Example sentences of "[vb -s] out [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looks out where the river widens and splits at Vasilyevskiy Island . |
| 2 | Four-wheel-drive cuts out when the tractor 's forward speed goes above 9.3mph and is re-engaged when it drops below 8.7mph . |
| 3 | The bit where the rest of the family goes out and the cat is after Stuart bores Babur : he thinks it is probably directed at the younger reader . |
| 4 | It points out that the licensing functions were lowly regarded and observes that protection of investors by definition requires a ‘ rigorous and inquiring approach ’ . |
| 5 | Harris points out that the scope of temporal reference covered by the standard English present-perfect is covered in Irish English by no fewer than five forms , as exemplified above . |
| 6 | In defence of the tests employed by the APU , Foxam , in a letter to the Times Educational Supplement ( 10 October 1980 ) , points out that the teachers whose pupils took the tests thought that the language in the written tests was appropriate . |
| 7 | Different problems but with similar consequences are occurring in the Philippines and have been described by Myers ( 1988 ) , who points out that the mainstay of the country 's economy is based on its natural resources , especially its forests . |
| 8 | Chomsky points out that the principles of operant conditioning were originally derived from experimental studies of animals , in which the ex-perimenter could achieve a very high degree of control over variables which were presumed to influence behaviour . |
| 9 | The report points out that the idea of local housing companies as landlord bodies for social rented housing originated in Glasgow . |
| 10 | In an interview in the magazine Director to be published this week , Dr Runcie denies that there are ‘ tensions and suspicions ’ between Lambeth Palace and 10 Downing Street , but he points out that the Church of England is active in parts of the country where the Conservative Party has little support . |
| 11 | David Jacobs also points out that the cost of hiring a stage-coach is now prohibitive . |
| 12 | Mr Jencks , careful as ever , points out that the figures can mislead . |
| 13 | However , he points out that the effects of the testosterone rises appear to affect men more than women — in a study in the United States it was found that teenage boys felt sexier when their testosterone levels were high , whereas their female counterparts were more affected by peer group activity ( ie what their friends were doing ) . |
| 14 | A widow with two children points out that the Iraqis doubled her welfare cheque ; now it has stopped altogether . |
| 15 | Thus the inception of a new focus for the study of chronology has been promoted by such stimulating developments and Bowen ( 1979 ) points out that the CLIMAP group have discovered significant evidence which supports the idea that the immediate future is one of adverse orbital geometry and general cooling and hence that ‘ the prediction of the future must rest on the past in the present ’ ( Bowen , 1979 , p. 181 ) . |
| 16 | The Green Paper points out that the pace of change in auditing has been slower than will be required . |
| 17 | It may seem odd that a music publishing company would want a photograph , but Doyle points out that the look of an artist may be important to develop an act 's recording career . |
| 18 | Judge Cerda points out that the case remains technically open until he personally closes it . |
| 19 | Hornet 's Richard Wolfenden points out that the company has not been liquidated but put on the back burner until production can be resumed abroad with lower costs and overheads . |
| 20 | Daly points out that the development of these words has tended to erase the female power once latent in their meanings . |
| 21 | Fathman ( 1975 ) also uses speed of learning as the explanatory variable for younger people learning more effectively , but she points out that the order of acquisition in second language learning does not change with age . |
| 22 | A complaint made then that the definition of ‘ Scotland ’ did not mention the Island of Rockall Act 1972 which made Rockall part of Scotland has had effect ; the reviewer now ungraciously points out that the discussion of what is ‘ England ’ does not mention section 10 of the Channel Tunnel Act 1987 , which incorporates the tunnel system up to the ‘ frontier ’ into England . |
| 23 | Trivers ( 1972 ) points out that the sex that invests most time and energy in parental behaviour becomes a ‘ limiting resource ’ for the other sex . |
| 24 | Professor Rhys , of Cardiff Business School , points out that the Essex plant is in an area of low unemployment and that the same could not be said of the other big plants . |
| 25 | He points out that the courts have departed from the old literal approach of statutory construction and now adopt a purposive approach , seeking to discover the Parliamentary intention lying behind the words used and construing the legislation so as to give effect to , rather than thwart , the intentions of Parliament . |
| 26 | The Circular points out that the decision should not be taken as sanctioning such advice given to such girls by teachers . |
| 27 | Miss Probst points out that the law gives the private sector a strong incentive to clean up at the lowest possible cost . |
| 28 | Higg 's ( 1993 ) points out that the phone and photocopying has changed information distribution and e-mail will change it still further . |
| 29 | Spicer points out that the sector has thrived in a bull market but the advertising boom may be coming to an end . |
| 30 | The report points out that the sector is highly diversified : worldwide , the 10 largest companies only account for one third of production , while in Europe a large number of small and medium sized firms operate alongside 15 or so multinationals . |