Example sentences of "[vb -s] out [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Smith is more mobile and searches out more openings .
2 But finally she is apparently moved by the piteous sight of the distressed supplicant and laboriously counts out 995 roubles change .
3 It holds out worthwhile prospects in that lovely part of Shropshire .
4 The local law society holds out these solicitors to the general public as having substantial criminal experience but the rule seems to fulfil a symbolic role for the profession .
5 Research amongst other knitters on my course bears out these findings and thus proves the theory !
6 He has said he lost something like £15,000 in potential earnings as a freelance builder and an injury suffered in the tournament has meant that he is unable to work — so he loses out both ways .
7 In doing this , the system may have to combine and manipulate information from a number of different sources : the operator specifies the letters and clauses to be used ; the system fills out certain details from the data base ; in some cases it may have to do such things as take the salary and location from the data base , look up the conditions for that location , find out that certain uplifts need to be applied to salary , perform the arithmetic and insert the answers in the appropriate places in the text .
8 Each explosion shoots out glowing fragments of semi-solid lava high into the air .
9 Supermarket giant Sainsbury checks out interim figures on Wednesday .
10 ANDREW JOHNSON CHECKS OUT THREE PACKAGES TO SEE IF THEY OFFER QUALITY AS WELL AS QUANTITY .
11 TIM WOODWARD CHECKS OUT THREE BEST-SELLERS TO SEE IF HE SUFFERS WINDOWS WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS .
12 It spits out four times the amount she asks for .
13 DENNIS JARRETTCHECKS OUT SOME ADD-ONS , ADD-INS AND PLUG-INS .
14 The individualistic bias that Rawls is accused of by Nagel is not that he rules out such conceptions but that he is not neutral regarding them because he makes their successful pursuit more difficult than that of individualistic conceptions of the good .
15 The demand for a high degree of falsifiability rules out such manoeuvres .
16 Because a grammatical choice is drawn from a closed set of options , it is ( a ) obligatory , and ( b ) rules out other choices from the same system by default .
17 Each language has its own phraseology , its own idiom which rules out many options that are potentially available as grammatical sequences .
18 This is clever stuff because it rules out frustrating compromises , and you do n't need to carry around any extra bits .
19 It will prove difficult for MPs and peers to amend and rules out favoured alternatives .
20 Amnesty 's ‘ own country ’ principle of impartiality rules out British members campaigning on Vic Williams behalf .
21 The company already churns out 62 titles a month under such imprints as Mills & Boon , Silhouette and Harmony .
22 She ( Jane 's editor ) is so jittery it 's said she wriggles about on her chair to such an extent that she wears out several pairs of knickers a week ! ’
23 He stands up carefully and reaches out both hands .
24 THE incidence of sexually-transmitted diseases among Plymouth 's prostitutes has been cut by Britain 's only mobile Aids clinic , which hands out free condoms and needles to intravenous drug users .
25 For instance , someone who acts out neurotic conflicts by committing crimes like theft or robbery may be able to represent these activities even to himself as a response to material need rather than unconscious compulsion .
26 Miguel , in pony tail and purple-embroidered shirt , opens his Yamaha synthesiser case and takes out three sets of bamboo pan pipes .
27 He takes out some papers and another tape recorder .
28 SSD contracts out major services
29 True , it keeps out small parties .
30 Blockbusters goes out three nights a week and features sixth formers seeking cash prizes , foreign holidays and the experience of a lifetime .
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