Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] out of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a low-slung sofa with a faded loose cover ; a rocking-chair with canvas strips hanging out of the bottom ; and a broad oak table on metal castors . |
| 2 | The climbing was superb , with pitches of about Very Severe and many of the larger pebbles sticking out of the rock create great hand holds . |
| 3 | The surrounding countryside is windswept and rocky , moss-bedecked flints sticking out of the ground like primitive blades . |
| 4 | ‘ The beds are unmade and there are dirty knickers sticking out of the washing machine . |
| 5 | These punishments include having ‘ the throat cut across , the tongue torn out by the root ’ and being ‘ buried in the sand of the sea at low water … ’ — this explains why you tend to find heads sticking out of the beach who refuse to tell you that they 're up to . |
| 6 | Agnes is losing patience and revenue , I 've practically got my legs sticking out of the Boomerang window , when there 's this heavy handslap on the roof of the car . |
| 7 | That was to the tune of 38–3 in an Arms Park qualifying match and sent the Dragons tumbling out of the World Cup . |
| 8 | According to the Yugoslav news agency , Tanjug , which still has one of the few non-Romanian journalists operating out of the country , the committee consists of lawyers , artists , and workers , but there is still no sign of a leader or a programme . |
| 9 | She turned towards the shallow stone steps leading out of the square . |
| 10 | On top of it there was a copper funnel , and there were rods coming out of the end of the funnel attached to a wheel . |
| 11 | They flowed from every avenue of the kitchen , a waist-high tide of grubby , grey-cowled figures rushing in towards him , their coloured boots , sashes and hat-brims swirling out of the mist . |
| 12 | I particularly remember him at parties diving out of the window for fresh air . |
| 13 | The equivalent wage for the same ratings sailing out of the north east coast were £pound10 for Britishers and £pound6 for Chinamen , out of the Bristol Channel and London £pound9 and £pound6.10s and out of Liverpool £pound8.10s and £pound6 . |
| 14 | It may be that a court of equity will regard the bank as affected by equities arising out of the manner in which the husband persuades his wife to agree to the proposed transaction . |
| 15 | Proposals are currently under consideration to transfer contractual disputes arising out of the employment relationship from the civil courts to the industrial tribunals , but no enabling legislation has yet been implemented to secure this . |
| 16 | ‘ Any wires sticking out of the chair are strictly HMG 's parsimony nothing to do with your heartbeat or perspiration rate . |
| 17 | Internally the keyboard can only accept the ZX Spectrum 's main PCB with the various connectors hanging out of the back through slots . |
| 18 | He reached the top of the bank , lizards scattering out of the way in front of him . |
| 19 | Some 80 per cent of all Madagascar 's species are unique to the island-continent , which stretches a thousand miles long , with rainforest , woodland , spiny desert , and rocky massifs jutting out of the plain . |
| 20 | If anything was growing at an alarming rate , it was the network of railway lines running out of the centre of London to outlying suburbs . |
| 21 | In the best of worlds the provisions of the partnership agreement will cover all eventualities arising out of the departure of a member of the firm . |
| 22 | Since under national legal systems it is usually stipulated that the place in which the association is established is to be the place of performance of obligations arising out of the act of becoming a member , the application of article 5(1) of the Convention also has practical advantages : the court for the place in which the association has its seat is in fact usually the best fitted to understand the documents of constitution , rules and decisions of the association , and also the circumstances out of which the dispute arose . |
| 23 | Having regard to the objectives and the general scheme of the Convention , that it is important that , in order to ensure as far as possible the equality and uniformity of the rights and obligations arising out of the Convention for the contracting states and the persons concerned , that concept should not be interpreted simply as referring to the national law of one or other of the states concerned . |
| 24 | Having regard to the objective and the general scheme of the Convention , it is important that , in order to ensure as far as possible the equality and uniformity of the rights and obligations arising out of the Convention for the contracting states and the persons concerned , that concept should not be interpreted simply as referring to the national law of one or other of the states concerned . |
| 25 | As the court held with respect to the expression ‘ matters relating to a contract ’ used in article 5(1) ( see the judgments of 22 March 1983 in Peters [ 1983 ] E.C.R. 987 , and of 8 March 1988 in Arcado [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 1539 ) , having regard to the objectives and general scheme of the Convention , it is important that , in order to ensure as far as possible the equality and uniformity of the rights and obligations arising out of the Convention of the contracting states and the persons concerned , that concept should not be interpreted simply as referring to the national law of one or other of the states concerned . |
| 26 | that nobody was , nobody was in the business of not enforcing those , erm , but the only way I could erm fulfil , the obligations arising out of the treaty and abstain from measures that jeopardize the attainments of the objectives of the treaty , er was to allow the monies to be collected by er leaving you free to pursue your counterclaim , because then if you 're right , erm then you would achieve everything you are entitled to achieve , by your counterclaim , that would achieve the objectives of article eighty five , erm whereas the collection of the money would achieve the objectives of the directive |
| 27 | The applicant , the chairman of a group of Hong Kong companies which collapsed in 1983 , was charged with various offences arising out of the collapse of which he was eventually acquitted . |
| 28 | The trial commenced in late May 1990 of 35 defendants accused of fraudulent bankruptcy and other offences arising out of the collapse in August 1982 of the Banco Ambrosiano [ see p. 32083 ] . |
| 29 | PC Cooper was later convicted of offences arising out of the accident . |
| 30 | I also loved The Flintstones , I wanted to have a car like Fred Flintstone 's with my feet poking out of the bottom , ’ said Kylie . |