Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] out the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had called in a local firm of builders to carry out the essential brickwork , plastering and re-tiling on the roof ; after that , he took a hand in the redecoration personally , splashing on new paint and putting up wallpaper . |
| 2 | Legislation created a host of unemployed bureaucrats , municipal and seigniorial officials , who exhibited what liberals called ‘ passive ’ opposition to the constitution — the refusal of local authorities to carry out the administrative changes and apply the laws of the Cortes . |
| 3 | The following quotation from Norman Conway , a grammar school chemistry teacher interviewed by Brian Jackson and Dennis Marsden ( 1962 ) , shows how the competition for scarce university places ( and ultimately for a better job for the teacher ) , especially in the context of bureaucratic mass-assessment can allow the instrumental pursuit of extrinsic rewards to drive out the expensive ‘ educational side ’ : |
| 4 | PWMI has studies these sectors to work out the average lifetime for the material in the market . |
| 5 | Techniques have been devised by Operational Research scientists to enable organizations to work out the Economic Order Quantity ( EOQ ) for individual stock items , and to aid them in setting optimum re-order levels ( ie the levels at which stock needs to be replaced ) . |
| 6 | She pushed him away , closing her eyes to shut out the present image of his face . |
| 7 | He pressed his hands to his eyes to shut out the dreadful picture . |
| 8 | Guardian writer John , 60 , had flown to Austria with other newsmen to test out the gleaming XJ220 on a racing circuit near Salzburg . |
| 9 | Each door and drawer is individually finished by craftsmen to bring out the full beauty of the grain . |
| 10 | It says vendors took around eighteen months to bring out the first XPG3-branded products after its introduction . |
| 11 | The manager may take on that role but the new volunteers may find that they lack support as the manager is likely to be too busy with other duties to carry out the in-bureau training task thoroughly . |
| 12 | In carrying out the balancing exercise Hoffmann J. set out on the one hand the enormous losses caused to a listed public company , the interests of the creditors of B. & C. , the public interest in having the whole matter investigated and the need of the administrators to find out the true financial position of the company and the truth of the representations made concerning it . |
| 13 | Hardy needed three rounds to work out the Mexican southpaw before taking over . |
| 14 | ONE Budget custom which will never fade is the habit of astute information providers with bad news on their hands to use the furore over taxes to sneak out the unpalatable truth . |
| 15 | Moreover , its attempts to weed out the next Barlow Clowes are not considered impressive . |
| 16 | Forest want an answer from Keane by the end of this week and he has asked for an extra couple of days to iron out the finer details . |
| 17 | Different dancers have to work hard both technically and as individuals to bring out the particular qualities which Ashton saw in the original performers . |
| 18 | Although he believed thoroughly in the ability of these products to fill out the tiny character lines around the eyes and mouth , and to smooth his neck , he did not want to admit he was buying them for himself . |
| 19 | It 's up to the organic farmers to sort out the inconsistent supply complaint . |
| 20 | It was left to us alcoholics to sort out the thorny problem . |
| 21 | ‘ We need the cynics to balance out the charismatic types . ’ |
| 22 | Building on previous modelling work on land allocation for afforestation on upland farms and on the conservation value of farmland in Devon , the research aims to develop a computerised model of lowland farming situations to test out the likely impact of various economic incentives and technical possibilities for farm forestry . |
| 23 | For instance , accountants and solicitors would normally both enquire into the terms of any leases or major contracts held by the target , and it is obviously not in the investor 's interest to retain both these advisers to carry out the same examination . |
| 24 | Mr. Christie presented several sets of rules for Flower Shows and the meeting appointed a committee of eight members to carry out the necessary arrangements . |
| 25 | The European Commission is having a hard enough job getting all its members to clear out the same few channels so that Europe can have a paging system which could be used in any of its countries . |
| 26 | Some have opted for firm sale agreements to cut out the costly returns process , most notably with the Waterstones group and Reed with Dillons . |
| 27 | When they asked for volunteers to carry out the various tasks of such a committee , the offers came in promptly from all parts of the Hall . |
| 28 | LIFESPAN uses a hierarchy of Options to carry out the required tasks , each option consisting of one or more Pages . |
| 29 | Management by crisis is a favoured metaphor of managing because it implies disentangling realities and priorities in a hurry , making a decision , and executing it by getting others to carry out the appropriate actions . |
| 30 | Within each specialised task there were some miners more willing and more able than others to carry out the specialised work . |