Example sentences of "can work out " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are screening several of those titles , see if you can work out which ones they are ! |
| 2 | Once you 've decided on the type ( and design , if relevant ) , make a note of the tile and pack size so you can work out how many to buy . |
| 3 | Before you can work out if SMP is payable , you will need medical evidence of the date the baby is due . |
| 4 | We ride a long way and in late afternoon ( sun time rather than clock time , which has long ceased to be important to us ) we stop for coffee so that Odd-Knut can work out a route . |
| 5 | Anyone can work out who the ‘ subspecies ’ Marxomanni , Mussolimini and Swastici are meant to represent , but they do not really play an important part in the story , since we can feel that John , the Pilgrim , is not really tempted or overwhelmed by them , any more than Lewis ever felt the slightest inclination to become a Maminst or a Fascist . |
| 6 | That 's the time when you can work out how people deal with their roses and the pruning and there are lots of other things flowering then , too . ’ |
| 7 | If you know that distance , you can work out what the red shift would be if it were due entirely to the expansion of the universe . |
| 8 | This means we can work out how a given circle might have been produced or drawn : perhaps it was traced by the movement of one end of a rigid rod whose other end was fixed , perhaps by a weight whirled round on string . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's worth a try , ’ he agreed , ‘ and if we can appeal to Sugden 's better nature we can work out a compromise . ’ |
| 10 | So you start by saying ( and these are purely arbitrary divisions , you can work out your own ) : ‘ We 're here for three nights and four days , let's have one evening completely free , two or three meals in different , interesting locations ( include transport time ) and perhaps half a day free for shopping . |
| 11 | You probably ca n't do much about the rain , but you can work out contingency plans such as having helpers to park participants ' cars or arranging minibuses to shuttle between the centre and the car park . |
| 12 | however , if this happens to your windows , it 's still not too late to rectify matters — sanding will restore their former glory , then you can work out a treatment programme to keep them looking good . |
| 13 | You can work out the pecuniary value of one Pecu as an exercise . |
| 14 | The Nation 's Schools , Butler 's official pamphlet of 1945 , gestured vaguely towards freedom and liveliness , but not much else : ‘ Free from the pressure of any external examination these schools can work out the best and liveliest forms of secondary education suited to their pupils . ’ |
| 15 | In fairness , it must be said that the professions have worked out a number of checks and balances to this system , and a common alternative to a percentage fee , hourly rates , can work out as an even more expensive open cheque drawn on the public purse . |
| 16 | If you will reach the age of 60 before 1998 , you can work out very roughly what your SERPS will be in a series of steps : |
| 17 | Although the price of a dishwasher may seem expensive , the costs of actually running the machine can work out to be far less than for washing-up by hand . |
| 18 | When you feel you have achieved your weight and inch loss to an acceptable level , you can work out your own routine of exercises so that you specifically tone and improve your problem areas . |
| 19 | Well , I hate to disappoint you , but flying in New Zealand can work out at less than half the average cost per hour in the UK . |
| 20 | If you do not have the text of the early version discussed here , then you can work out which parts of Books i and ii are referred to . ) |
| 21 | Mind you , who can work out with any degree of accuracy just how the Irish are going to perform ? |
| 22 | If your camcorder has manual override of the exposure control , try the effect of this at various settings ( with the camcorder picture shown on a colour television ) so that you can work out the one which gives the best balance between the highlight and shadow areas . |
| 23 | Mr Gibson says : ‘ What we can always do is listen to the problem and see if we can work out a solution . ’ |
| 24 | Keeping a car fully maintained at your local cost-a-lot garage can work out at a small fortune — and it never ends . |
| 25 | Once you have decided what the extra staffing and other requirements are in respect of the two conferences , you can work out how much it is going to cost to accommodate them . |
| 26 | I can work out the family budget easily |
| 27 | I can work out how much I have in my bank account |
| 28 | This process can work out expensive but you can achieve the look of long hair instantly ! |
| 29 | On a test piece you can work out a lace pattern in blocks or strips — this is especially simple with the push button method of needle selection — then fit a crossover into the plain stocking stitch sections . |
| 30 | Then you can work out what to do next . |