Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] out the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Choose from a colourful array of mango , star fruit , kiwi and raspberries , to name but a few and add a sprinkling of Sweetex to bring out the full flavour , or use it in recipes for a sweet taste without the calories . |
| 2 | This Code of Practice sets out the basic practices employed by Midland Bank and its subsidiary companies in connection with their lending to personal customers in the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | There was no sign of any devastation or a struggle , except where the pool of light picked out the broken , gutted cat . |
| 4 | When Lyddy had gone , Alexandra went to one of her huge wardrobes and from beneath a pile of linen drew out the little morocco volume Aunt Emily had given her the evening of her arrival . |
| 5 | Far from being outdated , this old and broad conception of democracy holds out the only hope of compensating for the weaknesses of elected representative assemblies , dwarfed as they presently are by the bureaucratic and monopolistic structures of power which surround them . |
| 6 | The different types of tenure marked out the leading characteristics of the different forms of land holding known to the law ; but they told us nothing of the nature and incidents of the various interests which those who held by these tenures might have in the land . |
| 7 | Neither the exactions of the Versailles Treaty nor the creation of a republican form of government rooted out the nationalist old guard or revolutionised the German social structure ; within 15 years , Germany was set on a course of revanche . |
| 8 | The peasantry , which comprised the majority of the population in the Middle Ages , had no such comfort , for instance : a small hole left in the wattle and daub , covered with a piece of cloth to keep out the worst of the weather represented a ‘ window ’ to them . |
| 9 | It is therefore necessary to use some sort of classification to sort out the various ways in which we might approach the problems of observation . |
| 10 | Then the brighter light of electricity drove out the ghostly moonbeams and she saw only her daughter , her child , flat out on her bed , naked , apparently bedecked in diamonds and rubies , a fierce tattoo of glass and blood . |
| 11 | But he was well liked , and his colleagues , rather than see him lose his job , would roll the old man into a hollow , covering him with heather to keep out the damp , and leave him sleeping soundly until the end of the day . |
| 12 | The second and third ranks of foot were to stay flat on the ground throughout the manoeuvre , and then , in turn carry out the same tactic . |
| 13 | In order to set out the Keynesian theory more formally , we must first make a number of assumptions . |
| 14 | In 1985 there were 791 cataloguers , two administrators and 169 photographers ; in order to carry out the current drive the number of employees has been set at 4,463 . |
| 15 | He told the King that he would prefer MacDonald to remain in office in order to carry out the necessary programme of economies ; but that if he failed to carry enough of his colleagues with him , then the best alternative would be for MacDonald to head a National Government containing members of all three parties . |
| 16 | If the new democracies are denied markets for their goods , then they will be unable to obtain the hard currency they urgently need in order to carry out the far-reaching reforms that will modernise their economies . |
| 17 | This can lead to a vicious circle , in which important communication is filtered out by power-seekers so that the structure ( which causes most of the problems ) is reinforced in order to flush out the filtered information , thereby making the filtering worse . |
| 18 | We have assumed that the product market provides very little by way of constraint in this case in order to bring out the important point that comparisons should be like-with-like . |
| 19 | One of their ideas is to put a band on a lorry and drive round the block at lunch-time belting out the old traddies — the stuff you play . |