Example sentences of "[vb infin] out [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Before we 'd fall out over stupid things and not speak to each other for a day .
2 It can moreover lead to endless trouble : there are always children who will opt out on parental instructions or with parental permission , or who may be thought to need alternative provision .
3 Schools and housing associations can opt out of local authority control .
4 The parental vote will be even more powerful if it is proposed that a school should opt out of local authority control and transfer to grant maintained status .
5 Secondly , the Act laid down procedures whereby individual schools could opt out of local authority control , acquiring grant maintained status , and receiving their funding directly from the DES ( see Chapter 4 : 1988 Education Reform Act ) .
6 They have a full say in selecting schools for their children , on governing bodies where the allocation of resources is decided , and whether or not a school should opt out of local authority control , a decision which could affect the status and position of history in a school .
7 Coun Corner said : ‘ Progressive cuts will drive schools to either opt out of local authority control or else they will fall down . ’
8 Her happiness because of this scene was so strong she closed her eyes so that it would not beam out in great mellow streams and betray her to the sternness of the others .
9 He will again line out at left half forward , the position many observers regard as his best .
10 My face resembled the back of one of those baboons who let it all hang out at mating time .
11 This system is laborious , and if the fencing equipment is not carefully maintained , stock can break out with disastrous results .
12 She stands for the civilization of the South , of the Midi , the home of the troubadours , against the sterner , rougher , cruder world of the North , represented , in this image , by her husband , the King of the North Wind , whose authority she is subtly undermining and against whom she will soon break out in open rebellion .
13 Growth and other manoeuvrings motivated by no logic other than a defensive one are economically damaging by-products of an active market for control , causing a ‘ huge diversion of managerial effort into devising ways to reduce a vulnerability that did not grow out of managerial inefficiency ’ .
14 When they do not work effectively , the unmitigated anger may well seep out in constant irritation over relatively trivial things or , as it seems to other people , may suddenly and unexpectedly break out with a degree of force inappropriate to the circumstances .
15 Here she can look out over old haunts from her tenth storey office .
16 So : all of us who are in The Third Age , let's look out for other people and their needs !
17 The private columns are thick with them , but buyers should look out for complete service histories as many are clocked .
18 However , although it is the ideal course of action for John — allowing him to take advantage of some of the excellent schemes around at the moment as well as releasing cash that has been building up in his home over the years — he should look out for excessive costs that a remortgage can incur .
19 You can also splash out on extra nitro-injectors , giving a short but effective blast of speed .
20 Maybe he did splash out on exotic ‘ boilermakers ’ — beer with a Jack Daniels chaser — while the rest of us supped halves of Guinness , and his hands shook a little .
21 one or more public limited companies — local authority assets would transfer out of local authority ownership to one , two or three public limited companies .
22 Would you say that if this pattern were to be repeated all through the night we would run out of dry-roasted nuts just before the important watershed of midnight , whereas we would still have a surplus of the ordinary variety ?
23 Apparently the Internet could run out of available addresses by 1995 and the Internet Engineering Task Force is now looking at ways of overcoming address limitations in the current Internet Protocol version 4 standard .
24 Apparently the Internet could run out of available addresses by 1995 and the Internet Engineering Task Force is now looking at ways of overcoming address limitations in the current IP version 4 standard .
25 We are now reaching the stage where we will shortly run out of alternative chemicals .
26 This way the buyer need not fear a situation in which the supplier will run out of essential stock , and the supplier can plan on the long term to optimise his conditions of supply .
27 In a period of very bad weather , for example , especially in a rural area the post office may run out of real cash , as might other shopkeepers , after a few days without contact from the outside world .
28 In 1986 , the London Waste Regulation Authority 's annual report stated that London and the commuter belt in the Home Counties would run out of local landfill space well before the end of the century , and counties south and south-west of London would not be able to cope with the burden of the capital 's rubbish .
29 If the marble is not moving fast enough it will run out of kinetic energy before it reaches the top , come to a momentary halt , and then roll back down again the way it came .
30 Confirmation is usually requested where the exporter is unsure of the standing of the foreign bank or is concerned about ‘ country risk ’ — will the country run out of foreign exchange and be unable to pay ?
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