Example sentences of "of [v-ing] out the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The task of drawing out the main points from the mass of data takes considerable practice and is time consuming . |
| 2 | It is possible , in response to these apparent counter-examples to a context-independent notion of linguistic competence , simply to retreat : the rules can be left unconstrained and allowed to generate unacceptable sentences , and a performance theory of pragmatics assigned the job of filtering out the acceptable sentences . |
| 3 | What Lazarsfeld proposed was essentially a trial-and-error process of winnowing out the poor , if promising , indicators of a concept in favour of ones which proved effective across studies . |
| 4 | As regards restoration , just as we would not dream of stripping out the original interior of the Blackfriar , by the same token we would not seek to preserve a Thirties estate pub which had long since ceased to address the needs of the community it was built to serve . |
| 5 | Or possibly Center Parcs had not quite got the hand of hiring out the proper equipment — certainly you need the jack and the balls but you should also be able to hire an old man in a beret to watch , otherwise the game can not possibly feel authentic . |
| 6 | And they did ; all flattened and crouched , creeping low in the grass ; quite unlike the sprightly reed with its flashy habit of fanning out the long tail to show off white outer tail feathers . |
| 7 | The latter methods are used by every modern choreographer working with classical dance because it is more flexible and expressive and many dancers trained in its technique are capable of acting out the deepest emotions of the characters played , as Ashton and MacMillan have continually shown . |
| 8 | Each player in these groups was engaged for his or her ability to perform one type of role , therefore the playing was predictable because there was a particular way of acting out the various situations . |
| 9 | The problems of sifting out the valuable and proven ingredients of native medicines are formidable . |
| 10 | In the course of writing out the 18 April document the deceased asked what ‘ Sharon 's , ’ i.e. Miss Hughes 's , address was . |
| 11 | ‘ He does n't approve of satisfying one 's curiosity or of seeking out the notorious . |
| 12 | Just as aware as Napoleon III that royal connections could be made to serve a diplomatic turn , Bismarck had used Princess Victoria , wife of the Crown Prince Frederick , as a means of sounding out the British government as to its possible reactions to Leopold 's candidature . |
| 13 | The best way to understand it , in my view , is as a way of separating out the different impulses represented in today 's highly varied feminist thinking . |
| 14 | The Chancellor , the Financial Secretary to the Treasury , and the Prime Minister have the task of pointing out the financial realities of life to their colleagues . |
| 15 | ‘ But my father always taught me never to be afraid of pointing out the obvious . |
| 16 | " I 'd really like to mail a follow-up letter to all the people who sent bought more than £50 worth within 3 weeks of sending out the last brochure . " |
| 17 | Accompanying the arrival of peace were the problems of reorganising the economies , and the gigantic task of sorting out the millions of refugees and displaced persons scattered throughout Europe . |
| 18 | Now comes the business of sorting out the returned forms . |
| 19 | Arups worked out a method of cutting out the rusted iron in very small sections and strengthening it as they went along . |
| 20 | For even when the proportions are beautiful and unusual , the view stupendous , the privacy assured , a window covering is still the most practical way of shutting out the depressing sight of rain , avoiding too much heat loss , preventing draughts in winter and the discomforts of too much sun in summer . |
| 21 | Holyfield 's men , and there are plenty of them , including a woman as ballet coach , are certain that he will emerge as a true heavyweight champion , capable of taking out the big men of the division . |
| 22 | Then begins the arduous task of checking the weight of each sack before it is sewn up by hand to eliminate cheating — and there is no chance of chucking out the odd lump or two en route ! |
| 23 | However , the search for methods of countering the national economic and military ‘ deterioration ’ after the Boer War was dominated by discussion of methods of improving the numbers and environment of the masses rather than of weeding out the unfit . |
| 24 | If they relate only to markets within the Territories will contribute to the cost of carrying out the necessary work at a rate to be negotiated . |
| 25 | Rejecting the UN Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on Libya unless it hands over two men accused of carrying out the 1989 Lockerbie airliner bombing , Gaddafi said he would never surrender to demands by the United States and Britain . |
| 26 | But , once more , the qualifications were liberally added : ‘ as long as the individual is active and capable of carrying out the required duties ’ ; and ‘ where risks to other persons are involved ( eg driving ) , then adequate checks on ability should be made . ’ |
| 27 | She was quite sure she had surprised them in the act of carrying out the next stage of the deception concerning the Jourdain-Durance paintings . |
| 28 | It looks very much a way of screening out The Great Wonderful British Public and not having to endure any of their tiresome phone witterings . |
| 29 | We shall postpone until Chapter 3 the task of setting out the full array of intensional patterns which are expressed in the syntactic structures involving English adjectives . |
| 30 | We recently had the opportunity of trying out the latest handheld transceiver in the ICOM range , the IC-A20 MkII . |