Example sentences of "[to-vb] out [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was her left arm , however , so she was able to write out the application to my dictation , and I got someone else to type it . |
| 2 | They used to come out every summer to Southmoor , where I lived , to pick the hops and work on the local market garden and erm I agree with whoever said if you treat them right they 'll treat you right . |
| 3 | So Alexander left the surgery determined that he , himself , was going to find out the solution to his curious problem . |
| 4 | She wanted to find out the extent to which children are aware of differences between spoken and written language , of features that might pass muster in speech but not in the written word . |
| 5 | In The Extended Phenotype I attempt to work out an answer to this difficult problem . |
| 6 | In fact , support may consist of saying ‘ I leave you to work out an answer to that problem ’ . |
| 7 | She had n't had time to work out an answer to such a question . |
| 8 | In each class at least four methods were used by different pupils to work out the answer to this item . |
| 9 | Sheets are usually 300mm ( 12in ) square , and are often sold in packs of five or 10 ; the best way of estimating quantities is to work out the area to be covered , and to divide that by the coverage figure given on the pack , which will tell you how many packs to buy . |
| 10 | In the allegory , it is not easy to work out the extent to which the regress is a return to Puritanian values . |
| 11 | I 'm going to spell out a warning to the aeroplane pilot by making you all into letters . |
| 12 | Occasionally you had to spell out the name to tourists to avoid any needless confusion . |
| 13 | He saw the Shah 's reform movement as designed to sell out the country to foreign powers , especially Israel and the Untied States , and he exhorted the mullahs to resist . |
| 14 | Before attempting to set out an approach to disruptive pupils , I believe it is important to preface the debate with a general comment on education — first , because the nature of the topic can generate emotions that lead to a distortion of the author 's overall perspective , and second , while I am critical of many educational responses to disruptive pupils I do not wish to add to teachers ' feelings of being under siege . |
| 15 | It 's self evident Mr Deputy Speaker that this government is utterly unconcerned to carry out an obligation to which is bound by a treaty , freely entered into and the minister must answer the question of how he squares this inactivity with regulation nine three which obliges registration officers to take reasonable steps to obtain information about who should be eligible to appear on the electoral role . |
| 16 | Now , instead of a day walking on the estate 's 50,000-acre grounds or picnicking on the heather-clad hills , the Queen and the duke are likely to send out a summons to Andy and Fergie , who are staying close by . |
| 17 | A request has been made to read out the module to be updated but this has been unsuccessful . |
| 18 | His gaze was fastened on his daughter 's last careful steps down the stairs , as if he could barely restrain himself from running forward to hold out a hand to her . |
| 19 | The Financial Times of June 28 described this review clause " ploy " as designed " to hold out the hope to countries which feel their aspirations unsatisfied in this constitutional revision that they may do better next time " . |
| 20 | Many years ago , if a work was stolen you might report it to the police or the FBI , but there was no way to get out the word to the market . |
| 21 | JOHN Major presided over a special Downing Street summit of ministers last night to thrash out a solution to the Government 's deadlock over the pit closure programme . |
| 22 | If the adviser wants you to make out a cheque to him , the alarm bells should start ringing . |
| 23 | When the guard was told that no one had moved from their seats he became very worried because he said he had to make out a report to British Rail as to the cause of the delay and he then said , ‘ I 'll have to put it down to person or persons unknown ’ . |