Example sentences of "out [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the problems of washing in this hard water ( soap will not lather ) , when the water is heated , the dissolved chemicals are ‘ precipitated ’ out as insoluble carbonates ; the higher the temperature , the more the salts that are precipitated . |
| 2 | In an inquisitorial process of this kind lawyers do not stand out as good investigators ; they appear to be obsessed with the necessity to attribute blame . |
| 3 | Where it is ( as in Ferejohn , 1974 ; see also Johnston , 1980 ) , the southern States usually come out as major beneficiaries — because their Senators and Representatives tend to be among the longest-lived politically ; the Midwest States , on the other hand , tend to benefit much less , which is a source of much local concern ( Murphy , 1971 ) . |
| 4 | She 's the latest of a series of elderly people singled out as easy targets for robbery . |
| 5 | Not that Arsenal should be singled out as sole instigators of the ill-feeling at White Hart Lane . |
| 6 | Fool 's Gold director Terry Winsor says : ‘ The truth is extremely elusive but my understanding is that unlike the Great Train Robbers , the boys who did go inside wo n't come out as poor men . ’ |
| 7 | These divergent states are often subjectively perceived as having distinctive characteristics that mark them out as discrete varieties : people can recognize regional varieties such as ‘ Birmingham ’ English , ‘ Yorkshire ’ English and so on , and they often have a fairly clear idea of how such varieties are distinguished from one another . |
| 8 | A steady stream of sightseers made their way along the river to see the villa where they were shown round by the WEA class decked out as praetorian guards and vestal virgins . |
| 9 | Unlike many black kids who consider themselves singled out as possible sportsmen because of stereotyping , he found only his PE teacher took an interest in his sport . |
| 10 | Our social mores have changed so much that it is easy to single out as personal characteristics those which were actually held in common by neatly everyone . |
| 11 | We welcome and encourage people who want to have a look at us — not only to understand ‘ what we 're about , ’ but , perhaps , to check us out as prospective employers . |
| 12 | But neither Johnson nor former Gosforth and West Hartlepool lock Kevin Westgarth could have been singled out as outstanding performers . |
| 13 | This whole area had blossomed as a great region for settlement , in which the Spanish language was steadily being forced upon the survivors of the original population and to which Spanish emigrants went out as regular reinforcements to maintain the conquests of Cones and Pizzano . |
| 14 | In addition to the flabby growth and increased susceptibility to pests and disease that follows , the visible indications show out as brown patches which spread and coalesce round the leaf edges . |
| 15 | Now Asian residents , many of whom run businesses , fear they will be in the front line of any flare-up and even be picked out as special targets . |
| 16 | Universities , banks and the like are being singled out as potential customers , and Harari 's best guess is that ACTec should have a product within 14 to 18 months . |
| 17 | Amongst those who did give , education , health and general welfare came out as top recipients , but the top 200 corporate donors altogether only gave 150 million for all purposes — a trivial sum in comparison with any social spending total : 25 billion , say , on the NHS or education ( see Figure 9.1 ) . |
| 18 | They became the refuge of the vagabond and beggars sought them out as natural almshouses . |
| 19 | What is it about the changes that occur in a crossroads period that mark them out as structural changes , distinct from the movement and change experienced during the intervening years ? |
| 20 | Far more than before , however , and far more substantially because of the growth of TV and other new media , they stand out as dominant features . |
| 21 | In Brazil the forests are being indiscriminately destroyed and many indigenous peoples , like the Yanomami Indians , are being slowly wiped out as gold prospectors and others invade their lands , poison their rivers , and bring disease and death in their wake . |
| 22 | This approach has recently been subject to an effective critique by Forty ( 1986 ) , who points out that designers have always been handmaidens to the business interests they serve , and to separate them out as self-determined arbiters of cultural form is even less convincing than in the case of high art which strives for such autonomy . |
| 23 | All the same , as against the scholars of the Enlightenment , my own general view is that it is precisely the non-rationality of our behaviour which marks us out as human beings . |
| 24 | We do not report that 22% of all tonsillectomies for glue ear in Yorkshire were done as day case procedures but that 22% of tonsillectomies carried out as single procedures were . |
| 25 | The Committee considered such appointments preferable to more covert arrangements whereby certain officers became singled out as sympathetic sources of advice . |
| 26 | Since the only link between religion and material objects is through ritual , it is difficult to use archaeological evidence to find out about ancient religions . |
| 27 | But to conclude the subject of dowsing and intuitive ways of finding out about ancient sites , the only way is to have a go yourself ! |
| 28 | If there has genuinely been no opportunity for the candidate to find out about practical matters of pay and conditions in advance then it is sensible to discuss them at this stage , and you should have all the necessary details ready . |
| 29 | FINDING OUT ABOUT INDIVIDUAL HOMES |
| 30 | And we should just sort of say what is necessary to find out and everybody gets a few telephone numbers or telephone calls check out addresses find out about new ones , get in contact with the district council erm what is in the pipeline . |