Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] out the [noun] " in BNC.

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31 Julia cleared the glasses from round the room and prepared to set out the coffee on the drum table beside the chief armchair .
32 The risk , however , is that come the day of dispute adequate proof of the business practices will be difficult if not impossible to assemble and that the default provisions of the Partnership Act ( see below ) will have to be applied to sort out the problem .
33 The performance of dance and drama attended during the inspection of Matagalpa Prison was a good testimony to the efforts being made to draw out the creativity and self-expression of the prisoner .
34 Although we have a clearer picture than we did of long-term changes in demography and household structure , little has been done to fill out the picture in terms of living experience .
35 Attempts were made to put out the fire .
36 ‘ Like many others , I welcome the concession that has been made to leave out the airline staff and the railway employees and all the others that are left out by the dropping of clause 54(4) .
37 In places water was applied to thin out the crayon into a wash , or used thickly to highlight areas with bright specks of colour .
38 The USA had moved to send out the invitations only after the Israelis and the Arabs had failed to agree on a time and venue .
39 A request has been made to read out the module to be updated but this has been unsuccessful .
40 The twist mop is a modern development of the socket mop with the handle being twisted to wring out the mop .
41 When we saw Liz 's auburn colouring we instantly thought of pre-Raphaelite curls , and prepared to get out the tongs .
42 Regulations have been made setting out the circumstances and the way in which the name of an RFL may be changed on the register .
43 An order was also sought to strike out the Crown 's application to strike out the taxpayer 's appeal because , in addition , it had delayed a fair trial of the action and was otherwise an abuse of process .
44 Completed cleaning out the pipeline .
45 The lay judges , like Stanhope and Stirling , on the other hand , must have been well aware of the realities of the situation , and that there was little chance of the prize-winners being commissioned to carry out the work .
46 These photographs will then be used to carry out the studies involved in the research ;
47 Contractors Bernhards Rugby Sports Services have agreed to carry out the repairs at no extra cost to the local authority , said a council spokesman .
48 A matrix is not a simple scalar quantity like 2 or 8 and a special technique is needed to carry out the operation of raising a matrix to the power n .
49 The first two define the person and then his behaviour but the third defines action , first , and then the qualities needed to carry out the function of truce-making .
50 Whilst the self-appraisal might be viewed as the school 's attempt to defend its policies and practices , rather than to appraise itself , and to make a special case for extra resources and improved staffing , the inspection could be seen as a process of ensuring that the school was performing to an acceptable standard and that no serious problems existed in terms of teacher performance and in terms of resources needed to carry out the curriculum .
51 In each case the pack included the tools needed to carry out the job ; in the case of the paint , a paintbrush and a mug for brewing up and in the case of the shampoo a hair brush and comb set and a towel .
52 Dr Owen said any delegation sent to meet Mr Redwood would be briefed to spell out the village 's disappointment and dissatisfaction with the WO bypass plans .
53 But it is probably good advice to plan this sort of book every bit as much as the writer of the puzzle detective story will have had to work out the plot and most of what is necessary to sustain that plot .
54 ( God , or the Deity , existed because somebody had had to work out the mathematics in the first place . )
55 Pupils are helped to work out the rules and patterns for themselves and to try out the new language forms .
56 They are required to think about the new language and with guidance are helped to work out the rules of grammar for themselves .
57 They have got to find out the rules and then fight by the rules . ’
58 Someone had brought the adjustable lectern and set it up perfectly but not bothered to find out the heights of the speakers .
59 ‘ But with Helena away , someone 's got to try out the samples . ’
60 There 's nothing wrong with the music , but the record industry have got to sort out the singles market before sales fall further . ’
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