Example sentences of "[verb] out the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Neil sat her down in a chair opposite to his , and drew out the permanently set-up board on which she had frequently seen him working out problems . |
| 2 | erm you know kind of er call that a first draft and then sort , you know , sort of try and sort of go through the books again and stick a few references in to back up the points you 've made so you can see it relates to other people 's evidence erm trying to go through it again and knock out the well you know what I mean kind of statements and , and , you know , you can gradually sort of make the er grad you know sort of but again it 's , it 's , it 's one of these processes that I find , you know , you need to go through again and again and again to sort of get it er get it together erm so erm |
| 3 | But even this admiration can be a form of ageism if , by singling out the truly remarkable , we minimise the more mundane but no less significant achievements of so many very old people . |
| 4 | Avril found out the very next evening when Peter drove her to her daughter 's house to stay for a few days . |
| 5 | Although this was an extremely delicate operation for Nizan to perform , given that in 1934 he had carried out the rather complex act of ideological rehabilitation designed to demonstrate that Gide 's intellectual itinerary was such as to lead him inevitably to a commitment to communism , he none the less succeeded in combining professional respect for Gide 's qualities as a writer with penetrating criticism of what he considered to be Gide 's superficial analysis and hasty dismissal of the Soviet state . |
| 6 | Here is carried out the most theoretical physics of any in Britain . |
| 7 | Last week the first practical steps towards such a union were taken when leaders of the RPR , UDF and UDC met and agreed to form a tactical group to work out the most effective means of opposing the government . |
| 8 | He was just saying : Tweed is somewhere ahead of us but in this fog — Then he let out the most chilling yell — Ahhhhhhh — and the link went blank . ’ |
| 9 | The jammers , at a cost of $3.5 million per plane , are designed to identify radars , single out the most dangerous ones and then transmit electronic signals to deceive or interfere with the radars of the hostile air defence weapons . |
| 10 | ‘ For that pittance , you 're willing to sell out the most beloved son of the Romanian people , their greatest leader in history ? ! ’ |
| 11 | Markets have always sought out the most profitable locations , and this has inevitably created problems for declining areas . |
| 12 | She disposed quickly of red herrings , usually sought out the least probable suspect and rarely failed . |
| 13 | Reading through these lengthy reports and sifting out the very scattered references , sometimes token references , to the voluntary sector is hard work . |
| 14 | Besides , though sociologists may not legitimately seek to heighten or improve the speech they collect , for purposes of quotation they certainly seek out the most concentrated , the most dramatic instances they can find . |
| 15 | It predicts that swarms of robots will carry out the most dangerous tasks and soldiers will be able to adapt their genetic make-up to improve the body 's protection against chemical and biological warfare . |
| 16 | Looking back on years that the Yorks were together , it is easy to pick out the really bad moments that led to the complete breakdown of their marriage . |
| 17 | After which an attempt was made to set out the most elementary logical conditions that must be satisfied before anything can qualify as a potential existent . |
| 18 | Amateur golfers travel to play , searching out the most challenging courses around the world . |
| 19 | This will bring out the most attractive reddish colour of the plant . |
| 20 | Pressures for increased production are forcing out the naturally regenerating forests as commercial propositions , though very specialized woods are difficult to grow otherwise . |
| 21 | Morrissey himself , attired in a rippled white shirt and trilby hat , acted out the totally ridiculous spectacle which , somehow , absurdly fitted into the field of pop music . |
| 22 | The user can then view items of interest and print out the most important ones . |
| 23 | Nietzsche wrote : " When I heard of the fires in Paris , I felt annihilated for some days and was overwhelmed by fears and doubts ; the whole academic ( wissenschaftlich ) , philosophical , artistic world seemed an absurdity , if a single day could wipe out the most glorious works of art , even whole periods of art ; I clung with earnest conviction to the metaphysical value of art , which can not exist for the sake of poor human beings , but has higher missions to fulfil . " |
| 24 | Applicants are first interviewed , to weed out the physically weak , violent and unstable . |
| 25 | Kirov dipped his hand into his pocket , pulling out the freshly stamped papers and looking at them in amazement . |
| 26 | The very fact that The Star is even interested in Carter marks out the rather sizeable arena they are currently entering . |
| 27 | People receiving these words in a mood of sorrow , therefore , have little option but to shut out the emotionally distressing pictures that the words seem to convey . |
| 28 | Long whips of hawthorn arched over and helped to shut out the barely lightening sky . |
| 29 | If the point of distinguishing murder from manslaughter is to mark out the most heinous group of killings for the extra stigma of a murder conviction , it can be argued that the ‘ grievous bodily harm ’ rule draws the line too low . |
| 30 | The law must resort to some kind of moral and social evaluation of conduct if it is to identify and separate out the most heinous killings . |