Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv prt] of [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Left believed , and there is little evidence to the contrary even after 30 years of " revisionist " history , that the National government was willing to make concessions out of all proportion to those necessary and that it was supported by influential people who were quite willing to see Hitler at war with the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | I 've had this twice and each time it 's been upheaval because he 's got a lot of goods which had to moved in shoe horned in moved peoples belongings out of one cupboard into another . |
| 3 | I 've had this twice and each time its been , its been other people , because his got a lot of goods people 's belongings out of one cupboard into another and the second time round there 's been purgatory because he brought Karen 's house , her hoover and the saucepans and everything that was his , everything that belonged to him but he said that before , I said why was Michelle able to jumped in between him and Karen , he said well Karen had been getting moody , and he said Karen was getting bored , Paul is boring , she 's told Paul that his boring boring . |
| 4 | If you knew some of the goings on of that lot in high places . ’ |
| 5 | This propensity to seek damages out of all proportion to the alleged negligence must be stopped ; otherwise the time will inevitably come , and soon , when promising young accountants will not be attracted by partnership in accounting firms , as they will not wish to put their personal wealth at risk . |
| 6 | Our commitment to that principle was given greater weight by the fact that benefit claims for students frequently presented administrative problems out of all proportion to the amounts of benefit finally awarded and the duration of the benefit periods . |
| 7 | Absolutely , absolutely , but I mean , I I ship goods out of this country into the continent and further afield , erm , rail is just not an option that I can consider . |
| 8 | This Is My Life begins with a hint of promise as Kavner rushes round the set like an uncontrolled greyhound , Hoffmann and Mathis do a neat job of tight-lipped anger and all concerned knock six mental bells out of each other at every turn . |
| 9 | Indeed , it was a similar display to the one they produced at White Hart Lane in March when they put Spurs out of this competition in the semi-finals last season . |
| 10 | This is a beautiful short walk with rewards out of all relationship to effort . |
| 11 | However , other ( unaffected ) characters may be able to force affected characters out of this state of discord . |
| 12 | A crowd had gathered around one of the piers , where Marlon Brando and Lee J. Cobb were tearing chunks out of each other with docker 's hooks . |
| 13 | The book disappoints , however , by its limited use of the large number of books written by or about Canadians in the two World Wars , in which that country made a contribution to Allied arms out of all proportion to her population . |
| 14 | Unfortunately it is also associated with an ‘ illusion of competence ’ effect which leads those employing interviews to value the quality of their decisions out of all proportion to their probable true worth . |
| 15 | It is unlikely that he had kept his hands out of ecclesiastical politics in a diocese which could easily have become his family 's see . |
| 16 | On paper , there is almost nothing worth mentioning — just a series of slow , equally spaced string chords , which nine conductors out of ten treat with something approaching disdain . |
| 17 | There are all sorts of comparatively small changes you can make which will transform your kitchen 's looks out of all proportion to the time and expense . |
| 18 | Well , we 've talked ourselves about the consequences about of that role on the catering operation which is available . |