Example sentences of "come out on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is n't often that unions have taken up issues such as racial or sex discrimination or unfair dismissal , and when workers have come out on strike they have usually been slow and reluctant to make these strikes official . |
| 2 | It 's the first time in his career he has n't come out on top . |
| 3 | Although Ernest Bevin 's Transport Workers had not come out on strike the real opprobrium of the Labour movement was held for Jimmy Thomas , the railwaymen 's leader , whose opposition to sympathetic strike action had been vital to the collapse of the Triple Alliance . |
| 4 | He has survived bankruptcy , libel , and having to resign as deputy chairman of the Conservative Party , and he 's still come out on top . |
| 5 | If I could go back I think I would have come out on the Tour three years later . ’ |
| 6 | Brenda Lambert , headteacher at South Wellfield First School , Whitley Bay , Tyne and Wear , said : ‘ We made up some of the recipes and John Major 's has come out on top . |
| 7 | We had come out on a broad dirt road . |
| 8 | Steelworkers in the public sector had for some time been in dispute with their employers , the British Steel Corporation , and had come out on strike . |
| 9 | And er I know when I had experience in the past , last New Year , the District Council 's come out on behalf of the residents . |
| 10 | ‘ You 've just come out on my side of the argument . |
| 11 | Yes they push er Crosby has gone up front erm with Collimore and Stone 's come out on the right-hand side . |
| 12 | So far I 've come out on top , but one day the damn thing will expire just to spite me . ’ |
| 13 | The leading two mile chasers had clashed on six previous occasions and each time Katabatic had come out on top . |
| 14 | If the play were left at that , then , Brutus would have come out on top , but since Mark Antony was left to talk , his extremely clever speech then persuaded the crowd into thinking his way , as we shall see now . |
| 15 | one of the criticisms that has come out on this one book was that because the , these child adults are skilled and put into education , they maybe still illiterate , but they are street wise , they are literate of the street |
| 16 | Their father may know that if he simply ‘ refuses to intervene ’ the older one , stronger and more resourceful , is bound to come out on top … |
| 17 | He said , ‘ we are just at the end of the recession and we are about to come out on some sort of curve ’ . |
| 18 | What you have going for you is the ability to withstand whatever is dished up and to come out on the winning side . |
| 19 | It was the prison , of course , which was to come out on top . |
| 20 | However did people manage to discipline themselves and stick to a single line for long enough to gain control , to come out on top , to become the boss instead of the employee ? |
| 21 | So what you must do , and it is not easy , is to create a clown-like detective hero who has a core of toughness , of shrewdness even , which will allow him in the end plausibly to come out on top . |
| 22 | Private steel companies sought injunctions against the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation who were calling on workers in the private sector of the steel industry to come out on strike to support workers in the public sector who were striking over pay . |
| 23 | Had had to come out on strike , then er all the workers be on strike fund , er did you and your father receive strike money ? |
| 24 | I hate to disillusion you , but I 'd have been hard pressed to come out on top with those odds ! ’ |
| 25 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 26 | Regular stars of the contest , Alan Crossthwaite and Tony Dance , both fought hard in the singles final , but it was Alan who was able to draw on the experience of his many double successes to come out on top . |
| 27 | Watford is erm when you used to come out on the old |
| 28 | He came out on stage and called them all down to the orchestra pit right in front of him . |
| 29 | We shouted for them till they came out on their balcony . |
| 30 | After discussions , Martin Lynch 's name came out on top of the list . ’ |