Example sentences of "[vb infin] out [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recommendations were made that would eventually phase out the broad gauge . |
| 2 | Should we regard music as a kind of anaesthetic for weary executives so that we can opt out a warm bath of string sound ? |
| 3 | Similarly the polar bear can scent out a dead seal from 20 kilometres away . |
| 4 | They deliberately looked for inconsistencies where they basically knew I 'd told them but two aspects of the truth , in the hope that I 'd blurt out the real truth about something else in my fright and confusion . |
| 5 | She knows the kinds of places she likes to work , sleep and eat in , and will instinctively seek out the right type of office , hotel , or restaurant . |
| 6 | One of the major concerns is to ensure security ( as far as possible ) and quality of service , rather than simply seek out the highest interest rate or the lowest charges on offer . |
| 7 | I visited the site and Jon explained that these sites must also receive regular frosting as the bracken which tends to dominate the grassland will otherwise choke out the wild gladiolus . |
| 8 | Then she retreated in bleak anguish to her bedroom , and sat hunched in the window-seat , looking out over the soft rolling lawns and distant Cotswold hills , dimly aware that her single most painful desire was that her mother were still alive , so she could pour out the secret desolation to the one person who 'd have understood … |
| 9 | Tomorrow Mr Westaby will carry out a substantial operation on an eighty-two year old man . |
| 10 | It will also carry out a year-long research project into pupils ' choices at 16 for Staffordshire County Council . |
| 11 | Any people who doubt this can carry out a simple test devised by the great cat authority , Paul Leyhausen , the next time they visit a zoo . |
| 12 | Ideational apraxia is seen when a patient can not carry out a complex sequence of movements , even though he is capable of carrying out each movement individually . |
| 13 | Using this as his measure of , Lucas can carry out a separate regression of on and for each of the countries for which he has data , once he has solved the problem of how to measure for each country . |
| 14 | It is n't much good writing ‘ I would carry out a thorough investigation and get to the bottom of this whole business … ’ |
| 15 | For this reason we would be grateful if you would carry out a thorough investigation of the accident with a view to preparing a suitable report to support our client 's claim in negotiation and , if necessary , at trial . |
| 16 | Curiously , when you ask them how they would react to deletion of the procedure of inviting criticism of their draft reports from the regulations , their response is along the lines of : ‘ If we were not required to do it we would probably carry out a similar course of action unofficially in order to ensure that we had not missed an important point . ’ |
| 17 | The latter will carry out a small number of random spot checks to verify a company 's samples . |
| 18 | The Environmental Health Officer will however carry out a Financial Test of resources to determine how much , if anything , you are expected to pay towards the ‘ reasonable ’ costs . |
| 19 | Even if there is no suspected infestation , these firms will usually carry out a no-cost survey , often recommending a precautionary treatment ( and guarantee ) . |
| 20 | MMC also said that in preparing its business plan each of our businesses should carry out a strategic review of its options in conjunction with a product/market sector analysis . |
| 21 | My people feel that the right hon. Gentleman would have been better employed if he had rushed to comfort the bereaved rather than carry out a song-and-dance act among people in Dublin , or even watch a rugby match . |
| 22 | We find it valuable to have a checklist of potential style markers ( even though this list itself is necessarily selective ) so that a reader may carry out a linguistic survey of the text , searching for significant features . |
| 23 | You may need to seek the advice of wood treatment/damp treatment firms , who will carry out a free survey for you ( subject to the agreement of the vendor ) . |
| 24 | We will carry out a free survey of your electrical installations and visually check the condition of your wiring . |
| 25 | When begged to return , he relented only on condition he could carry out a remarkable experiment : the so-called oprichnina , Ivan designated something like one-third of the country , carved out of scattered towns and provinces , as his personal domain , and set up a new administration to subject it to his personal will . |
| 26 | The Commission for Racial Equality can carry out a formal investigation and issue a non-discrimination notice . |
| 27 | Those were the days of the Board 's Cruises when , traditionally , a few members of the Board of Customs would carry out a seaborne inspection of a chosen area in the United Kingdom . |
| 28 | Stroud grants that if we want to know how a third person can know the nature of reality , we might carry out a psychological investigation of his methods of information processing , and then compare the results of his reasoning with known facts . |
| 29 | Their change of mind came after the president 's aides had said that if denied a referendum he would carry out a non-binding plebiscite anyway to settle the power struggle that has paralysed his reform programme . |
| 30 | But as the French press produced one embarrassing revelation after another , including leaks from the DGSE itself , it was decided that 65-year-old civil servant Bernard Tricot should carry out a rigorous investigation and that the French government would cooperate fully with the New Zealand police . |