Example sentences of "out [prep] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mostafa Tolba bowed out as executive director of the UN Environment Programme ( UNEP ) , and was replaced , effective Jan. 1 , 1993 , by Elizabeth Dowdeswell ( Canada ) . |
| 2 | She 's the latest of a series of elderly people singled out as easy targets for robbery . |
| 3 | Not that Arsenal should be singled out as sole instigators of the ill-feeling at White Hart Lane . |
| 4 | Curiously he comes out as another kind of social engineer who tries to show people that granted their fundamental motives ( to obtain a range of pleasures and avoid a range of pains ) they will do best to act rightly ( in terms of the general happiness ) . |
| 5 | The red stripes across the top half of its shell marked it out as some sort of high ranking officer . |
| 6 | I bet Tony 's really chuffed — makes him out as some sort of last resort . |
| 7 | Stuart Webb , who has been secretary , chairman and managing director during 21 years at Derby was unanimously voted out as associate director after constant conflict with the board . |
| 8 | This approach has recently been subject to an effective critique by Forty ( 1986 ) , who points out that designers have always been handmaidens to the business interests they serve , and to separate them out as self-determined arbiters of cultural form is even less convincing than in the case of high art which strives for such autonomy . |
| 9 | The Committee considered such appointments preferable to more covert arrangements whereby certain officers became singled out as sympathetic sources of advice . |
| 10 | If there has genuinely been no opportunity for the candidate to find out about practical matters of pay and conditions in advance then it is sensible to discuss them at this stage , and you should have all the necessary details ready . |
| 11 | Visit a museum or an exhibition and find out about other explorers like Sir Francis Drake or Marco Polo . |
| 12 | Visitor Centre — find out about English wine from grape to glass . |
| 13 | The first stage consists of finding out about different instances within each of these categories and their interrelationships . |
| 14 | How did you find out about these firms in the first place ? |
| 15 | Professional Footballers ' Association leader Gordon Taylor spoke out about this type of body blow in last week 's ‘ Soccer In Crisis ’ investigation when he was asked by the Echo over spiralling players ' wages . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's talking to Jorge and looking up towards your room , ’ Maggie said drily , wondering just what Felipe would use to kill her if he found out about this piece of sabotage . |
| 17 | It is Coward who is singled out for specific blame by Durgnat , his screenplay compared explicitly/dismissively to women 's romance fiction as if that , by itself , was a confirmation of worthlessness . |
| 18 | But he also disclosed that the 11 BR employees singled out for specific criticism by the Hidden inquiry would face disciplinary action , ranging from reprimand to suspension or dismissal . |
| 19 | This refers to concentrating on and looking out for specific details in the world around you . |
| 20 | Do you think that there is even a sort of ‘ them and us ’ attitude , a feeling that the arts world is an ever open maw that cries out for endless sums of money and that the proper business of government is to resist ? |
| 21 | Once you have selected a possible field , move towards it , checking its size , slope and colour , and look out for possible wires on the approach . |
| 22 | Privy seals were sent out for forced loans from about 1590 . |
| 23 | Neither parents nor politicians are crying out for radical reform of the system . |
| 24 | Under this custom the colt 's owner paid a shilling over and above the actual cost of shoeing so that the men could send out for six pints of beer as a reward for the extra effort involved . |
| 25 | Skipper Richard Gough , out for six weeks with a groin injury , was expected to return , but plays in the reserves instead . |
| 26 | Influential fly half and captain Michael Lynagh is out for six weeks with a dislocated left shoulder . |
| 27 | But Wimbledon defender John Scales will make his comeback at Middlesbrough tomorrow after being out for six weeks with a groin injury . |
| 28 | Mustoe could be out for six weeks with a groin injury , while Proctor will miss two or three weeks after a minor knee operation . |
| 29 | The king enjoyed their fruits either by direct exploitation or by granting the lands out for political reasons to some of the nobility — Lancaster , Pembroke and even the Despensers , for example . |
| 30 | ( A word of caution : watch out for that yoghurt on top . ) |