Nuclear 's Hunterston B station . |