Example sentences of "[conj] [adv prt] of touch " in BNC.
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| 1 | One has a brief glimpse here of the fate of the elderly who were childless or out of touch with their children . |
| 2 | And that meant that Downes could not possibly have killed Kemp before that time , and Downes was going to make absolutely certain — as he did — that he was never out of sight or out of touch with his group — except for the odd , brief visit to the loo — at any time that afternoon or early evening . |
| 3 | At times you may feel a bit down or out of touch with those around you , however , one matter needs your attention and a new business venture is also worth thinking about things decorating or maintenance as necessary , a telephone call will bring surprising news . |
| 4 | A stance which was appropriate for the Age of Brezhnev and Galtieri now seems out of date and out of touch with the spirit of the times . |
| 5 | The resignation also inevitably reopened the vexed question of Mrs Thatcher 's leadership style : she was accused variously of being domineering , abrasive , unwilling to listen to other opinions and out of touch with grassroot opinion on the backbenches , the party and the country . |
| 6 | Generally the area may feel remote and out of touch with modem life , perhaps with a tradition of witchcraft . |
| 7 | It seemed that our genuine concerns and grievances were largely ignored and we were dismissed as being out of date and out of touch . |
| 8 | He was in his fifties , unmarried , and out of touch with post-war educational methods . |
| 9 | Critics , however , say it has become meaningless and out of touch with young people 's tastes and despite the Christmas boost singles sales are slumping dramatically . |
| 10 | In recent months the presidential asset has been the subject of some distinctly unflattering news articles , including a long Vanity Fair magazine story that painted her as an autocrat angry with her husband and out of touch with her family . |
| 11 | If Western parties , in spite of the need to win votes , can become inward-looking and out of touch with economic and social realities , the possibility was as great , if not greater , with a party like the CPSU whose hold on government was unchallenged . |
| 12 | Being humble does n't mean being a wimp , being soft and out of touch , nor does it involve being a doormat that people abuse and walk over . |
| 13 | In the eyes of this boy he and his wife were probably ridiculous , she lying on a sun-chair , he old and out of touch with the world . |
| 14 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that recent developments have underlined the fact that the Shops Act 1950 is illogical , out of date , rarely enforced and out of touch with the reality of the 1990s ? |
| 15 | Such advice is becoming as offensive , ignorant and out of touch as it was when first uttered by the right hon. Member for Chingford ( Mr. Tebbit ) many years ago . |
| 16 | Either they were decadent , champagne swilling , cocaine-sniffing sex maniacs , or they were stuck-up , toffee-nosed , pompous and out of touch with ordinary people . |
| 17 | But , in general , clubs seem incapable of grasping an elementary fact that cynicism is rife among an ever-increasing number of people who believe that many players are overpaid , overrated and out of touch . |
| 18 | Are they more in favour of realism as they perceive it and out of touch with idealism ? |
| 19 | We agreed that without our set we felt as out of touch as two visitors from outer space . |
| 20 | They are as out of touch will hill reality as some walkers and climbers ! |