Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] out [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some cases this involves experimental work to test particular theories of how certain processes were carried out and the ways that artefacts were constructed . |
| 2 | Follow-up assessments were carried out when the children were six years old . |
| 3 | The young men were turned out and the girls looked very pretty , some of them in microscopic skirts ! |
| 4 | Troops were called out and the Riot Act was proclaimed in Worthing in 1884 . |
| 5 | But , at length , the drawings and sketches were laid out and the plans for Flaherty 's new steam-powered melting pot which had unaccountably been packed by mistake put away again . |
| 6 | It also urged firms to make sure they completed and exported orders quickly in case they were found out or the UN introduced further sanctions against Iraq . |
| 7 | The stitches were taken out and the wounds healed well . |
| 8 | Of the forty of us who had survived so far , another twelve were weeded out and the rest of us sat there until 6.00 pm looking at the posters on the walls and reading the few tattered paperbacks which sat on the shelves . |
| 9 | By 1988 , a fishing timeshare scheme had been successfully launched , the cottages were rented out and the lodge was open for guests . |
| 10 | Finally , on April 10 it was given out that the government had agreed to the opposition 's main demands for the rapid legalization of political parties and for an amnesty for political activists . |
| 11 | On the second day Smith was palpably out lbw but went on the score 42 ; Mujtaba was given out when the ball seemed to hit his boot ; and Gooch , I believe , should have been given out three times in the second innings . |
| 12 | This was shaken out as the hay was made , helping to maintain the rich variety of flowers and herbs . |
| 13 | In chapter 2 it was pointed out that the Thatcher government had made strong efforts to curb overall local government expenditure . |
| 14 | It was pointed out that the education budget had grown each year since 1988 and that for 1991 it again exceeded the defence budget . |
| 15 | While the increase in Headley Parish Council 's contribution towards the upkeep of the churchyard is welcomed , it was pointed out that the church still has to find £2,412 from general funds to cover the deficit . |
| 16 | When the subject of education was brought up and it was pointed out that the girl had not been going to school he said that she was not learning anything at school anyway , that she was much safer here than at the school she had been to , where she had been threatened with knives in the playground and that she could learn all a wife needed to know better at home . |
| 17 | Many of the previous chapters have been concerned with the description of phonemes , and in 5.2 it was pointed out that the subject of phonology includes not just this aspect ( which is usually called segmental phonology ) but also several others . |
| 18 | A typical example is the 1978 Tremadoc Guidebook comment after the first ascent of Fingerlicker in 1975 , where alone in that guide it was pointed out that the route had only been climbed after two ‘ Yo-Yo 's ’ ( according to the 1975 definition of a Yo-Yo ) . |
| 19 | This was noted as long ago as 1975 ( Hughes ) when it was pointed out that the administrator had to present an acceptable change , " for today only acceptable schemes are operable . |
| 20 | Also , it was pointed out that the profitability of the Banks in Northern Ireland shows steady growth and that the Banks have ample ability to pay an increased salary to IBOA members . |
| 21 | In a previous article ( Triseliotis , 1985 ) it was pointed out that the Adoption Act 1976 and 1978 ( Scotland ) might have to be changed to provide explicitly that adoption orders could be made with a condition of access , where desirable , for members of the biological family . |
| 22 | It was pointed out that the Northern Ireland Council on Disability was in the process of investigating the services different agencies are providing for disabled people — not just in relation to physical access , but also in relation to access to the network of information on different services and projects which exclude disability interests . |
| 23 | It was pointed out that the Borough Council has accepted that nearby farms have become redundant and the conversion of farm buildings to up-market residential properties has been allowed . |
| 24 | When it was pointed out that the figure of £274 million had come from the Government 's Supply Estimates , he said he was not familiar with such a figure in relation to the jetty . |
| 25 | That functions also as a relative pronoun : It was pointed out that the situation was improving ( conjunction ) ; The book that you gave me is very interesting ( relative pronoun ) . |
| 26 | — It was pointed out that the devolution of responsibility to Grade 1 and 2 for lower grades , meant that they would be responsible for the career development and training needs of staff they work with . |
| 27 | It was pointed out that the relocation of Mackies would create just such conditions and eventually the minority workforce will be disposed of . |
| 28 | The correctness of the decision in Duncan v. Jones has been doubted in Australia , where it was pointed out that the effect of the decision is that ‘ members of Parliament could be forbidden to address hostile audiences during election campaigns . ’ |
| 29 | Truman was reminded that it was an agreed military estimate that if Indo-China falls , ‘ very likely all of South-East Asia may come under communist domination ’ and , although it might not have seemed a very credible danger , it was pointed out that the Philippines were less than 800 miles from Indo-China . |
| 30 | Having designed the Commodore International Ltd PET Personal Electronic Transactor , and moved on to found Sirius Inc , later Victor Technologies Inc until he was caught out when the world discovered that ‘ runs MS-DOS ’ did n't mean ‘ IBM-compatible ’ , Chuck Peddle hopes that he 'll soon be back with a bang . |