Example sentences of "[vb -s] out the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hot rocks technique holds out the best hope for exploitation of geothermal energy . |
| 2 | ( If the limescale was indeed clumping together , this is what one might expect — a sand filter takes out the finest particles ) . |
| 3 | Keeps out the worst of it , and blankets the noise a bit too . ’ |
| 4 | He draws out the richest tones that he is capable of here . |
| 5 | Company secretary tries out the latest conveniences at head office — Portaloo 's ! |
| 6 | It 's there all of the time , but it comes out the clearest when all the ‘ dramatic inflections , subtle stresses and sympathetic accents ’ ( Barthes ) , all the art of the singer , are abandoned , fall away , when Prince swoons , sounds like he 's on the brink of insensibility . |
| 7 | Sir : The world must be grateful to Charles Richards for his exposure ( 'Intifada brings out the best in Israel 's black art' , 30 September ) of the depths to which Israelis will sink in what he rightly describes as their news manipulation . |
| 8 | ‘ This competition brings out the best and the worst in fashion students . |
| 9 | Open daily C6 S8 V7 £39 ( set three-course lunch £12.50 , three-course dinner £15.25 ) Castle Hotel ( 0823 272671 ) Taunton , Somerset Stylish cooking of outstanding local produce brings out the best of British classics in this smart , smoothly-run hotel . |
| 10 | For belief in God , they would argue , is a very practical matter which is not given up lightly , particularly if it brings out the best in the believer : ‘ Belief or unbelief / Bears upon life , determines its whole course … |
| 11 | ‘ They say adversity always brings out the best in folk , ’ Susan stated . |
| 12 | It is not my experience that physical hardship ‘ brings out the best in a man ’ . |
| 13 | Crisis invariably brings out the best in rural people and Baldersdale , when the occasion demanded , could act like one large family . |
| 14 | That 's what brings out the best in me . ’ |
| 15 | It brings out the best in us . |
| 16 | Grief brings out the best and the worst in all of us , I 've discovered . |
| 17 | It debases people , but it also brings out the best in people . ’ |
| 18 | I thrive on the role as extra pressure brings out the best out in me . |
| 19 | Shakespeare brings out the worst in him , and this book is fuller of phoney , slapdash theories , illegitimate leaps and rushes where angels fear to tread , and discredited references , Sufic influences , Shamanic initiations , dreams , Black Elk , and Idries Shah on the Rosicrucians , than anything since Robert Graves . |
| 20 | Parenthood brings out the worst , it seemed to him ; vicarious ambitions and frustrations raged all over the lawns and games fields of Croxford House on sports day . |
| 21 | She talks about her husband as if he 's a superior being — and she imagines George is one , too , which brings out the worst in me . |
| 22 | This is n't superstition , it is just that some people seem to attack computers in a way that brings out the worst in them . |
| 23 | In one corner , a blue computer screen blips out the latest scores for anyone with good enough eyesight to read the small print . |