Example sentences of "[adj] work [adv prt] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in a cold , late spring I find it difficult if not impossible to work up a good tilth in time for mangolds . |
| 2 | The Black Sea countries ( Bulgaria , Romania , the Soviet Union and Turkey , with Greece and Yugoslavia as observers ) met in July 1991 to work out an economic co-operation agreement [ see p. 38352 ] . |
| 3 | In wet areas , weeds and turf re-root and grow quickly and it is not easy to work up a clean tilth unless they are well buried and allowed to rot . |
| 4 | 4 Work out a practical agreement/compromise . |
| 5 | As white lesbians , because of our racism , we had not been able to work out a joint analysis of heterosexism with Black lesbian workers , because we had no knowledge of the implications and ramifications of heterosexism in their lives . |
| 6 | For example , if you were able to work out a new method of organizing stock shelves so that components were more quickly available to people on the factory floor this would show perfectly that you ‘ are able to show initiative ’ . |
| 7 | Graham Sharpe organiser says there is nowhere else in the world where two legs can race against four and pick up fourteen thousand pounds in prize money if they win … he explains that the horse has been beaten once by a mountain bike three years ago but they 've never been able to work out a winning formula |
| 8 | New buildings going up above broad boulevards ; spacious parks and rose-filled gardens , under a sky dramatic with cloud patterns ; the sense of a vigorous and tough-minded white community , with some at least eager to work out a new society along with the blacks . |