Example sentences of "out [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tactical voting appeared to have taken the form of latent Tories turning out to see off the much-advertised threat to the Union . |
| 2 | During the late nineteenth century , Medical Officers of Health , in particular , contended that women going out to work were responsible for raising the infant mortality rate because they tended to bottle-feed their infants and because , by carrying them out to nurse in the early morning , they exposed them to bronchitis . |
| 3 | Am I glad we came out to work for the entire season , Rosie ! |
| 4 | As the path flattened out to lead across the close turf to the house Leonora 's feet slowed . |
| 5 | The teachers made us go out to play in the snowbound playground and I joined in with all the fun , sliding around in the snow and slush , throwing snowballs , all the usual things . |
| 6 | He is yet another in a long line of Scottish internationalists whose generous gifts on the park were matched by an outrageous streak when they went out to play in the recreational sense . |
| 7 | It is an aspect of performance practice where several cogent arguments can always be trotted out to avoid considering the hard evidence . |
| 8 | And when the CEGB 's geologists were sent out to look at the geological substrata , they were harassed as heavily as the waste dumpers had been . |
| 9 | Searchers were called out to look for the overdue hikers , and spotting their torches in the distance Alistair used his camera flash to attract their attention . |
| 10 | She entered the theme room , which was decked out to look like the great hall of a medieval castle . |
| 11 | Huge crowds turned out to cheer as the Prime Minister , spurning elaborate security precautions , rode through the city of Amritsar to the holiest shrine of the Sikhs , the Golden Temple . |
| 12 | Huge crowds turned out to cheer as the Prime Minister , spurning elaborate security precautions , rode through the city of Amritsar to the holiest shrine of the Sikhs , the Golden Temple . |
| 13 | Remember that even if the precinct appears brightly lit to the eye , your camcorder will probably be working flat out to expose for the wide shots . |
| 14 | Apart from that there is no strong reason for one method rather than another although as the first year has lower production than later years it would be difficult in terms of wearing out to argue for the reducing balance method . |
| 15 | Willis set out to wade through the rolling wash . |
| 16 | Consuelo had taken them out to get at the anti-inflammatory tablets for the patient with the sprained ankle . |
| 17 | His sister , he explained , had married a Tongan , and the couple now lived in Mainz : not perhaps the most attractive of men , he had been invited out to stay among the substantial ladies of the islands to see if he , too , could forge any links . |
| 18 | The training of probation officers could continue and be included in the Certificate of Qualification in Social Work and the Diploma in Social Work courses , but if these do not measure up to required standards , they will be replaced with anew training syllabus put out to tender in the educational market place . |
| 19 | Sun Microsystems Inc has sent its third-generation Viking plans out to bid with the various semiconductor houses : this thing is supposed to be a very high-end piece that wo n't turn into product for another three to five years . |
| 20 | The Tories had broadly accepted ‘ Attlee 's consensus ’ , although Churchill was already critical of ‘ socialist bureaucracy ’ and ‘ loss-making nationalised industries ’ and his party promised a further relaxation of wartime controls on workers , consumers and private capital ; the Labour leadership had basically achieved what they had set out to achieve in the initial round of nationalisation and formation of the National Health Service and had no new radical project to present to their working class supporters , while the broader ‘ labour movement ’ in the country was not unified around any radical demands for further government action . |
| 21 | Elsewhere , with many teachers engaged in the fifty mile protest , hundreds of youngsters used their day out to protest at the green line barrier separating Greek and Turkish communities . |