Example sentences of "out of [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it not true , though , that the Liberal Democrats had voted with Labour in five out of every six divisions in the last Parliament ? |
| 2 | GLCABS reject approximately one out of every six candidates who reach the formal interview , whereas the figure for Surrey and West Sussex is closer to three out of six . |
| 3 | With techno enjoying a second coming in Leeds and banging out of every other shop in the renovated arcades on Saturdays , some people were getting home after a day 's shopping and fancying something a bit different . |
| 4 | By which I mean at least one out of every two issues . |
| 5 | Aha , one out of every two issues . |
| 6 | Apparently , one out of every 16 signposts at crossroads in the region are pointing in the wrong direction . |
| 7 | Since three out of every four owners report behavioural problems with their dogs at some stage , it is clear that probably most strays are discarded for this reason , rather than because of other factors such as family break-ups or emigration . |
| 8 | Er , I mean at least three out of every four issues . |
| 9 | Three out of every four voters in Scotland voted against the Tories . |
| 10 | Out of every hundred customers , probably only 20 know exactly what they want . |
| 11 | Something like ooh nine out of ten maybe more than that perhaps ninety five out of every hundred words that you write down are okay they 're spelt correctly it 's just the awkward ones . |
| 12 | Out of every hundred aircraft which ventured over the border , eighty-seven returned safely . |
| 13 | Out of every hundred drivers they stopped , they had no business to stop 97 . |
| 14 | Scrap Scrap is a recycling shop so nothing is wasted — not even empty cat food tins , something eight out of every 10 readers would recommend . |
| 15 | of the people who take without consent are charged with criminal damage , yet four out of every 10 vehicles returned to their unfortunate owners suffer substantial damage . |
| 16 | The hon. Gentleman is in no position to talk about opt-outs , considering that his party has opted out of every necessary decision to assist this country in the past 10 years and has backed every inflationary wage claim , every piece of trade union militancy and every policy that would do damage to Britain and its future . |
| 17 | For instance , thirteen out of every fourteen jade axes from the British Isles were made of jadeite , and this was the predominant material used for the same purpose in France and Germany . |
| 18 | ‘ Corked ’ wine has a powerful pong , rather like musty , mouldy walnuts , and current estimates hold that two out of every 100 bottles are affected . |
| 19 | A note about effectiveness rates : where we say , for example , that a method is 98% effective — this means that each year , out of every 100 women using the method , 2 will become pregnant . |
| 20 | In the sample as a whole , out of every 100 women , there would be as many as 10 pairs of sisters , i.e. about 20 individuals . |
| 21 | Apprised of this information , the computer print-outs ( ’ it 's all down to you , the draw will be made by the same computer that picked you to join the two out of every 100 households in the Barnard Castle area ’ ) are on their way by first-class post to Tom Champagne . |
| 22 | Out of every 100 votes given to Paisley 61 would have contributed to his election and ten to Craig 's election , leaving 29 that could have been further transferred . |
| 23 | Four out of every five settlements achieved by conciliation officers are for compensation and only one in ten for reinstatement or re-employment . |
| 24 | Four out of every five problem drug users were found to be opioid users , the only other salient group being cannabis users , the majority of whom were known only through police arrests for possession ( see Table 2.2 ) . |
| 25 | In Strathclyde alone , nearly three out of every five cases were not pursued to court , a statistic which provides ‘ considerable support for the view that a policy of mass arrests was pursued by the police in that area ’ ( Wallington , 1985 : 150 ) . |
| 26 | Represented claimants are successful in two out of every five cases ( Bell et al. , 1974 ) . |
| 27 | More than two out of every five Britons say they buy products on environmental grounds — over double the number who did so in 1988 . |
| 28 | In fact , eighty per cent of what we throw away could have been used again : that means that , out of every five dustbins of " rubbish " , four contain valuable recyclable materials . |
| 29 | Two out of every five people with crab lice will have some other form of sexually transmitted disease , and both doctors and patients should be aware of this and be on the lookout for other signs and symptoms . |
| 30 | By 1881 two out of every three people were urban dwellers and by 1911 the transformation was complete with only one out of every five people still living in farmsteads , hamlets or villages . |