Example sentences of "but [adj] out [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And doctors look in people 's ears all the time , but eight out of ten do n't know what they are looking at . |
| 2 | CTL were detected to none of the peptides from the three sporozoite antigens , but three out of six individuals tested responded to the ls6 peptide from LSA-1 ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 3 | The absentees were likely to be senior pupils ; 2 out of 10 pupils in S1 were absent at least once in the survey week , but 4 out of 10 pupils in S5 . |
| 4 | In Mexico in 1970 , for example , there were no foreign dairy bottlers and only one ice-creamer , but ten out of twelve canned milk producers were foreign . |
| 5 | Okay , I was expecting twelve , but ten out of twelve 's not bad , so I 'll start . |
| 6 | But ten out of ten for effort , Robyn ; you do look very smart — I hardly recognised you . ’ |
| 7 | " We have an apprenticeship of seven years to begin with , but 99 out of 100 of these girls when they go to the trade expect that they will be married before that time passes . |
| 8 | But nine out of 10 said you should n't go all the way unless both you and the girl want to . |
| 9 | Niki had nine pole positions in fourteen races , but nine out of eleven in the new car . |
| 10 | Breastfeeding seems completely natural , but 9 out of 10 women who try it , come across problems and many give up . |
| 11 | Patients pay £4.25 per item but four out of five prescriptions are dispensed free to people who are exempt . |
| 12 | At any one time only two out of five surnames in the parish were those of this hard core of families , but four out of five of the total entries belonged to this group . |
| 13 | There are no strong feelings about teachers being too strict , but four out of 20 pupils think teachers should be stricter ‘ to do more work ’ and ‘ to stop bad people being badder . ’ |
| 14 | All too easily she could be in his arms and his bed , but two out of three was n't good enough . |