Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] out to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The paradox is that while mathematics appears to be based on axioms rather than empirical knowledge ( although some have argued that it is rooted ultimately in the ‘ one-twoness ’ of things ) , it has nevertheless turned out to be remarkably fruitful in enabling us to understand the physical and to a lesser extent social world ; it is as if we had invented a game which turned out to be real . |
| 2 | While it certainly can not be claimed to be a panacea for all ills , and no system of therapeutics has yet turned out to be that , it is an approach which I would not like to be without . |
| 3 | Their contents had usually turned out to be machine parts but there had been a couple of times when he had found something a little more palatable — once a case of French Burgundy , on another occasion a case of German hock . |
| 4 | Plus what had now turned out to be a ganglion . |
| 5 | Instead of acquiring fairly smoothly a bigger version of the cosy old federal republic , with its powerful economy and low political profile , they have inherited an unknown country packed with problems and with people who have mostly turned out to be German-speaking strangers . |
| 6 | It should be said that the forecast figures have probably turned out to be slightly high , particularly for 1991 , since it seems unlikely that the US Department of Commerce would have foreseen the downturn in the global economy which is now biting so hard in all industries . |
| 7 | But there are other causes of bad conditions as well as overcrowding : many prisons are old and decaying , and the newer prisons have often turned out to be so badly designed that they are not a noticeable improvement . |
| 8 | ‘ But all the men I 've met who I 've felt would make good fathers have invariably turned out to be men I could n't love … ’ |