Example sentences of "out [prep] [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The BBC is particularly singled out for criticism for its recent coverage and the exclusion of senior Presbyterian Church figures from televised discussions on the worsening political situation and from a BBC radio debate on Church representation on education boards . |
| 2 | Blaming other people , while opting out of responsibility for his or her own condition , is the hallmark of a sufferer from addictive disease . |
| 3 | The cast and crew get on famously and are throwing yet another party — a ‘ vicars and tarts ’ one I believe ( you 're made for it ) , but I decline this evening 's invitation out of reverence for my Mom . |
| 4 | Thirdly , there is the possibility that abnormalities judged by us to be psychotic in afunctional sense were actually due to organic brain diseases unrecognised at the time ; for reasons discussed previously this would rule them out of court for our purposes . |
| 5 | He told the court that he had been under ‘ emotional stress ’ at the time of the offence and that it was very much out of character for him to drink and then drive . |
| 6 | It 's out of character for him to gaze contemplatively out of windows . |
| 7 | To date , the USSR has never attacked a stronger opponent , but it is not out of character for her to steal a march on her equals when their guard is down . |
| 8 | It was out of character for her to show a customer anything less than friendliness , but she was at a loss with this one , completely thrown off balance , and it showed in her abrupt tone . |
| 9 | She made no attempt to hide herself , in some strange way , completely out of character for herself , taunting him with the choice he had made . |
| 10 | ‘ Very now -thinking but very out of character for you . |
| 11 | ‘ It was so out of character for your father . |
| 12 | This is what , out of consideration for me , you are now surrounding with talk about whether and how and why . |
| 13 | For now he will continue to live in London , but more out of consideration for his daughter who is sitting her A-levels than a disinclination to move north . |
| 14 | Francis : the judge considered why Findlay had signed the interview notes and concluded that the toothache was exaggerated and that though tired he was not the sort of man who would have signed incriminating notes out of consideration for his solicitor . |
| 15 | However , he offered me a place ( perhaps out of consideration for my father ) , and I duly began my undergraduate career . |
| 16 | I put it off from day to day out of pity for myself . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't think I 'm doing this out of pity for you , ’ he called . |
| 18 | In the early stages England had given them a certain amount of help , partly out of sympathy for their Protestant religious beliefs and partly to check the power of Spain — it was this war in the Netherlands , more than the troubles in South America , which convinced Philip that he should try to invade England . |
| 19 | Bradley Dredge , last year 's beaten finalist , also looked poised for a 67 after a run of five straight birdies to the 11th on Dunluce , but happily settled for 69 as the wind reduced the 17th to a drive and short iron , but put the 18th out of range for everybody . |
| 20 | Addictions do come in handy sometimes : at least you have to get out of bed for them . |
| 21 | ‘ The lady prefers not to have us reveal any details , only to say that she is doing this out of love for her late husband , ’ he said . |
| 22 | He would do so , wrote Edward , ‘ out of love for you who are our lord and cousin and our very dear friend ’ , but only when the Scots obeyed him as their liege lord . |
| 23 | His willingness to accept violation and destruction at our hands out of love for us the loving obedience to his Father is the darkness of the aboriginal prayer , the prayer that makes sense of any other prayer , the mystery of hope at the heart of hopelessness that Dr Spufford refers to in the death of Robert Aske . |
| 24 | Out of gratitude for his rescue of the Everqueen , the Elves of Ellyrion presented him with their finest steed , Malhandir , last of the bloodline of Korhandir , father of horses . |
| 25 | He is dropping out of progress for our people in the European Community . |
| 26 | Now you 're trying to say that you led me on out of concern for him — ’ |
| 27 | In such circumstances , the Americans , out of concern for their homeland , might falter in their commitment to Nato or look for ways to confine any war to Europe . |
| 28 | ‘ I instruct my daughter out of concern for her safety that until such time as she raises children she should make no will : in this way she will be able to live without danger . ’ |
| 29 | This is an area of personal relationships which is private , into which law does not venture , whether for the instrumental reasons suggested above , or out of concern for its reputation for purity . |
| 30 | As the queen-dowager had informed them , she was but paying a brief visit to the palace , out of respect for her young lord and would be returning to the sanctuary very shortly . |