Example sentences of "[conj] [adv prt] of the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both are members of the Penygroes RFC and I 'm pleased to report that out of the two games played , Penygroes won both , with scoring 6 tries , making the results 28–17 and 26–15 . |
| 2 | He added that out of the 26 councils in Northumbria Water 's area only five no longer wished to collect payments for water . |
| 3 | The incidence of high rates of non-returners is borne out in a Far Eastern Economic Review report which suggested that out of the 50,000 scholars sent abroad since 1978 , at the start of the reform decade , only 20,000 have returned . |
| 4 | While the perils of ‘ publish or perish ’ have yet to perturb Indian authors , seminar participants also voiced concern about the fact that out of the 350,000 practitioners of western medicine in the country today , only 4% read journals . |
| 5 | Its interest for us is that out of the 781 families surveyed , " printing and cognate occupations " represented more than any single trade " . |
| 6 | His daughter is played by Jane Birkin , the bilingual singer and actress , and one of the characteristic features of the film is the way the dialogue slips in and out of the two languages as if it were the most natural thing in the world . |
| 7 | They do n't think you are going to steal it , and they never tell your children off if they touch things or run in and out of the hanging displays . |
| 8 | The vessels that sailed in and out of the Minoan harbours , whether bay-hopping round the Cretan coast or bound for far-distant ports , were generally rather small . |
| 9 | The whole afternoon was spent meandering in and out of the welcoming homes of Miss Kerr 's ageing contemporaries . |
| 10 | As ever , little was done to conceal anything from me as I went in and out of the various rooms in which these gentlemen sat deep in discussion , and I thus could not avoid gaining a certain impression of the general mood at this stage of the proceedings . |
| 11 | A very lazy way to spend a day in the sun , is to buy a ‘ day ’ ticket , and hop on and off the boats and in and out of the many cafes and restaurants dotted around the lake . |
| 12 | Children wandered around even at this time of night , in and out of the many shops , playing and screaming . |
| 13 | And out of the dark woods came the black man , leading his horse on one arm , and on the other a tall grey hound with the saddest face I have ever seen on any creature . |
| 14 | As we hurried now beneath the gas lamps , in and out of the dark patches where the light did not reach , I wanted to cry , ‘ But I thought her safe in Scotland ! ’ |
| 15 | There was no sign of the three people I was looking for , although there were a few strange faces : three or four wives with young children sent out to grass from Athens , and one or two old couples , dehydrated rentiers , who doddered in and out of the mournful lounges of the Hotel Philadelphia . |
| 16 | In that era , so much of the day was spent climbing in and out of the correct clothes that there ca n't have been much time left for recreation . |
| 17 | A pair of Harpies nest here , as they are just able to squeeze in and out of the narrow windows . |
| 18 | On a night in early winter , one of those wild exciting nights with a brilliant moon sliding in and out of the racing clouds , Mrs Browning rang , and asked if I would go down . |
| 19 | Two buskers were playing banjos , walking up and down the line , while a dwarf scampered in and out of the waiting cinema-goers with an outstretched hand , cajoling money from the queue . |
| 20 | woven and out of the old strands |
| 21 | Watch in delight as the city 's trendiest inhabitants jetski down Fifth Avenue , or strap on your tanks and check out the exotic undersea life flitting in and out of the ruined buildings where Harlem used to be . |
| 22 | Subtle lighting changes in and around the stage from magical lights are automatic , and the puppets can duck in and out of the curtained-off side-booths to change costumes . |
| 23 | But out of the 76 trusts , 35 had invested portfolio yields of 6% or over ( 22 having 7% or over ) . |
| 24 | Creggan could not rest or sleep , for out of the racing seas beneath their stance seemed to come troubled memories and images of a place where he once was , and eagles he once knew . |