Example sentences of "be [vb pp] out for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similar studies have been carried out for other countries , although the methods vary , reflecting the differences in availability of data and in fiscal systems . |
| 2 | Further quantitative analysis may be carried out for consonant structure , liquid confusion , lengthening , palatalisation and order of acquisition of consonants , although this requires the test to be tape recorded and can be successfully completed only by someone with a sound knowledge of phonemic analysis . |
| 3 | The pull-out cutlery drawer can be lifted out for easy unloading . |
| 4 | Thus women with a high probability of developing such problems can be separated out for preventive therapy research programmes , in an effort to decrease the morbidity and mortality these women subsequently suffer . |
| 5 | Yet an argument could be made out for Haversian bone being linked with large body-size rather than thermoregulation techniques . |
| 6 | Those born on a Friday are said to be marked out for special piety , which does not mean that they will be pious necessarily ; only that their natures are imbued with that proclivity . |
| 7 | The time limit in Ord. 53 suffers from three major defects : first , the basic limit of three months is too short and may , indeed , be contrary to EC law ; secondly , not even the three months is an entitlement : a case may be struck out for undue delay even if brought within three months ; and thirdly , there is a discretion to extend the time limit on vague grounds , and this creates uncertainty . |
| 8 | Well or at least sorted , maybe they 're the ones that was supposed to be left out for future reference . |
| 9 | I think at that age one is very concerned to be seen to be similar to one 's peers and hence not to be singled out for differential treatment . |
| 10 | I understand the hon. Gentleman 's concern , which is shared by my Department , but I do not think that on reflection he would want the defence industry to be singled out for particular treatment from our other manufacturing industries . |
| 11 | Pensioners and the disabled would be singled out for special treatment , whether they paid rates or not . |
| 12 | When people hover for a tip , it 's excruciating , says Jon , 34 ‘ I do n't see why people working in certain industries should be singled out for special treatment . |
| 13 | The boys queued in sets of five outside the headmaster 's room , each clutching his signed slip and praying he would not be singled out for special treatment . |
| 14 | Individual difficulties would be singled out for special treatment : ‘ When a passage went wrong during practice , she did n't mentally beat herself with a stick and get angry , merely went over it again , maybe more slowly or homed in on the particular difficulty that had tripped her up and worked on that . ’ |
| 15 | However , certain subject areas may be singled out for special treatment in any authority , either for local reasons ( e.g. subject fields relating to local industries ) or simply from a sense of commitment to the public library 's responsibilities in certain areas ( e.g. current affairs , the arts ) . |
| 16 | Also the workers felt a certain status and a privilege to be singled out for special treatment . |
| 17 | They need not be subjected to obtrusive or distressing questions that may have no relevance to their illness , and no one will be singled out for discriminatory treatment . |
| 18 | The principal methods of investigation will be survey and semi-stuctured interview , culminating in the selection of 24 firms for in-depth study , three of which will be singled out for longitudinal analysis . |
| 19 | But , in a third case , the court upheld a Ministerial direction that no money was to be paid out for domestic assistance and the Court of Appeal confirmed this decision . |
| 20 | Many grammatical processes involving re-ordering of constituents are ruled out for semantic reasons , particularly those whose semantic function is to highlight a specific semantic constituent : thus , What John pulled was his sister 's leg has no idiomatic reading , whereas What John did was pull his sister 's leg , which leaves the idiom ‘ physically ’ intact , has . |
| 21 | Most cows are kept in small sheds on terraced land and are taken out for weekly walks on the end of a rope . |
| 22 | Ceauşescu himself knew the cynical and cringing apologetics of those managers who were caught out for gross failure to follow the plan . |
| 23 | Kurecolor brush pens were tried out for on-the-spot sketching . |
| 24 | Miles and Bell , along with Andy Gregory , were signalled out for special praise by Monie , who was gaining his eighth major trophy in under three seasons at the club . |
| 25 | It is , however , a very special kind of autobiography , and may be compared to the accounts of their own lives which the early Methodists were expected to write at the time of their reception into the church : in such spiritual autobiographies divine visitations were singled out for special mention as evidences of God 's grace and power ; they were contrasted with laments over sinful behaviour and backsliding , and led to the culminating moment of conversion . |
| 26 | But Mary was not actually being singled out for special treatment or favour , except in so far as her own attractiveness and charm marked her out . |
| 27 | He would certainly not have approved of being singled out for special treatment . |
| 28 | Privy seals were sent out for forced loans from about 1590 . |
| 29 | A number of developments are singled out for brief reference . |
| 30 | At present about 85% of foreign aid is earmarked by Congress for specific purposes in selected countries : unlucky countries that have not been singled out for earmarked money are vulnerable to savage cuts . |