Example sentences of "pick out the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made very few mistakes and so often picked out the right line on the greens , lines which at the time I doubted , that I left the decisions to him . ’ |
| 2 | Saturday 's goal was the product of some poor defending by Celtic and the alertness of Mason in picking out the ginger nut of Alex McLeish , but , again , they relied on a defender to score . |
| 3 | He remembered the lights of the car at last picking out the yearned-for shape of the cottage . |
| 4 | The full ten marks were awarded to Peter Talbot 's The First Ironbridge ’ , a fine view of the bridge with good lighting picking out the structural detail . |
| 5 | These later , more extensive , excavations brought various new finds to the surface as well as picking out the original flint walls . |
| 6 | We accept without a second 's thought that we can open our eyes and observe everything around us , picking out the slightest movement . |
| 7 | They had to ford these hazards , Travis going first to pick out the best route . |
| 8 | There 's no music policy beyond the basic house/garage starting point , but Sasha , taking over at about 5am , continues a mission to pick out the beautiful kick and rush in techno and its derivatives . |
| 9 | Here short-pile fabric is used to pick out the main pattern shapes , providing a relief pattern that highlights the design . |
| 10 | Of course , once children give up their single-level assumption , they accept the fact that terms at different levels such as dog and animal or bear and toy may be used to pick out the same object . |
| 11 | To pick out the important point from amongst the details is a most valuable skill . |
| 12 | Pick out the right folder , if it 's got a tab on it . |
| 13 | Simply pick out the current interest rate from the left hand column and look across . |
| 14 | As we noted , anaphora concerns the use of ( usually ) a pronoun to refer to the same referent as some prior term , as in : ( 90 ) Harry 's a sweetheart ; he 's so considerate where Harry and he can be said to be co-referential , i.e. pick out the same referent . |
| 15 | Rather , children seemed to grasp the fact that some terms pick out the positive end of a dimension , and others the negative end , before they necessarily identify which terms belong together as pairs . |
| 16 | Most were confident that his military and political genius would once again pick out the correct moment for the decisive blow against Britain , and had no inkling in autumn 1940 that ‘ Operation Sealion ’ had been postponed indefinitely . |
| 17 | The doubles which are now being offered widely are indispensable and I would pick out the deep red ‘ Captain Blood ’ , the white edged purple ‘ Marie Crousse ’ and ‘ Our Pat ’ in bluish-violet as the best growers . |
| 18 | The connecting network thus handles both levels of data transfer through the initial step of passing management-type requests which can pick out the necessary engineering data for the problem solution . |
| 19 | From a general mass of information I can usually pick out the precise thing I 'm looking for |
| 20 | Give me a line-up of blokes I 've never met before , and I 'll pick out the big hitter for you . ’ |
| 21 | It is very important this is done , we can join the raffle for the East Midlands airport and I 'll tell you this I will help you pick out the winning ticket er but we can not use the East Midlands airport money for revenue to run the stations . |
| 22 | For a moment she was blinded by the glare of headlights before she could pick out the white mini behind them . |
| 23 | Other Counsellors ' viewpoints picked out the wrecked pod , various parts of the slope and the gulley , and the four human targets . |
| 24 | Yet he and his companions were creeping towards the stockade 's turret , where one of the guns exploded , when they were spotted ; one shot picked out the young man next to Dulé . |
| 25 | He picked out the small nematode that had just the right characteristics , and single-handed , he established a thriving field from scratch . |
| 26 | With this in mind , Caroline picked out the dog's-tooth check suit by Principles , shown here in red ( also available in black ) , which is excellent value for money and extremely versatile . |