Example sentences of "[noun] be out [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a recent article in the California Management Review , Mr Reich points out that , as a bailiwick of the Ministry of Health and Welfare , the industry was out of bounds to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( MITI ) and so never had bureaucrats helping or prodding it to export . |
| 2 | ‘ This place is out of bounds to both of you . ’ |
| 3 | This ‘ mini-apartheid ’ was reminiscent of the colonial era , when parts of China were out of bounds to its own people . |
| 4 | Between 30% and 50% of all consultations with medical professionals in industrialized countries result from no detectable physical illness or when the complaint of discomfort is out of proportion to the physical problem . |
| 5 | His kitchen area was out of bounds to me at cook times so I was forced to use the ( extremely useful ) rear door of the tent . |
| 6 | Below the bridge , the stream , so far well behaved , vanishes in a fit of petulance into Thorns Gill Cave on its north bank , the interior being out of bounds to all but experienced cavers . |
| 7 | Greyfriars is out of bounds to all pupils at all times . |
| 8 | The fact that it had been brought to the family majlis was out of deference to me . |