Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In most shows ‘ hands-on ’ technology tends to be a token feature ; either over-subscribed or out of order . |
| 2 | I asked , getting that first warning flicker that something was wrong or out of place . |
| 3 | She turned to him and he saw her eyes were clear and out of pain . |
| 4 | The final point Mr Deputy Speaker and of course the honourable gentleman knows this is absolutely right , expenditure at an all time high , mountains at an all time high and also of course the gap between consumer prices and world prices the highest ever recorded . |
| 5 | ‘ A disgusting object , ’ she remarked , gesticulating with an open hand towards the frieze , which stood severed and out of context on a display bench in front of me . |
| 6 | He was fifteen years old and out of school , with the hope to become a motor mechanic , a bicycle thief . |
| 7 | Suddenly she felt old and out of date . |
| 8 | In the eyes of this boy he and his wife were probably ridiculous , she lying on a sun-chair , he old and out of touch with the world . |
| 9 | Seems to me that there was some and then of course the Wave of Life |
| 10 | Every now and then she feels the urge to do something exciting and out of character ; people are never quite sure what to expect from her . |
| 11 | The narrow nationalism expressed by people who want to cling to total sovereignty for the United Kingdom is rather like the arguments we hear from Scottish and Welsh nationalists — unrealistic and out of date . |
| 12 | He was puffing and out of breath . |
| 13 | As usual on such occasions , Molyneaux looked a little embarrassed and out of place , as if he did not particularly relish the ‘ glad-handing ’ of strangers . |
| 14 | It had become clear over the ensuing years that the requirements concerning collective worship had increasingly been disregarded by schools , and there were calls for the introduction of a more flexible system as well as suggestions that as a concept collective worship in school was outmoded and out of line with the more secular society in Britain , and should , therefore , be abandoned altogether . |
| 15 | Now it looked foolish and out of place . |
| 16 | How he had passed his medical tests was a mystery to everybody ; he was completely incapable of marching in time and swung his arms like a chimpanzee , unsynchronised and out of time . |
| 17 | They were particularly impressed with the additional two and a half million for home care with the resources to go with it , together with the additional and also of course the eight hundred thousand for the er scheme . |
| 18 | But , in general , clubs seem incapable of grasping an elementary fact that cynicism is rife among an ever-increasing number of people who believe that many players are overpaid , overrated and out of touch . |
| 19 | Critics , however , say it has become meaningless and out of touch with young people 's tastes and despite the Christmas boost singles sales are slumping dramatically . |
| 20 | Such advice is becoming as offensive , ignorant and out of touch as it was when first uttered by the right hon. Member for Chingford ( Mr. Tebbit ) many years ago . |
| 21 | So out of habit as much as out of duty , he turned his captured horse and rode again towards the enemy . |
| 22 | but you see er , yes that 's right and then of course I 'm , since then I was up at Cambridge and that was during the second year |
| 23 | ‘ We should therefore hate the committee to think that we are complaining when we say that , far from having a benefit to declare , we were clearly disadvantaged and out of pocket . ’ |
| 24 | If Western parties , in spite of the need to win votes , can become inward-looking and out of touch with economic and social realities , the possibility was as great , if not greater , with a party like the CPSU whose hold on government was unchallenged . |
| 25 | Later Byzantine columns were monolithic and usually of marble . |
| 26 | Feel really low and out of breath easily . |
| 27 | six to eight and again of course it 's hard to say but er , when would the brochure , the sales brochure for that development be printed and available |
| 28 | It had become dated and out of fashion , but was still occasionally heard . |
| 29 | And they were like that and then of course they used to be er no washing machines you used to be at these here tubs . |
| 30 | However a ball going soft or out of shape is covered by an entirely different Law . |