Example sentences of "sort [adv prt] the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Thrifty villagers had sorted out the best for their own uses , present or future .
2 The more populous the parishes became , the more diffuse the community grew , the more acute the problem : no longer did the overseers or the ratepayers know everyone receiving relief , and it was then far from an easy task to sort out the needy from the charlatans .
3 Toby Freely felt somewhat out of his depth , not confident enough to sort out the genuine from the assumed .
4 Accompanying the arrival of peace were the problems of reorganising the economies , and the gigantic task of sorting out the millions of refugees and displaced persons scattered throughout Europe .
5 Yet do n't ask me how else they can sort out the bright from the not-so-bright , as I do n't know .
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