Example sentences of "[adv prt] of thin " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the smaller scale micro-fissures and incipient joints related to the original pattern of mineral crystallization in the rock provide lines of weakness along which exfoliation ( the spalling off of thin sheets of rock ) ( Fig. 6.20 ) and granular disintegration ( the disaggregation of individual crystals or particles ) can occur . |
| 2 | This reveals that they are made up of thin lamellae , often lozenge shaped , sometimes oval , about 10 to 20 nm thick , depending on the temperature of crystallization . |
| 3 | Legislative proposals do not , however , materialise in the chamber out of thin air and they are not , furthermore , all of the same character . |
| 4 | Was it just out of thin air ? |
| 5 | She just appears out of thin air- ’ At this point Mildred broke off and looked around in case she had done just that , but she had n't . |
| 6 | This he did , and it was then that I experienced for the first time his unexpected propensity for one-liners , conjured out of thin air . |
| 7 | See Martin Sheen drunkenly method act himself into a heart attack , watch made Marlon improvise pure nonsense out of thin air and discover the real-life Dennis Hopper to be more manic than his character . |
| 8 | erm I was slowly sort of pulling a few ideas out of thin air . |
| 9 | He proved it too ; we needed a washing line to dry some tea towels and within minutes one had been created almost out of thin air . |
| 10 | Curtis put him in the picture ; his large , powerful hands seemed to tear vivid images out of thin air . |
| 11 | It 's extraordinary the way they materialize like flies out of thin air when the sun shines . |
| 12 | It must have seemed to Bragad 's minions that we were falling on them out of thin air . |
| 13 | erm there i it 's not just a matter of plucking a figure out of thin air , but you can see the justification for the full fee-bid , and you can er crosscheck the accuracy of the fee-bid as well . |
| 14 | Tab the tinker , who had come in to be shriven , had agreed to fashion a coffin of sorts out of thin planks of wood . |
| 15 | White Face materialized out of thin air when I was drinking at a pool . |
| 16 | They only saw him : it was very sudden , just as if he had materialized out of thin air . |
| 17 | Hypotheses seem to be effortlessly improvised out of thin air , the resulting theory giving the distinct impression of being a rather facile extemporisation . |
| 18 | Providing that there was no threat to their members ' jobs , trades unions felt that they had a free hand in wage negotiations , often seeming to pluck numbers out of thin air and try it on with employers . |
| 19 | An opinion can not be conjured out of thin air — it must be based on something . |
| 20 | You did n't just pluck those adjectives out of thin air . |
| 21 | It suddenly happened out of thin air . |
| 22 | It 's not pulling it out just out of thin air |
| 23 | For example on the building that we 're talking about shifting , first of all we 've got to find a site for the thing , then we 've got to get planning permission , then we 've got to get the actual permission of the owner of the land , then we 've got to make sure that erm electricity 's laid on , that there 's water laid on , that there 's some sort of toilet or other facilities and so on , and when you add all that up it 's quite a complicated sort of series of bureaucratic procedures you 've got to go through and it 's not a question of , you know , of people saying to us as Councillors well , you know , do this for us and we can magic it out in six months out of thin air _ there 's an awful lot of paperwork that 's got to be gone through and an awful lot of people to see and an awful lot of red tape , really , to get through first — I mean just to make sure that the thing 's safe and complies with health and safety standards — and that 's something which you have to get across to young people and if they 're involved in the actual discussions on this and involved in the organisation , they begin to see the complexities and they 're less inclined , I think , to automatically assume that erm people are n't on their side and do n't want to listen . |
| 24 | For example , on the building that we 're talking about shifting , first of all we 've got to find a site for the thing , then we 've got to get planning permission , then we 've got to get the actual permission of the owner of the land , then we 've got to make sure that erm electricity 's laid on , that there 's erm water laid on , that there 's some sort of toilet or other facilities and so on , and when you add all that lot up , it 's quite a complicated sort of series of bureaucratic procedures you 've got to go through , and it 's not a question of , you know , of people saying to us , ‘ Well , as councillors , well , do this for us , ’ and we can magic it out in six months out of thin air . |