Example sentences of "more out [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | mail on the list is getting more and more out of order every day . |
| 2 | It 's just like the programme except the info in it is a bit more out of date and it 's about twice the size . |
| 3 | ‘ What are you doing here ? ’ they both asked at once , and immediately both laughed , more out of relief than humour . |
| 4 | She took on the ‘ difficult ’ painter more out of sympathy for Zborowski 's hopeless task than of belief in Modigliani . |
| 5 | Leisure committee chairman Paul O'Hanlon said : ‘ Reviving the Knowsley Sports Council would be an excellent way of helping residents of all ages to get more out of sport , particularly our younger people . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ you should get more out of life . |
| 7 | Bikers get more out of life , so climb down off your exercycle and get out and about for some fresh air . |
| 8 | Ponyboy wanted more out of life than his brothers . |
| 9 | And in thinking of replacing the reverend with a ‘ thrusting businessman ’ , which Waddington believe ‘ is more than suitable for the 1990s ’ , they have shown themselves to be even more out of tune with modern times . |
| 10 | Graham also watched the indicator and winced more out of irritation than anything else when green five increased to amber six . |
| 11 | However , I confess that I do not believe a party , any more than the society which it serves , can fail to suffer if it knowingly allows institutions to fall more and more out of correspondence with contemporary needs . |
| 12 | She ran the last few yards and was breathing heavily , but more out of anxiety than exhaustion . |
| 13 | But this is more out of opportunity than necessity . |
| 14 | For now he will continue to live in London , but more out of consideration for his daughter who is sitting her A-levels than a disinclination to move north . |
| 15 | Obviously , a child returning from school to find his own study quarters where he has books at his disposal and sympathetic parents who can offer cogent remarks on his work and broaden his outlook with lively , stimulating conversation , will be able to get more out of education than a child who , when doing his homework , has to share the kitchen table with plates , cutlery and cruet as well as the pet cat and having to contend with ‘ Crossroads ’ as the main intellectual challenge of the evening . |
| 16 | Heather Lloyd , defending , said they had committed the crimes more out of ignorance than malice and that their customers had not been unhappy . |
| 17 | In the end , the proposal was dropped more out of fear of ‘ Joe Six-Pack ’ , and the awful electoral revenge he might take . |
| 18 | Sharing is even more out of step with materialistic white Australia today than it was 200 years ago . |
| 19 | Thus dental surgeons were to be even more out of pocket . |
| 20 | Getting more out of chromatography — design of high quality separations , will be held in Manchester on 12 May 1992 . |
| 21 | Turning again , Manville made a mental note of the cab 's licence number , more out of habit than anything else . |
| 22 | She seemed to have come on the retreat more out of material loyalty than religious devotion . |
| 23 | He was a fellow Scot and alcoholic and the union was born more out of desperation than love . |
| 24 | They came more out of curiosity or ( in the case of parents ) out of a sense of duty . |
| 25 | Today , however , he used his privilege to check on the background of the child his wife idolized , more out of curiosity than any inclination to relax his stand against trying to procure the child for her . |
| 26 | ‘ Do you think he knows we 're talking about him ? ’ asked Lydia , not nervously , but truly more out of curiosity . |
| 27 | The Government could scarcely have been more out of touch with the people at large , and was still , in any case , terrified that Jacobinism might even then give rise to a revolution at any moment . |
| 28 | Last week , the ARC turned out in force at the National Agricultural Centre near Coventry to show farmers its work , and to persuade them to ‘ get more out of muck ; ’ . |
| 29 | Charlie felt more and more out of control until suddenly Rose stopped , pulled herself away and stared down the front of her dress . |
| 30 | She looked more out of place in the shabby pub than any of them . |