Example sentences of "[vb -s] be out [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take the example of Italy , where proportional representation has created permanent instability , with a series of coalition governments that have had to depend on several minor parties whose influence has been out of all proportion to their success in the polls . |
| 2 | Trinity Mill has been out of commercial use since the 1930s but is fortunate enough still to retain its fine internal , breastshot wheel , as well as a number of other remains , including a bolter , chaff-chutter and sack scales . |
| 3 | I tend to favour the idea that people who have not been out of business too long could probably play a valuable role , although I accept that , if someone has been out of active business life for two or three years , his contacts and awareness of up-to-date affairs may have changed . |
| 4 | Schmeichel has been out for two matches with a poisoned hand . |
| 5 | Syd 's been out of top class cricket for nearly two years . |
| 6 | Well if th if there 's somebody whose listening in the Derby area who can help us with a street lamp that 's out and it 's rather important that it get put on , and it 's been out for six weeks now |
| 7 | He 's been out for some time . |
| 8 | She 's been out with enough lads to know he 's the right one for her , ’ Maureen said . |