Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] out on " in BNC.

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1 Yeah it 's been given out on the radio today Dennis .
2 I had underestimated the importance placed on personal cleanliness and hygiene , and had been caught out on my underpants .
3 Davide threw himself on it to stop her pulling it off altogether with the bowl of fruit and the jug of water and glasses with it ; so they grappled , and in the contact something gave way , melted within them both and they clung together , aching in their heads and their bones as if they 'd been caught out on the mountains in the winter and been chilled to the marrow .
4 Did you realise that 43 per cent of all sociological surveys are carried out on the M1 , M4 and M6 ?
5 However , many market research studies are carried out on large samples which would be beyond the reach of academic researchers and it is not unusual to find commercial surveys which contain quite valuable social information .
6 Today , the importance of good sampling becomes more important as more and more surveys are carried out on sample bases .
7 Using a word processor , all corrections are carried out on the screen before a document is printed .
8 Certain features are carried out on a large scale .
9 File selection and search practice are carried out on two emulated systems ( DIALOG and ORBIT ) .
10 Professor J. P. Payne of the Department of Anaesthetics at the Royal College of Surgeons insists that a research nurse should always be present when tests are carried out on a patient .
11 Psychologists theorizing about animal Umwelten need to ask what such inferences might be , what is the perceptual evidence in which the animal 's concepts are anchored , and what are the motor activities which test for them or which are carried out on the basis of conditional tests defined in terms of them .
12 Most abortions within marriage are carried out on women over age 30 ( 56% per cent in 1988 ) .
13 Various investigations are carried out on surgical wards .
14 When an output of the company is in the form of large quantities of interchangeable items it becomes uneconomical to test each one to ensure that it conforms to specification , so tests are carried out on samples .
15 Measurements are carried out on a sample clamped in a thermostat .
16 When an output of the company is in the form of large quantities of interchangeable items it becomes uneconomical to test each one to ensure that it conforms to specification , so tests are carried out on samples .
17 All new issues as well as all redemptions of government stock are carried out on behalf of the government by the Bank of England .
18 To make sure the system is working says stocktaking exercises are carried out on a regular basis and there are random checks of the collections .
19 Ninety per cent of its operations are carried out on sites of special scientific interest ( SSSIs ) .
20 This means that many of the decisions which ultimately affect UK industry are outside the direct control of the UK government and in many areas of trade , negotiations are carried out on our behalf by the EC as a whole .
21 FIREFIGHTERS must borrow equipment from neighbouring brigades while tests are carried out on supplies feared damaged in a major chemical fire .
22 ‘ You look as if you 've only just been let out on parole ! ’
23 Personally , he just hoped it was some headcase from the funny farm up the hill who 'd been let out on parole too early with a meat axe .
24 The most severe tests have already been carried out on a man and a woman , unconnected with the project , last week .
25 Because so little work had been carried out on Hector 's dolphin before Slooten and Dawson began their studies , it is impossible to even guess at the number of dolphins which had been annually killed before 1984 .
26 Similar studies have been carried out on axes from the British Isles and , whilst the same alloys were used , the time scale of their introduction and use was quite different .
27 Mastery of the skies over large parts of Germany had already passed to the allies in 1942 , and heavy raids , chiefly by the Royal Air Force , had been carried out on cities mainly in northern and north-western Germany ( Hamburg , Lübeck , Rostock , Cologne , Essen , Bremen , and others ) .
28 Phase I clinical trials have been carried out on healthy volunteers to evaluate the way the drug is absorbed and its potential toxicity .
29 Until fairly recently , forestry has often been carried out on a very big scale , with tens of thousands of hectares being covered and public access made difficult .
30 As a consequence the struggle for Palestine has been carried out on many levels , creating a complexity which even the participants have at times found difficult to follow .
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