Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.

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1 The ‘ purlieus ’ , or areas put out of the forest by the perambulations , were a special bone of contention .
2 ‘ Early statements of the model ( e.g. , Marslen-Wilson & Welsh ( 1978 ) ) assert that candidates drop out of the pool of word-candidates when they do not fit the specifications of context , in the same way as when they do not fit the accumulating sensory input .
3 The period that women spend out of the labour force for child-care has been steadily reducing over the postwar period .
4 A pheasant squawked and birds burst out of the trees .
5 But coaching and plans went out of the window .
6 Any junkie or Bowery red-eye comes limping down the street , then five sombre fatboys with baseball bats and axe-handles stride out of the nearest trattoria .
7 The time of Sigmar sees the Orcs and Goblins driven out of the lands west of the Worlds Edge Mountains .
8 Chatmeister Terry Wogan exemplifies the Seventies penchant for shirts and ties made out of the same floral tablecloth .
9 They flowed from every avenue of the kitchen , a waist-high tide of grubby , grey-cowled figures rushing in towards him , their coloured boots , sashes and hat-brims swirling out of the mist .
10 Having regard to the objectives and the general scheme of the Convention , that it is important that , in order to ensure as far as possible the equality and uniformity of the rights and obligations arising out of the Convention for the contracting states and the persons concerned , that concept should not be interpreted simply as referring to the national law of one or other of the states concerned .
11 Having regard to the objective and the general scheme of the Convention , it is important that , in order to ensure as far as possible the equality and uniformity of the rights and obligations arising out of the Convention for the contracting states and the persons concerned , that concept should not be interpreted simply as referring to the national law of one or other of the states concerned .
12 As the court held with respect to the expression ‘ matters relating to a contract ’ used in article 5(1) ( see the judgments of 22 March 1983 in Peters [ 1983 ] E.C.R. 987 , and of 8 March 1988 in Arcado [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 1539 ) , having regard to the objectives and general scheme of the Convention , it is important that , in order to ensure as far as possible the equality and uniformity of the rights and obligations arising out of the Convention of the contracting states and the persons concerned , that concept should not be interpreted simply as referring to the national law of one or other of the states concerned .
13 I refer not only to issues about manpower and conditions arising out of the implementation of ’ fresh start ’ but to the clear opposition to privatisation of prison services , prisons or remand centres , on which I do not agree .
14 Gannets and fulmars appeared out of the mist , flew alongside for a few minutes and disappeared again .
15 They 're better than lamp posts and that , cos trees grow out of the ground , so they 're extra special like .
16 This August Rivermead staff and patients moved out of the old Victorian wards into new facilities .
17 1985 : 1206 ) : ( 191 ) As the novels and tales lead out of the nineteenth century and into our own , we are made to feel more of the limited , contingent validity of moral claims and of collaborative endeavour .
18 The whole earth went schunk and all the dust and bits fell out of the ceiling .
19 Rows ( b ) and ( c ) show the simplest form of shift , where zeros are shifted into the vacated end of the pattern , and bits shifted out of the pattern are lost .
20 Police and doctors came out of the building to help the passengers .
21 Some twigs and leaves fell out of the folds .
22 At his most repellent , thick tendrils and leaves coil out of the forced-open mouth , eyes , or nose , lush and relentless , engulfing the victim 's head .
23 Water , foam and clothes gushed out of the machine on to the floor .
24 It was like a mountain of walls and houses and streets rising out of the Vale with the river curling round its feet , lapping at the high walls .
25 Then it was as if trees started crashing down and roots tearing out of the ground .
26 In the garden scenes , the technique gives a tangible impression of organic growth , of nature recycling itself , now buds and shoots evolving out of the rotting vegetation of last year 's earthly fruits .
27 They stood together , separately , and then in groups for photos that one of Rose 's sisters took , headstones and evergreens rising out of the background of thick laurel .
28 Ethel bounced ahead , crashing joyfully through the russet bracken , then splashing and rolling in the stream , spooking as ponies loomed out of the dusk .
29 Just the kind of remarks one would hear as parents come out of the display of their children at annual ballet school spectacular .
30 Also , it might be able to increase revenues as rivals drop out of the market .
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