Example sentences of "pull [adv prt] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will be much worse to come if the German government decides , as it may , to pull out of the European Fighter Aircraft project on which Deutsche Aerospace was counting for future revenues . |
| 2 | Thousands of staff at two of Britain 's biggest aerospace companies are worried there may be yet more redundancies following Germany 's decision to pull out of the European Fighter project . |
| 3 | PHILIPS ‘ TO PULL OUT OF THE PERSONAL COMPUTER BUSINESS ’ |
| 4 | The story seems to have been largely missed , but Philips Electronics NV is planning to pull out of the personal computer business as part of its latest restructuring , which will see 5,000 jobs go from its consumer electronics operations worldwide this year , Het Financieele Dagblad reported . |
| 5 | If the Japanese continue to pull out of the international bond markets they will deprive the global economy of much-needed capital . |
| 6 | Crosby reassured Byrne yesterday after the Republic of Ireland marksman was forced to pull out of the international squad with a calf injury that will sideline him for a fortnight . |
| 7 | He made only 17 and 18 but so weakened himself that he was forced to pull out of the following three-day fixture in Vishakhapatnam . |
| 8 | Last night 's crucial Maastricht vote following the debate in the House of Commons meant Mr Gummer had to pull out of the Welsh farming conference organised by the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society , the Welsh Agricultural College and Midland Bank . |
| 9 | The severity of the depression was highlighted this week by the decision of the Automobile Association to pull out of the retail package holiday market , creating 400 redundancies . |
| 10 | After completing three quarters of a loop the model is reluctant to pull out of the ensuing dive . |
| 11 | The fish they were pulling out of the Swedish lakes were badly deformed . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , but I ca n't let you do that , ’ she protested , pulling out of the warm security of his arms . |
| 13 | ( ANNE ) One of Britain 's top speedway clubs is pulling out of the British league . |
| 14 | There were still several boys , waiting for their lifts home , and a number of cars were pulling out of the main gates . |
| 15 | The situation changed , firstly when Andrew confounded medical opinion by playing again in December and then when Dawe pulled out of the semi-final match against Yorkshire after his club , Bath , had rearranged a postponed Courage League match at Rugby . |
| 16 | Germany pulled out of the joint project in July , but finance minister Theo Waigel has said he favours a scaled-down version of the plane costing £36 million to avoid job losses in times of recession . |
| 17 | A year ago I got the headlines when I pulled out of the European side against the Swiss at the last moment . |
| 18 | He pulled out of the young officer , kicked the sobbing man off the bed , then finally answered the phone . |
| 19 | The government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was seriously weakened as the crisis in Sind intensified and the Sind-based Mohajir Qaumi Mahaz ( MQM ) pulled out of the ruling coalition , alleging " victimization " by the army [ for earlier withdrawal of the Jamaat-i-Islami , announced in May , see p. 38914 ] . |
| 20 | The upshot of this was that a number of companies pulled out of the timber-frame house-building market and the proportion of houses built by this method had dropped from 24 to 17 per cent by the beginning of 1984 , and is even less now . |
| 21 | But a random selection of the massive output of the chancery shows all the stops pulled out of the papal organ : the reminder to the papal judge , acting by delegation in a distant province of the Church , that he will need to answer for his actions before the Supreme Judge , the care with which letters seeking advice are answered ( Eustace of Ely ) , the terrible missives which reached King John and other miscreants and recalcitrants . |
| 22 | Across the road a large grey car suddenly pulled out of the Downshurst-bound traffic and stopped on the grass verge beyond the estate-car and the police busy with tape-measures and notebooks . |
| 23 | COLIN STURGESS , Britain 's world pursuit champion , has pulled out of the final round of the McEwan 's LA professional series in Manchester on Sunday because of tendinitis . |
| 24 | A rabbit has been pulled out of the political hat , and might be handed to Hong Kong . |
| 25 | No no no no you basically the company is pulled out of the ordinary high street travel business and set up a new concept in business travel . |
| 26 | THE MERGER initiatives of the large accountancy firms were thrown into further disarray yesterday when the UK firm of Deloitte Haskins & Sells pulled out of the worldwide merger with Touche Ross . |
| 27 | Last night TCCB officials gave a cautious welcome to the Kiwi offer , spokesman Ken Lawrence saying : ‘ At the moment we have not even thought of going elsewhere because we have not pulled out of the Indian tour . |
| 28 | An Independent Television Authority would regulate them , run by a group of people pulled out of the old drawer marked ‘ gentlemen amateurs ’ . |
| 29 | Earlier , the socialist Congress Party for Malagasy Independence ( Parti du congrès de l'indépendance de Madagascar — AKFM-Renewal , formed after the March 1989 presidential elections — see p. 36678 ) announced on Oct. 6 that it had pulled out of the ruling coalition . |
| 30 | The kitchen table was covered with homework , dictionaries , ring notebooks and ‘ All you Need to Know about the Russian Revolution ’ pulled out of the huge pieces of luggage Henrietta took every day to school , books used to erect tottering towers wherever the family was next about to eat . |