Example sentences of "out of [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's puzzled me for years that four times out of five the Wheel is recovered , but I ca n't recollect a single instance of the Scapegoat being brought in . ’ |
| 2 | But only one out of 115 interviewed last year found work compared with one out of 52 the previous year . |
| 3 | Nutritionist Jenny MacDiarmid and chartered psychologist Dr Marion Hetherington , who carried out the study , found that for three out of four the taste , smell and texture of chocolate was irresistible . |
| 4 | Tom Scotland flew 62 ops from Italy with a Pathfinder squadron ( 614 ) ; his autobiography is a story of his search for truth , for something that would enable him to make sense out of all the destruction and chaos that was a part of wartime life . |
| 5 | Out of all the items in our list we would probably tick the apples , potatoes , carrots , onions , cod and the frozen peas and beans . |
| 6 | Out of all the lies comes one great and simple truth . |
| 7 | First , out of all the responses made , only two participants stated that their attendance on the course had not been worthwhile and none said that the course should be discontinued . |
| 8 | Why are they so special to me , these two , why do I remember that one kiss out of all the other romances I knew about there in that place on that particular Friday evening , why do I remember it , do I actually remember it all or just want to ? |
| 9 | Then he whips round to Howard and says , ‘ Out of all the caddies you could have chosen , you find me one with a stutter ! ’ |
| 10 | It was the first , the very first , inch of achievement , she realised , out of all the hundreds of metres that lay ahead : the look on Hoomey 's face . |
| 11 | He can make you believe you are the only woman on earth for him , and only a Frenchman out of all the men in the world could look at me and tell me to my face that I am beautiful . |
| 12 | William Tite , the Liberal MP for Bath , and the only professional architect in the House of Commons , then made his first contribution towards the new Foreign Office by suggesting that the Government should form its own plan out of all the ideas produced so far , such as ‘ the plan of Sir J. Soane , that of Mr. Pennethorne , and also the plans in the present competitive exhibition ’ . |
| 13 | Thereafter I looked out of all the windows of the snug hostelry , and not finding a satisfactory view , for it now rained in earnest , and it was vain to hope to be able to sketch out of doors , I noticed a new house a short distance from the inn ( it was being prepared for a doctor ) ; was entrusted with the keys , and from one of the front windows looked out on the rainy scene depicted in the sketch of ‘ Garrynahine , Isle of Lewis . ’ |
| 14 | Why was there only one maths genius out of all the children born in his part of the country on the same day ? |
| 15 | In fact , out of all the times I went to the Show Room I was only asked to dance twice . |
| 16 | Violet , watching the tall negress , a bold haughty bearing ; she appeared the star attraction out of all the women — and there must , all smoking , posing , rude as the renaissance , be at least a hundred whores — wondered ( such a rate , turnover ) at the money in her handbag . |
| 17 | It 's the Maastricht approach to holidays — you can opt out of all the bits you do n't like , such as having to tackle foreign languages or eat strange food . |
| 18 | Out of all the titles mentioned in this feature , 23 are platform games or have strong platform elements/sublevels . |
| 19 | A draw is now made out of all the entries received each month to select the winning hole-in-one and we will then present the winner with two cases of Wolfschmidt Kummel . |
| 20 | Using the ME-6 through a valve combo I found myself trying to squeeze more tone out of all the distortion settings , something I do n't ever remember trying to do with BOSS 's DS1 compact distortion pedal which , for some reason , I assumed the overdrive on the ME-6 would emulate . |
| 21 | Out of all the dark horses currently flogging themselves around the circuit , Oxford 's Radiohead are more shadowy than most . |
| 22 | Mildred and Ethel sat miserably at their desks , feeling very left out of all the bustle . |
| 23 | In fact one can often feel Tolkien , between these ‘ low ’ and ‘ high ’ stylistic poles , breaking with complete success out of all the categories into which he should have been put , rising again from the edge of romance to what almost anyone might call ‘ myth ’ . |
| 24 | Bachelor Phillip said : ‘ Out of all the things I 've done or commendations I 've received , I think this is the one she is most proud of . ’ |
| 25 | Out of all the bands the NME posse catches at the CMJ , RATM are by far the most brilliantly relevant : the first to grab political issues by the scruff of the neck and ram them down the toilet pan . |
| 26 | Dan Knight stated to the Author , ‘ This one was by far the worst mission out of all the 30 I flew . |
| 27 | Charlotte and Luke had managed school perfectly well , had made friends , had slipped effortlessly in and out of all the required fads and fashions . |
| 28 | Steven continues : ‘ There 's a complete balancing out of all the different musical influences which enables us to write songs that make us sound like no-one else . |
| 29 | Although there were profits and national prestige to be made out of all the Wardens ' privileges and untold opportunities for corruption , it was often difficult to find anyone to shoulder this particular responsibility . |
| 30 | It 's too much , if you ever have too much you can just fold a bit down , if you have a big bandage you can fold either of those edges down first if you 've got too much and then you fold it forward and back , now your pin sticks in , but all the material and out of all the material and it goes in a straight upward direction , again it must go in that direction so that if per chance it comes undone it falls out and drops on the floor , whereas if it was sideways or downwards it would open and stick in your casualty , so that 's why we have it done that way . |