Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] out the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if that is n't bad enough , it is n't scheduled until April 24 — which means he has to sit out the inter-provincials . |
| 2 | Properly to understand this , one needs to spell out the counter-argument , even to the point of saying what ordinarily goes without saying . |
| 3 | Since I started as an engineer , and have ended as a biologist , I am struck by the similarities between the two ways of thinking , although there is the difference that an engineer starts with a function to be performed , and designs a structure to perform it , whereas a biologist often starts with a structure , and has to work out the function it is performing . |
| 4 | The rider has to work out the problem , why it has happened and then decide how best to correct it . |
| 5 | If a retailer wants to find out the value of sales for each metre of shelf space in a shop , he needs first to find out what the TOTAL shelf measurement is , by measuring each shelf and adding the lengths together . |
| 6 | At the same time , there is continuous pressure from creative people for simplicity in the briefs they are given and the creative brief , clearly , needs to set out the strategy in a way that is intelligible to , and usable by , the creative team : if it is n't , it 's useless . |
| 7 | Bacon had little interest in English neo-romanticism and Minton would have been unable to accept Bacon 's nihilism , his insistence that man is a futile being who has to play out the game dependent not on reason but chance . |
| 8 | Erm now , something that puzzled me for quite a long time when I started out doing philosophy of language er one or two years ago erm frequently you hear claims or we hear claims to the effect that this is a logical form of this sentence or this is the structure of this sentence , or this is the semantic structure of this sentence and I was never quite sure what that actually meant erm it 's partly because apart from Davidson , erm a lot of people who write on these issues do n't actually tell you what the background theory is and exactly what the point of the assignment of structured sentences is supposed to be , erm however after thinking about it for a while , I 've arrived at the following following general view there are at least three rather different enterprises er which might lead you to assign sentence structure and er one needs to figure out the relations between them . |
| 9 | This is 1990 , who wants to check out The Doors ? |
| 10 | One has to research out the opportunities . |
| 11 | A writer in South Africa , especially a Black writer , has to bring out the sufferings of the people , and be actively engaged in the whole liberation struggle . |
| 12 | Every ten minutes , another group of tourists arrives to check out the rockets and winds up taking pictures of Kevin Davies taking pictures of The Shamen . |
| 13 | This tends to bear out the point raised above about the level of Phase 3 staffing . |
| 14 | Because urinating tends to wash out the urethra , and because the urethra can be such a rich source of diagnostic material , the doctors will always prefer a male patient to have held his urine , if possible , for three hours or more before attending for tests . |
| 15 | The research aims to find out the contribution of the different types of activated information for the successful production of the object 's name . |
| 16 | Accordingly , this chapter aims to set out the requirements for a fully configured GIS interface , and profiles the development of a new GIS user interface system called UGIX . |
| 17 | It aims to wipe out the Hib form of the deadly disease which kills 65 children and leaves a further 150 permanently brain damaged every year . |
| 18 | The stereo chorus adds some colour to both clean and heavily distorted modes , but seems to thin out the tone in some instances , so use with care . |
| 19 | Almost every work that is premiered seems to push out the boundaries of the form a little farther . |
| 20 | The research aims to bring out the character of the efficiency-effectiveness debate and the nature of accountable management as it is being developed through the Financial Management Initiative , the efficiency strategy and associated developments . |
| 21 | There are several clumps of the non-climbing spring sweet pea Lathyrus vernus ‘ that hardly anybody grows ’ : it has small purple and blue flowers and helps to fill out the border . |
| 22 | The vivid recording helps to bring out the degree of refinement that Miss Edwards finds even in 1812 , without losing anything in dramatic bite . |
| 23 | The Environmental Forum tries to find out the results of tests on emissions from the plant . |
| 24 | The church planting team must be willing to seek God and support its leader as he tries to work out the programme as he proceeds : this calls for patience ! |
| 25 | There are many soft or subjective ‘ facts ’ which should also be represented , and the process of creating the rich picture serves to tease out the concerns of the people in the situation . |
| 26 | A deconstructive reading tries to bring out the logic of the text 's language as opposed to the logic of its author 's claims . |
| 27 | Here it means to drag out the sound , hence ‘ make a long blast ’ . |
| 28 | Epson 's RITech technology seeks to smooth out the jaggies , which ought to give a much higher quality print . |
| 29 | Each group opens their own joint bank account , manages their own money , does some basic budget planning and learns to fill out the forms and paperwork necessary to record all the transactions and keep track of the state of the fund and their management of it . |
| 30 | Marvell is so much taken with the love he has of nature he even proposes to cut out the names of the trees in their own bark , as opposed to the names of lovers . |