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

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1 Social elitism , it is frequently asserted , effectively squeezes out working-class interests .
2 Wandering around the cavernous warehouse that contains the Neighbours sets in Nunawading , Melbourne , she fondly points out various props which have all played a part in shaping the history of Ramsay Street .
3 A good stalker only singles out weak animals from a herd , or those that are past their best .
4 He also points out additional practice .
5 He also points out similar situations in Argentina in the 1960s , when car workers were involved in revolutionary unionism and urban insurrection , and in Mexico , where they have fostered some of the stronger , independent unions .
6 Agarawal also points out other failures of forestry and fuelwood projects in Java ( p. 105 ) , and Upper Volta ( p.166 ) , mainly blaming a lack of a community of local interests .
7 Psychology also often shuts out female subjects from objective method , and leaves them to more qualitative approaches .
8 He often picks out distinct things which he notices and writes them down to make us ‘ see ’ for ourselves .
9 But the bass is figured and Schein obligingly points out alternative methods of performance : two tenors or soprano and tenor instead of the sopranos ; bass to be played by trombone , bassoon , or violone ; soprano II to be replaced by violin or flute ; or simply soprano solo with continuo — by which expedient the German solo song with continuo was born almost by accident .
10 It should be decided whether PR should act in a ‘ technician ’ or ‘ policy-making ’ role , the implication being that a technician simply carries out top management orders whereas the policy-maker inputs into corporate strategic plans .
11 Solicitors ' firms large and small have come to realise that at a time when competition is intense and growth is seen as essential in order to meet increased overheads and maintain profit levels ( let alone to increase them ) any policy which irrevocably rules out fundamental reorganisation of their practices is likely to prove short-sighted .
12 But often , feminist psychologists draw parallels between the status of ‘ women ’ and ‘ black people ’ : a comparison that effectively leaves out black women .
13 With his open mind the PROFITBOSS never shuts out profitable opportunities .
14 Another American film of that year , A Workingman 's Dream , has a very weary hero who fails to find a job at a factory ; he falls asleep and dreams of a Professor Wonderful who offers him instant wealth and a new set of clothes , but he is told that these new gains will disappear if he breaks certain simple instructions ; on three occasions he accidentally carries out simple actions which break the instructions and his wealth disappears ; he wakes up to see an ambulance taking a worker from the factory — there is a vacancy and this time his application is successful .
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