Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] out to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By statistical analysis of his surveys he showed that the megaliths were set out to a common unit of measurement , the megalithic yard of 0.83 m. , not in simple circles but in circular arcs centred on right-angled triangles . |
| 2 | The wounded were treated by the Commando 's calm Irish doctor , Captain Sam Corry RAMC , who remained unruffled by the turmoil , and the casualties were sent out to the ships . |
| 3 | In London every magistrates ' court and police station had a collecting box and proceeds were dealt out to the needy , often those appearing on charges . |
| 4 | Yet this book , filling in the gaps Khrushchev left when the bulk of his reminiscences were smuggled out to the West in the early 1970s , is the most depressing reading for Mr Gorbachev . |
| 5 | Following the end of cloth-making , the mill buildings were let out to a number of tenants , providing some employment . |
| 6 | This frank proposal for unparliamentary taxation was accepted by the King , and orders were sent out to the appointed commissioners in January . |
| 7 | The tower was off limits , after all , and someone was just ensuring that the Baron 's orders were carried out to the letter . |
| 8 | The church was deconsecrated in the early nineteenth-century and converted into a warehouse , at which time its art treasures were moved out to the Brera where they still remain , despite the church having been reconsecrated in the twentieth-century . |
| 9 | Her hands were held out to the sides , circling supplely , fingers gesturing elegantly . |
| 10 | Hungry hacks were flown out to the set to experience the four S's for themselves . |
| 11 | Emergency repairs were carried out to the hotel and houses , many of which had damaged roofs and broken windows , throughout yesterday . |
| 12 | But the background is that of fifty letters were sent out to a variety of people er , lay and ordained whatever that means ! |
| 13 | For the second time in as many weeks , Alton firemen were called out to a night-time factory blaze to deal with a fire at Vessa Ltd in Paper Mill Lane . |