Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [vb pp] out on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the discharge itself is wiped away , and a small platinum loop or a cotton-wool-tipped orange stick is gently inserted into the urethral meatus , and samples from the urethra are plated out on the relevant culture media while others are smeared onto a microscope slide for staining and examination . |
| 2 | Some of the wealthier natives brought picnic hampers in the European manner , and their servants would unroll splendid carpets on the green sward ; while their banquets were spread out on the carpets they could watch what was going on through telescopes and opera-glasses which they had had the foresight to bring with them though what they saw , as they swept the ramparts of the Residency and banqueting hall can hardly have looked very impressive to them : just a few ragged , boil-covered skeletons crouching behind mud walls . |
| 3 | Eliot 's presents were laid out on the table , and there was champagne and a birthday cake : when Rupert Hart-Davis lit the candles on the cake , Eliot knelt down and blew them out . |
| 4 | The thirteenth victim of The Fox was photographed on a beach with her skirt hitched up , arm-in-arm with her boyfriend ; their eyes were masked out on the photograph , which was captioned' … rebuilding their romance ’ . |
| 5 | Although there is no written evidence to substantiate this , no major repairs or maintenance were carried out on the machinery , and it is evident that it performed well from the start . |
| 6 | Books were spread out on the ground . |
| 7 | But it is imperative to ensure that research is carried out on the value of screening for gestational diabetes in those hitherto neglected settings . |
| 8 | Research was carried out on the stability of such ferries , which took some time . |
| 9 | Your Lordships were told that Mr. Page started an action in the Queen 's Bench Division for wrongful dismissal which action was struck out on the grounds that the matter fell within the exclusive jurisdiction of the visitor of the university , Her Majesty the Queen . |
| 10 | The upstairs lighting circuit is laid out on the floor of the loft , taking care not to put it under any loft insulation ( where it could overheat ) , and not to put junction boxes where they could be damaged by careless feet . |
| 11 | The original invented exchange is written out on the left . |
| 12 | Robert Hassan inspects all returns for their validity and between them , a daily check is carried out on the adjustments of each loom . |
| 13 | As the twenty-two by thirty-two foot painting was too large to move , restoration work was carried out on the spot behind tarpaulins fitted with transparent panels to allow visitors — most of them drawn to the Salle des Fetes by the ‘ Mona Lisa ’ — to watch work in progress . |
| 14 | From the time of Laurence little work was carried out on the Palace and it was again allowed to fall into decay . |
| 15 | Norman had become a bit weary of struggling through the Edinburgh traffic jams from his home in Strathaven each day for 16 months since being asked by Peter Wood , then Managing Director of Financial Services Division , to take over the running of RBIS while a management consultancy exercise was carried out on the company by the Boston Consultancy Group . |
| 16 | NI contributions are worked out on the gross pay , before all deductions . |
| 17 | Keith Pennyfeather , a senior countryside officer with the commission said : ‘ Much of the restoration being carried out on the Pennine Way inevitably occurs at remote sites a considerable distance from the nearest road . |
| 18 | Age is unlikely to have influenced the findings or the conclusions of our study , because all the tests and comparisons were carried out on the same group of patients . |
| 19 | At Pearl Harbor itself exactly at 0800hrs morning colours were carried out on the moored ships , the first wave of enemy aircraft was sighted but not suspected . |
| 20 | The body is laid out on the back with hands at the side , the eyes are closed ( coins or cotton wool on the eyelids will help ) the jaw supported by a pillow , and all the natural outlets of the body plugged with cotton wool . |
| 21 | The existence of both acute and chronic illnesses was ruled out on the basis of a complete anamnesis and full clinical and biological examination including routine haematological counts , serum glycaemia , total cholesterol , triglycerides , and renal and liver functions tests ( Technicon SMA-20 Autoanalyzer ) . |
| 22 | A very different response to the critical approach to the Bible was worked out on the other side of the Atlantic by Charles Hodge ( 1797 — 1878 ) of Princeton , the Presbyterian seminary which came to be a veritable bastion of Calvinist orthodoxy . |
| 23 | Did you realise that 43 per cent of all sociological surveys are carried out on the M1 , M4 and M6 ? |
| 24 | " The way the pots are laid out on the floor upside down , all showing the marks . |
| 25 | The long metal tubes , detonators , detonating cord and homemade explosives are laid out on the ground , whilst the Police and the host of other interested parties take photographs . |
| 26 | Using a word processor , all corrections are carried out on the screen before a document is printed . |
| 27 | Detailed observations were carried out on the behaviour of the students during the actual course , and both students and teachers were interviewed as to their feelings in participating in this form of instruction . |
| 28 | If granted , taxation is carried out on the ‘ indemnity basis ’ but it is presumed that the costs ( a ) have been reasonably incurred , if they were incurred with the express or implied approval of the client ; ( b ) have been reasonable in amount , if their amount was expressly or impliedly approved by the client ; ( c ) have been unreasonably incurred , if in the circumstances of the case they are of an unusual nature , unless the solicitor satisfies the taxing officer that prior to their being incurred the client was informed that they might not be allowed on taxation of costs . |
| 29 | A newspaper was spread out on the tiled pool surround , and he was murmuring laconically into a cordless telephone . |
| 30 | Drafted into the final eleven when Hooper was ruled out on the morning of the match with a hairline fracture of the finger sustained in the nets , the 24-year old Adams would soon be called on to intervene on his team 's behalf with the bat . |