Example sentences of "out [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Indeed he appeared to hold out the offer of an alliance with the radicals , insisting that there should be no split " among the democratic , progressive forces which are dedicated to carrying out transformations in society " . |
| 2 | Hewlett-Packard Co recently sent out pairs of natty sunglasses to the UK computer press bearing the message ‘ you 'll be needing these on May 5th , ’ ( well some of the poor loves must have thought things rather fetching as they were wearing them on Olivetti 's jaunt to Paris a couple of days later ) . |
| 3 | Although naturally designed more to draw out signs of abnormality , they nevertheless demand similar mental operations , being open-ended procedures in which , for example , subjects are required to interpret proverbs or sort everyday objects in any way they prefer . |
| 4 | But as they made their way towards the camp he had spoken only to point out signs of bird and animal life that he thought might interest her ; in the mud at the riverside , he showed her the pug mark of a tiger that had drunk there the previous evening and at another point on the trail he drew her attention to torn-up grasses and leafless trees that marked the passing of a herd of elephant . |
| 5 | No matter how long it took , she said , those who were left in South Ronaldsay would work out shifts on the various farms . |
| 6 | The 18 de Marzo refinery , on the city 's outskirts , had been responsible for pumping out emissions of carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) , sulphur dioxide ( SO2 ) and benzene , along with other pollutants . |
| 7 | Carefully — planned loading can reduce material waiting time , even out loads between machines and processes , reduce idle time and highlight machine utilisation . |
| 8 | And further west , using the coast path as a base , you can work out loads of circular walks taking in beaches . |
| 9 | Once through the crust , tunnelling is easier and she brings out loads of sand , clutched between her forelegs . |
| 10 | they took out loads of things . |
| 11 | The hotel staff felt sorry for the Garda and asked them round to the back door , where they handed out tots of whiskey . |
| 12 | At Bewick she would not have dreamed of sitting by a fire in idleness while her clothes were sorted and shaken and put away in drawers and cupboards , which , when opened , gave out breaths of lavender . |
| 13 | Buzz carefully counted out coins for the taxi driver , who said , ‘ That ai n't much of a tip , lady . ’ |
| 14 | The 168 children out of 2,339 received into London workhouses between 1750 and 1755 who survived hardly over-exercised the parish authorities in seeking out apprenticeships on their behalf . |
| 15 | Christine , who had gained the Brownie Highway Badge , was an excellent writer and reader , and she felt rather grown-up as she wrote out notes for Miss Miggs or carefully read out to her a letter from her nephew . |
| 16 | Paul suggested a way of getting rid of this passivity , arguing that lecturers should give out notes at the beginning of lectures and then : |
| 17 | As at September 1992 there were 137 companies listed by the Industrial Development Authority as approved to carry out activities in IFSC . |
| 18 | It accused Mr Mandela of carrying out acts of sabotage on dates when he was in prison . |
| 19 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of Feb. 21 reported that Azhar 's execution was widely interpreted as a warning to those contemplating carrying out acts of terrorism in connection with the Gulf war . |
| 20 | A single volume , tone and five-way selector operate all the usual switching and adjusting functions , but the EGs have an additional control in the tone pot ; pulling it out acts as a coil tap for the humbuckers . |
| 21 | He did not make it obvious , but he led the conversation , changed topics when he thought it needed it , enquired robustly of the lawyer certain things , and more gently of the females , as if to bring out gems of information they had stored in their pretty little heads . |
| 22 | Male Bright coloured , free from spiral grains and knots , and which when struck sound like a brass gong and during excavation throw out splinters like sparks of a fire . |
| 23 | In response to public concerns about the ozone layer , 65% of the UK toiletry market have agreed to phase out aerosols with CFC propellants by 1989 . |
| 24 | A fire broke out minutes after take-off ; the pilot reportedly called the control tower at Jeddah airport and was told to dump his fuel and return , but the plane crashed a kilometre from the runway and burst into flames . |
| 25 | A working party , chaired by Robin Bidwell of the consultancy Environmental Resources , sets out proposals for a scheme to provide ( i ) a framework within which environmental consulting groups can declare their competence for carrying out environmental auditing and ( ii ) a code of practice to be followed when undertaking environmental audits . |
| 26 | A few months later , in the White Paper on adult offenders , the Home Office brought out proposals for the abolition of the special sentences of corrective training and preventive detention , and for the release of prisoners on parole , without making any mention of the Commission . |
| 27 | Surely the Conservative Government have already set out proposals for such a programme : they should be telling him where the money would come from . |
| 28 | A white paper set out proposals for a ‘ land hoarding charge ’ : |
| 29 | The document has been criticized by environmentalists for merely offering suggestions and not setting out proposals for action . |
| 30 | This is the document which spells out proposals for the future shape of Gloucestershire . |