Example sentences of "[noun] out [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Major and Mr Lamont did not eat their words out of a cavalier regard for the truth and a penchant for duplicity at election times . |
| 2 | As your journey takes you into the lush splendour of the Dee Valley , one landmark in particular stands out in a dazzling blaze of colour . |
| 3 | LOOKING like he is appearing in some designer-conscious jeans advert , Nicholas Cage steps out of a big white gas guzzler on a sun-baked road in Wyoming . |
| 4 | Mr Lamont had cut car tax from 10 per cent to five per cent in March this year but his action failed to pull the car industry out of a three-year nose dive . |
| 5 | It is a shame that there are no photographs but each chapter begins with a Tom Price sketch and the text marks Sylvie out as a skilled travel writer rather than just a traveller who writes , a thoroughly good read . |
| 6 | Where we asked for marks out of ten , or thermometer ratings out of a hundred , we can use relative scores for different parties to construct measures of preference . |
| 7 | She set all the animals out in a long line , headed by the lions ; a circus parade carved from wood and delicately coloured . |
| 8 | Sir James pushes the boat out for a double celebration |
| 9 | So I drive back , pig out on a hi-cal breakfast , devour Sunday paper trash , wander home , hug the pillow you lay on , find a blonde hair or two , grin like an idiot , realise my hangover 's gone , work like a trooper all afternoon , sip a little brandy come early evening , and raise my glass to your very good health . |
| 10 | I have been lucky enough to stroke porpoises from a rowing boat in Loch Torridon , swim in a deep burn with a baby otter in Ardnamurchan and help clear somebody 's cottage loft out of a deep pile of pine marten droppings . |
| 11 | Behind it lies a scene out of a medieval siege . |
| 12 | Erm thirty pence out of a hundred and fifty , any idea of what that would be fraction ? |
| 13 | So the fraction will be you spend forty pence out of a hundred pence . |
| 14 | Ten ILP Councillors remained on Glasgow City Council out of a previous total of over sixty . |
| 15 | Nutty had manoeuvred through the rather narrow gate and was trying to keep Midnight from eating a lavender bush by the front door , and his feet out of a rosebed . |
| 16 | The first major work by the artist to go on the block since ‘ Portrait du Dr Gachet ’ reached the world record sum of $82,500,000 ( £43,107,142 ) at Christie 's New York in May 1990 , ‘ Jardin à Auvers ’ was classified as a monument historique in July 1989 French museums possess only a meagre twenty-five paintings by Van Gogh out of a total output of 879 works . |
| 17 | Normally this will be within six weeks of the end of the calendar quarter , but smaller businesses whose sales to other EC countries in a year do not exceed £10,500 out of a total turnover of £59,500 , need only submit a list of their customers ' registration numbers on an annual basis . |
| 18 | A budget for the 1992-93 biennium , providing for expenditure of US$646,000,000 ( representing a cut in real terms of 4.6 per cent ) , was approved without major controversy [ see p. 37054 for 1989 budget disputes ] , and the USA undertook to pay before January 1992 its arrears for 1991 , which amounted to some $34,000,000 out of a total contribution of around $75,000,000 . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , the Allies had suffered 252,000 casualties out of a total commitment of 480,000 . |
| 20 | In contrast , the gigantic photographic images depicting what the curator Jeffrey Deitch has called our Strange Developments act to bludgeon what is assumed to be our jaded sensibilities , but more obviously demonstrate the burn out of a certain faction of the mid Atlantic artworld , curators and buyers . |
| 21 | It sounds like an organisation worth buying a raffle ticket to support though not instead of a card for your beloved , an omission which may lead to the seeking out of a CMAC counsellor . |
| 22 | Despite the in-fighting , Maloney has not lost his sense of humour and produced a crowing hen out of a cardboard box at his news conference yesterday saying : ‘ This is Lennox 's new mascot . |
| 23 | There were only 18 arrests for minor public order offences out of a 40,000 crowd . |
| 24 | The court recognised , however , that circumstances may arise which require not merely the carrying out of a fresh balancing exercise but the disclosure of documents within this otherwise immune class because of some yet more potent countervailing public interest . |
| 25 | The process of establishing objective and approach may be assisted by the carrying out of a preliminary investigation , particularly where the investigation will be complex and resource constraints make it important to follow only the most promising lines of enquiry . |
| 26 | Recall of a single fact , or the carrying out of a single act |
| 27 | ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ Phil tells Howard one day , as they walk along the street eating fish and chips out of a Greek newspaper , ‘ I think it 's probably going to be the spitting image of you . ’ |
| 28 | He parried almost mechanically , his eyes leaving Adam 's face only by swift , flickering glances ; and suddenly he leaned hard forward and caught Adam 's blade on his own , and with a fierce turn of wrist and elbow wrenched the weapon half out of a shocked and bruised hand . |
| 29 | Repeating submissions made in December 1991 , it is further suggested that the requirements for a property to be let for 26 weeks out of a 52-week period — before an individual is allowed a deduction in respect of interest on a loan to purchase the property — is too restrictive in the present state of the property market . |
| 30 | A bout of glandular fever forced McKenzie out of a New Year fight against Jimenez , the WBO 's official leading contender who could have weight-making problems , having been as heavy as 9st 10lbs for a fight . |