Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] out the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He had called in a local firm of builders to carry out the essential brickwork , plastering and re-tiling on the roof ; after that , he took a hand in the redecoration personally , splashing on new paint and putting up wallpaper .
2 Those attending were given the opportunity to carry out the mock validation of a course which was defended by a very experienced course team .
3 Legislation created a host of unemployed bureaucrats , municipal and seigniorial officials , who exhibited what liberals called ‘ passive ’ opposition to the constitution — the refusal of local authorities to carry out the administrative changes and apply the laws of the Cortes .
4 Whatever the shortcomings of the assumptions made about cause and effect in the relationship between man and the environment ( and man with man ) the model shows how the use of a computer to carry out the vast number of calculations necessary to realize the model can allow the consideration of a very complex situation on lines not previously possible .
5 If it were possible to store all the different types of primary data in computer-readable form then it would become feasible to use the speed of the computer to carry out the required searches , comparisons , overlays and numerical modelling .
6 It did n't take long for Brown Owl to find out the whole story .
7 PWMI has studies these sectors to work out the average lifetime for the material in the market .
8 Determined to arrange a meeting to discuss it ( postponed as it has been from summer to autumn , autumn to December , December to ‘ early in the the New Year ’ and so on … ) , she rang the Scottish Office direct in an attempt to find out the proposed date of revelation and publication .
9 Techniques have been devised by Operational Research scientists to enable organizations to work out the Economic Order Quantity ( EOQ ) for individual stock items , and to aid them in setting optimum re-order levels ( ie the levels at which stock needs to be replaced ) .
10 She pushed him away , closing her eyes to shut out the present image of his face .
11 He pressed his hands to his eyes to shut out the dreadful picture .
12 ERROR_RETURN_DETAIL/ — is a return parameter providing a report of the errors encountered during the attempt to read out the requested modules .
13 ERROR_RETURN_DETAIL/ — is a return parameter providing a report of the errors encountered during the attempt to read out the requested modules .
14 Pa shrugged himself into his coat and tied a muffler about his neck to keep out the cold February wind .
15 Mrs Doris Ledger and Mrs Jenny Metcalfe , two members of the fund raising committee , officially signalled the start of building work by wielding a hammer to knock out the first brick in a wall on Ward 42 .
16 Technology is making its own bid to shoulder out the financial middleman
17 Quiet , insensitive and inhuman , modern technology is making its own bid to shoulder out the financial middleman .
18 The dismantlers get inside the car to take out the interior trim , seats , dashboard and steering wheel which are all segregated into bins for different plastics and materials .
19 He had centre front stage , his voice projected forward over Therese 's , and he ceased to make any attempt to act out the plotted movements with her .
20 Each door and drawer is individually finished by craftsmen to bring out the full beauty of the grain .
21 In this multi-channelled world , Mr Myhrvold argues , the challenge will be not just to supply information but to make it easy for the user to pick out the specific bits he wants .
22 The manager may take on that role but the new volunteers may find that they lack support as the manager is likely to be too busy with other duties to carry out the in-bureau training task thoroughly .
23 It expected that Scott would produce a building to vie with his great designs abroad and concluded with the hope that ‘ the recent discussions in which so much misapprehension has been exhibited will not shake your determination to carry out the selected design ’ .
24 David Newman , team leader , helps Kim to carry out the administrative aspects of the sales centre .
25 It took just a split second to find out the hard way about the pain and disruption so many families in this country go through every year .
26 Hardy needed three rounds to work out the Mexican southpaw before taking over .
27 These can actually be a very good source of low cost resistors , capacitors , diodes , etc. , but only if you know what you are doing , and you have the necessary test equipment to sort out the good components from the ‘ duds ’ .
28 Much more common is for the Act to set out the main framework of the legislation , dealing itself with the more important and general matters , but leaving much to be done later by others , particularly the Minister in charge of the sponsoring department .
29 This is the stage at which outside help is often sought — and that at which it often becomes a bitterly complicated exercise to sort out the contributory threads of relationship and sex itself .
30 After the cinema he had tea , walked the streets for an hour , had a couple of Guinnesses in a pub to keep out the sharp evening air , and ate a biriani .
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