Example sentences of "by [verb] out the " in BNC.
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| 31 | There were reports that some ministers , less optimistic in the face of evidence that a number of her supporters were already defecting to Heseltine , were seeking to stabilise the situation by holding out the prospect that Mrs Thatcher might retire voluntarily in the spring , making an orderly succession possible then . |
| 32 | Unless the leaky Government machine has failed to function by spewing out the usual advance warning of announcements in the pipeline , it seems unlikely that the deadline will be met — reflecting the complexities of trying to make rational long-term decisions in energy markets dominated by short-term thinking . |
| 33 | These invoices simplify VAT returns by splitting out the total amount paid . |
| 34 | You could experiment by commenting out the buffers=xx line in CONFIG.SYS to see whether buffering has much effect on your system , or if you have DOS 5.0 play with the secondary cache it provides . |
| 35 | Sometimes this can be converted back to a single compartment when bulky items have to be carried , either by zipping out the dividing panel or by loosening a drawcord . |
| 36 | I use a punchcard roll and began by punching out the customary two rows of holes for the overlapping join , only to find that the first row stretched the plastic slightly , giving a wavy edge . |
| 37 | Millicent Fawcett vehemently objected to family allowances becoming a feminist plank and clung to the typically nineteenth-century belief that allowances ‘ would destroy the fabric of family life by wiping out the responsibility of parents for the maintenance of their children ’ . |
| 38 | Some anthropologists would counter these examples by arguing that there actually are class-like phenomena in such states ( Terray , 1975 ) , by pointing out the difference in access to the means of production between elders and juniors and men and women , but even if this argument is accepted it gives little support to the general theory in that such ‘ class ’ differences also occur in clearly stateless societies . |
| 39 | Though Coleridge continued at the King 's School for several months , delighting his mother by pointing out the new master 's faulty knowledge of grammar , in April 1782 Francis Buller , a family friend and later an eminent judge , obtained for him a presentation to Christ 's Hospital in London ( the Blue Coat School ) , ‘ there to be educated , and brought up among other poor children ’ . |
| 40 | Countless twentieth-century dictators have been defended from their detractors by pointing out the asceticism of their private lives . |
| 41 | Once they realized that no presents could ever be exactly the same and that they could help him to take pleasure in his sister 's presents by pointing out the good features of one of her new toys to her they felt more confident in coping with his reactions . |
| 42 | In the immediate post-war years there was an attempt to absolve the bureaucracy of responsibility for externally aggressive and internally repressive policies , by pointing out the ways in which bureaucrats had tried to hold back military excesses . |
| 43 | Offer an escape route , by pointing out the whereabouts of the toilet , if you notice a particular member is looking exceptionally bad . |
| 44 | But Smith 's tacit acquiescence with the notion that the method adopted by these researchers amounted to deception and that such deception needs to be justified ( by pointing out the importance of the question being asked ) should not go unchallenged . |
| 45 | And I promise not to embarrass you in front of the paying public by pointing out the mildew on your roses . ’ |
| 46 | He had intended to sweep aside any reservations Kingdom might have about revealing a patient 's secrets by pointing out the overriding importance of finding Heather , but , instead , he had become meek and subdued , as if content to accept Kingdom 's judgement unreservedly on how much or how little he could divulge . |
| 47 | But perhaps the most striking of all the devices are the frequent self-conscious comments made by the author , laying bare his devices precisely by pointing out the differences between fabula and syuzhet , as , for example , in the following : In Tristram Shandy ( and in the O. Henry stories discussed in another essay by Eikhenbaum ) the devices are laid bare to such an extent that there remains hardly any motivation for the much diminished fabula . |
| 48 | You have been doing the right thing by cutting out the dead wood you found in spring , but these plants do get very straggly , and to get the best out of it you will need to be a bit more ruthless . |
| 49 | The book claimed that cancer and other deformities were mistaken wills , were new organs to meet new needs dreamed up in the deep unconscious , and that therefore they should be treated not with surgery but with interest and affection — humanity was limiting its potential by cutting out the tumours , blasting the cells . |
| 50 | ABC aim to maintain the Carvin philosophy of value for money by cutting out the middleman and selling direct , either through their own stores or by mail order , which will keep prices down to a minimum . |
| 51 | ‘ We felt that by cutting out the broker to reduce the cost , building up a team of very friendly tele-sales and tele-service operators to talk to customers and explain and do all the form filling for them , they would eventually sign . |
| 52 | You can reduce the amount of work needed by cutting out the need to manually identify afflicted records , using the following script : |
| 53 | The idea is to reduce costs by cutting out the 10 per cent travel agents ' commission ( Table 11.7 ) . |
| 54 | ‘ So I thought it best to lie low for a while ; keep the nose clean by cutting out the rowdies . |
| 55 | PFK TIP : Covering the sides of the tank as well can add to the effect and reduce any algae by shutting out the unwanted sunlight . |
| 56 | It 's always best to start by chopping out the hole for the lintel which goes over the frame first . |
| 57 | Trustee Arthur Houghton is called ‘ a loose cannon ’ due to his idea that the Cloisters ‘ could be made more appealing to the average visitor by weeding out the ‘ welter of objects ’ . |
| 58 | In 1972 the Heath Government promoted a major Local Government Act designed to strengthen local councils , partly by weeding out the smaller and weaker local units and partly by helping the whole system to become more efficient . |
| 59 | Success came overnight in neither case ; but a slow and steady improvement did take place , hauled back on to the right track at intervals by taking out the original contract and referring yet again to the agreed terms . |
| 60 | She observes that by taking out the old fuse and putting a new one in she has caused the iron to work again . |