Example sentences of "a [noun] out of [noun] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ . It remains a valetudinarian place , with baths a mile out of town to the east where plenty of people still go for treatment . |
| 2 | The large eddies play a role out of proportion to their contribution to the turbulent energy , both in the interaction between the mean flow and the turbulence and in the turbulent energy transfer process involved in Fig. 21.8 . |
| 3 | The fact that he was black and a Tory gave him a value out of proportion to his contribution to the local Party , so he was frequently trotted out at functions , and encouraged to ask questions of visiting speakers . |
| 4 | For the fact is that the Christians now hold a power out of proportion to their numbers , thanks to the French . |
| 5 | Thirdly , the respect in which the courts are held gives their decisions an influence out of proportion to the number of cases they deal with . |