Example sentences of "not [verb] out [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It is worth stressing that this study did not arise out of a leisured academic interest but out of an urgent need for material to use therapeutically with highly-disturbed young people .
2 He argued that thought does not arise out of abstract logical puzzles but from specific problems which we encounter in practice .
3 The first submission by Mr. Ashworth was that a public nuisance can not arise out of a lawful act , whatever its consequences , and as what is complained of here , namely heavy goods vehicles being driven along Medway and Bridge Roads , is a lawful act , no public nuisance can arise .
4 If it is correct , in general , that a public nuisance can not arise out of the lawful use of a highway , as Mr. Ashworth submitted , it is not , in my judgment , because there is no unlawful act .
5 Although the extra representation for zemstva did not arise out of St Petersburg 's enthusiasm for local government ( but out of the determination of central agencies to prevent any one of their number dominating the rest ) , it nevertheless ensured " a large dose of decentralization " in primary education and gave primary schools a better chance than they would have had otherwise .
6 It was obviously made to stand up with its foot on something which at first I could not make out for all the dust and dirt but eventually realised was a skull .
7 I could see by the light of his torch that the cave was deep and spacious ; I could not make out from the beam of light its total dimensions , but clearly a man would have had no problem stretching out to sleep there .
8 As its prospectus very properly pointed out , the subsidiary Crane Engineering Ltd was in receivership , but this fact was not pointed out to investors by Eyas dealers .
9 If the covert researcher is not to arouse suspicion , then he or she must behave like a believer , not stepping out of line by questioning or exhibiting too much curiosity about the functioning of the organisation .
10 But Marx opposes this approach , on the grounds that human needs do not spring out of nothing , and suggests instead that a theory must be constructed which has no ‘ starting-point ’ .
11 If it did not spring out of contract it must , I apprehend , have arisen ( if at all ) from the relative situation and circumstances of the defendants and plaintiff at the time of the occurrence of the act of negligence .
12 Sadly he rejected this dual instruction and was lost on a low-level marking attack that , had Cochrane been aware that Gibson was not checked out at Warboys , his AOC would have forbidden him to fly that night .
13 In her letter to BR Mrs. Buttigieg asked why the registration number of her car was not checked out against the season ticket holders ' records .
14 ‘ Try not to fall out with her , ’ she begged the girls .
15 Although the quinary system was not widely taken up , especially outside Britain , it was not dismissed out of hand as a figment of MacLeay 's and Swainson 's imaginations .
16 So , look out for the ‘ New Look ’ not to miss out on what is happening in Age Concern each month .
17 Companies cluster together anxious not to miss out on the latest developments and the growing pool of scientifically-skilled labour .
18 Chile is Britain 's oldest ally in the Southern Hemisphere … and the Falcons were determined not to miss out on the celebrations to mark the 75th birthday of the Royal Air Force .
19 Tony had decided not to go out with them , as he felt self-conscious about having to borrow money from his father to pay for drinks .
20 I reckon the nuns beat her you are not to go out with boys !
21 Jochen and Elke warn Fabian not to go out on the streets on 7 October for the 40th anniversary of the formation of East Germany , and for God 's sake not to demonstrate .
22 Police warned that the man — aged between 18 and 30 — could strike again and advised women not to go out on the moor alone after dark .
23 This mismatch led to our including clear , key-by-key sequences in the notes and a resolution not to go out on CDL trials before reaching the stage of adequate documentation , as time is too valuable .
24 I used not to go out at all if there were any around .
25 It may be a boundary drawn for the toddler 's safety ( ‘ You are not to go out of the front gate ’ ) ; it may be to do with the teenager 's wellbeing ( ‘ You do an hour 's homework ’ or ‘ You have to tell me who you 're out with and where you 'll be ’ ) .
26 As they passed one of the Mason 's guards , they startled him out of dozing , and he hastily got up , cursing them and telling them not to go out of sight .
27 ‘ Lovely bit of weather , ’ said her father , and her mother remarked that she always thought it so silly of them not to go out in the country more when they lived so near to it .
28 I would have smiled at the Kafkaesqueness of the situation , had I not broken out in a cold sweat and had I at that stage not been ignorant of Kafka 's existence .
29 Time to Declare by David Owen ( Penguin , £7.99 ) — Had he not fallen out with the Alliance , this passionate rebel male might well have been a key figure in this the general election .
30 This scheme will be used in future for it provides an opportunity for the genuine fan who attends games against less glamorous opposition not to lose out in the real crowd pullers .
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