Example sentences of "[conj] [adv prt] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The investment weightings of the portfolio have continued to show an overwhelming bias towards publishing , which has accounted for 75% or over of the whole portfolio since June 1991 . |
| 2 | When we asked all the branches in Environmental Services if they had anything we should know about and put into print for the next Environmental Issues , such as had they done anything exciting or out of the ordinary recently , Branch manager from Pest Control Sheffield , Henri Amiss was quick to point out that everything their branch did set them apart from other branches . |
| 3 | But the underlying idea of being at a loose end , or out of the practical swim , is a different matter altogether . |
| 4 | During the next few days I lived in terror , doors locked , ready to fly — to leave through the front door if Aunt Louise came to the back , or out of the back door if I saw her coming down the path . |
| 5 | The management of the economy through fiscal policy is assisted by the multiplier which magnifies any injection of expenditures or leakages of income into or out of the circular flow . |
| 6 | Twenty years back he must have been the most exciting man any girl could hope to meet , in or out of the British Army . |
| 7 | You could say that out of the simple song there came the poem capable of expressing in a short length deep thoughts . |
| 8 | To tell my story : because I was very conscious that out of the static situation of the servant being the one who was menacing the Judge I had to make an ongoing story . |
| 9 | It was not , as has been suggested , the popularity of the style among competitors which forced the judges to award a preponderance of prizes to designs in this style , as an examination of Clarke 's catalogue and the lists in various journals shows that out of the wide variety of stylistic appellations , it was largely those described as French Renaissance which were awarded prizes . |
| 10 | How interesting it was , thought Dyson , how extraordinarily intriguing , to find that out of the whole team the only one who was actually turning up trumps was himself . |
| 11 | Cranston made the man repeat the message as he reluctantly took than out of the main hall and up the wide , spacious stairs to one of the duke 's private chambers . |
| 12 | I think personalised shirts , or even any shirts may be asking for trouble if we are going to mingle rather than just get herded in and out of the away enclosure . |
| 13 | Out of this fundamental rationale , and out of the geographical proximity to Japan of colonies or potential colonies , grew a distinct set of colonial policies . |
| 14 | Not only is traffic on their motorways obstructing lorries going in and out of the vast Europoort , but public opposition to air pollution and the taking of scarce land for new roads is intense . |
| 15 | While their fingers flew in and out of the earthy heap of beans Rose and Victorine talked . |
| 16 | Or those three set apart , exceptional , and out of the straight line altogether ’ . |
| 17 | I walked out of the office and out of the European Cup . |
| 18 | The dancers inside the inn were all fetched to the door by Garvey roaring with demented laughter , slapping his thighs and reeling in and out of the streaming rain . |
| 19 | Other committee members were in and out of the new Law Centre , holding meetings , planning strategy , contacting people with wide experience of the sort of situation they found themselves in , and collating information . |
| 20 | If he cracks down on you , London would crack down on all the fringe people who go in and out of the Soviet network there . |
| 21 | They do n't think you are going to steal it , and they never tell your children off if they touch things or run in and out of the hanging displays . |
| 22 | Rayleigh and Jeans , who did their calculations by different methods , had both supposed that the energy seeped in and out of the black body in a perfectly continuous way . |
| 23 | The vessels that sailed in and out of the Minoan harbours , whether bay-hopping round the Cretan coast or bound for far-distant ports , were generally rather small . |
| 24 | The whole afternoon was spent meandering in and out of the welcoming homes of Miss Kerr 's ageing contemporaries . |
| 25 | As ever , little was done to conceal anything from me as I went in and out of the various rooms in which these gentlemen sat deep in discussion , and I thus could not avoid gaining a certain impression of the general mood at this stage of the proceedings . |
| 26 | In addition shipping into and out of the Jordanian port of Aqaba was seriously disrupted and remittance and aid income from both Iraq and Kuwait halted . |
| 27 | And out of the dark woods came the black man , leading his horse on one arm , and on the other a tall grey hound with the saddest face I have ever seen on any creature . |
| 28 | As we hurried now beneath the gas lamps , in and out of the dark patches where the light did not reach , I wanted to cry , ‘ But I thought her safe in Scotland ! ’ |
| 29 | And out of the dark Ruth stole in , enveloped in her long , black glittering gown . |
| 30 | The crazy party lifted Sundays up and out of the traditional gloom . |