Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] out [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arguments were fleshed out by the foreign Minister , Selwyn Lloyd , at a NATO Council meeting in December , where he introduced proposals for what became known as the Grand Design . |
| 2 | Ardglass were squeezed out on the final card . |
| 3 | Furthermore , no alteration of the protein pattern in the electrophoresis was observed when the competitions were carried out with the mutated oligonucleotides ( results not shown ) , demonstrating that the binding of the proteins to the oligonucleotide was specific . |
| 4 | Subsequent measurements were carried out with the 76-m Lovell telescope at frequencies between 408MHz and 1,660 MHz . |
| 5 | Until post-war reconstruction began in the 1950s and early 1960s , most building projects were carried out in the traditional manner , with an architect designing the building and managing the contract , a quantity surveyor preparing bills of quantities , valuations and a final account , and a general contractor who actually constructed the building . |
| 6 | Surveys carried out by the optical profession show that after an initial drop , 12.43 million sight tests were carried out in the financial year ending 1991 . |
| 7 | The Commission was to have not just the right to initiate and recommend policy to its executive partner , the Council of Ministers , but also the task of ensuring that the provisions of the treaty and policies emanating from the Council of Ministers were carried out by the other institutions and the member states . |
| 8 | Inspections were carried out by the Ceramic Industries Certification Scheme Ltd who are linked with the British Ceramic Research Association . |
| 9 | The settlers ' attempts at agriculture were frustrated , except on the southern steppe frontier , by frozen subsoil and the sub-arctic climate , and as they were carried out by the primitive ‘ slash-and-burn ’ method , were highly destructive of the forest environment . |
| 10 | First , on the rateable value of the property , which was a value based on an assessment of what the property could earn if it were let out on the open market . |
| 11 | Enclosed monks and nuns , hermits and anchoresses , were sought out by the secular clergy and by the laity for advice and help . |
| 12 | Trees were cleared from the banks , and raised flood-banks were built out of the dredged material alongside the stream course . |
| 13 | He and Mum were moved out to the new estate . |
| 14 | International concern for these extremely rare mammals arose after thousands of grey seals were wiped out by the canine distemper virus . |
| 15 | Closed basins as deep as 135 feet were bitten out of the underlying basalt . |
| 16 | And now they had left the city behind and were heading out into the open country . |
| 17 | The travellers were heading out into the empty desert . |
| 18 | The fish they were pulling out of the Swedish lakes were badly deformed . |
| 19 | There were still several boys , waiting for their lifts home , and a number of cars were pulling out of the main gates . |
| 20 | Great flat-topped sheets of cloud were moving out of the frigid lands , intermittently obscuring the moon . |
| 21 | Stewart slipped on the wicketkeeping gloves when Russell took a day 's sick leave with a stomach upset , and the final three sessions were played out in the usual no-prospects eeriness , which was heightened by the horrors of the evening before . |
| 22 | Mahdi Mohammed loyalists were holding out in the northern fringes of the capital . |
| 23 | PRE-SEASON thoughts on the prospects of newcomers Durham making the grade were borne out in the early weeks . |
| 24 | The British staff at Culham were pointing out to the eminent scientists that they are paid less than their colleagues from fourteen other European countries working alongside them . |
| 25 | Two engines from Weeley and Clacton were called out to the reported barn fire just before 8 pm , but they soon realised they would need reinforcements , including the rescue tender from Colchester . |
| 26 | Mr. Gow : While recognising the undoubted right of all members of the General Synod to deeply held views for or against the policies of the present Government , would it be helpful if my right Hon. Friend were to point out to the General Synod that its reputation would be enhanced if its members , when in Synod , devoted more time to matters spiritual than to matter political ? |
| 27 | TENNIS : Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe were bundled out of the German Open in the second round yesterday by Italians who were still schoolboys when the pair were in their prime . |
| 28 | LIVERPOOL paid the price for Moscow madness when they were dumped out of the European Cup Winners Cup on Wednesday . |
| 29 | And then it was over , and they were coming out into the grey , windy day , the mothers trying not to look at the white-capped sea beyond the point , the boys suddenly gruff and silent now that the moment of parting was come . |
| 30 | I think he was convinced the green was fast , but maybe he had forgotten we were coming out of the rough and the topspin ran us through the green . |