Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] out of [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The furore over the Mellors ' freebie at New Year in 1990 has put paradise temporarily out of bounds to the world . |
| 2 | The main drawback to this officer/ N.C.O./soldier ratio was that if a party was killed or taken prisoner the enemy scored a success well out of proportion to the numbers involved . ’ |
| 3 | If the woman resisted Weston 's voice simply out of obedience to Maleldil , then what was the function of Ransom ? |
| 4 | She felt engulfed in a frozen rage quite out of proportion to the situation … |
| 5 | I stopped the police banging down your door earlier out of respect to you . |
| 6 | The Army Department reviewed commitments in Korea and wrote to the State Department that Korea possessed ‘ little strategic value ’ in the view of the joint chiefs of staff — ‘ To apply the Truman Doctrine to Korea would require prodigious effort and vast expenditure far out of proportion to the benefits to be expected . ’ |
| 7 | SHALLOW , SELF-important , with a reputation well out of proportion to his meagre talent , Kenneth Branagh is British Culture 's idea of a modern Renaissance man . |