Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] out [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She knows the kinds of places she likes to work , sleep and eat in , and will instinctively seek out the right type of office , hotel , or restaurant .
2 Recommendations were made that would eventually phase out the broad gauge .
3 Do n't entirely rule out the ultimate staging of a joint men 's and women 's event .
4 I can only point out the immoral lifestyle that accompanied his profession and the evidence of spiritual deceit .
5 A sociology of the unconscious would not only point out the unintended consequences of social action , where these are grasped and comprehended in terms of conscious intentions which are then misunderstood , or reinterpreted , by other groups within the social relationships , and which result in outcomes which neither the original intender nor the others could have foreseen .
6 Another issue , which commentators are keen to see debated widely , is the question of whether the Institute can effectively carry out the dual roles of protecting the interests of both the public and its members .
7 Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell .
8 Along it , Theodora could just make out a lone rider heading back to the stable .
9 Blanche could just make out a flabby shape in the back seat .
10 Robert could just make out a thin line of boys struggling through the trees at the edge of the horizon .
11 It even had a name , he could just make out the tiny print .
12 As he gazed out , down the enormous length of the ship , he could just make out the dark outline against the lighter sea , and the rectangular shapes of the deck-covered containers .
13 Between the ranks of bared heads ( one or another of which would occasionally turn to take a quick glance of inspection at his own face ) he could just make out the graceful figure of Mrs Wright herself , kneeling on a hassock in front of the table .
14 By peering hard in the same direction , I could just make out the faint flicker of a distant plane .
15 Yes , through the gloom she could just make out the dried-up fountain in the middle of it , and , straight ahead , the huge studded doors of a church .
16 He lifted his head and , in the semi-darkness , she could just make out the wry smile that touched the corners of his mouth .
17 Through the middle kitchen window he could just make out the open gate , the wooden ramp covering the steps and the first huge saddle-back sow ambling down into the yard .
18 It was clear enough for Gareth to just make out the gaunt shapes of the drilling platforms on the north-eastern horizon .
19 I took a few cautious steps forward to where , by craning , I could just make out the ghostly crescent of the beach opposite the pier .
20 We 'll just sit out the present fighting and see what happens .
21 He could still make out the huge man-shape , lying face down , its outline glowing from the residual embers of the phosphorus , like a blackened , smoking tree trunk .
22 Even if there is no suspected infestation , these firms will usually carry out a no-cost survey , often recommending a precautionary treatment ( and guarantee ) .
23 And then , you can always take out the extra insurance with er , no but it is n't very much for a tumble-drier , for five years and there 's no problems that way .
24 They also show that when people do not know either the APR or the total credit cost , they can not always sniff out the better-value end of the repayment period scale ( in terms of much lower APR ) simply from the level of the instalment payments offered .
25 From a general mass of information I can usually pick out the precise thing I 'm looking for
26 Dr Jaffery could still point out the faded murals which filled niches of the Drum House — pictures of Central Asian plants , he thought , put there to remind the Mughals of their TransOxianan homelands — but the painted and gilt ceiling of the audience hall has entirely disappeared , along with the awnings , the Kashmiri carpets , the solid silver railings and the magnificent Peacock Throne which , with its twelve pillars of emerald supporting a golden roof topped with two gilt peacocks ablaze with precious stones , was arguably the most dazzling seat ever constructed .
27 Curiously , when you ask them how they would react to deletion of the procedure of inviting criticism of their draft reports from the regulations , their response is along the lines of : ‘ If we were not required to do it we would probably carry out a similar course of action unofficially in order to ensure that we had not missed an important point . ’
28 It will also carry out a year-long research project into pupils ' choices at 16 for Staffordshire County Council .
29 At the same time , it can also bring out the complex ways in which such forms of power also produce their own forms of resistance ; as critics like Stephen Greenblatt demonstrate , these are not separable processes but are simultaneous effects of power .
30 Teaching should also bring out the structural characteristics of different types of verse and poetry , eg nursery rhymes , concrete poetry , haiku , limericks , ballads , sonnets etc .
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