Example sentences of "work [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the script , after an initial twenty minutes of Anglo-Saxon bombardment , the Turks would be weeping with fear and humiliation , and devoting much of their on-field activities to figuring out ways of being granted political asylum , rather than returning home to their doubtless murderous regime , where they would be summarily sent to work down the sewers for ten years . |
| 2 | Women are now eligible to work down the pits under previous legislation , but there is protection for kids , for the 16-year-olds who come into the industry . |
| 3 | They 've always been a precarious , yeah , I mean me dad used to work down the shipyard and you know you 'd live in fear for when they would close the yards down |
| 4 | Once the sail begins to emerge , use your arms to work up the rope . |
| 5 | But no sound outside and he tried again : now with both of his hands , one to steady up the other , to work back the locking door-holt . |
| 6 | But when Uccello died in his eighties , ‘ He left a daughter who could design , and a wife who used to say that Paolo would remain the night long in his study to work out the lines of his perspective , and that when she called him to come to rest , he replied , ‘ Oh what a sweet thing this perspective is ! ’ |
| 7 | It is very simple to work out the amount of calories needed each day . |
| 8 | Richard Elderton 's latest challenge is to work out the layout for a solitaire board he is designing . |
| 9 | Sheets are usually 300mm ( 12in ) square , and are often sold in packs of five or 10 ; the best way of estimating quantities is to work out the area to be covered , and to divide that by the coverage figure given on the pack , which will tell you how many packs to buy . |
| 10 | However , you will probably have obstacles such as window reveals , door openings and built-in furniture in the room , all competing to be the centre of attention , and you have to work out the best ‘ centre point ’ while trying to avoid having very thin cut-tile borders and edges anywhere . |
| 11 | Some packs give a total coverage on the wrapping , but it 's best to work out the total by accurately measuring the room size so you can calculate how many rows , containing how many tiles , will be needed . |
| 12 | Last week the first practical steps towards such a union were taken when leaders of the RPR , UDF and UDC met and agreed to form a tactical group to work out the most effective means of opposing the government . |
| 13 | However , for the best effect , you do need to work out the right size and shape for your arrangement , choose appropriate containers and know which colours of flowers go well together . |
| 14 | In the allegory , it is not easy to work out the extent to which the regress is a return to Puritanian values . |
| 15 | So in the past few weeks Mr Yavlinsky , Vladimir Shcherbakov , the Soviet minister in charge of economics , and Yevgeny Primakov , an aide to Mr Gorbachev , have all visited America trying to work out the terms of an aid-for-economic-reform package . |
| 16 | As defence-industry consultants try to work out the consequences , some predictions are unchanged . |
| 17 | There is plenty of room for debate about this calculation — over how to guess at future cash flows , over what period to take , over how to work out the cost of capital , to name but three . |
| 18 | He went on staring at the television screen , not listening to the next item , but trying to work out the puzzle . |
| 19 | During that painful walk I managed to work out the general outline of these pages . |
| 20 | The idea of this method is very simple : to work out the number of dies used for any given coinage and multiply this total by the average number of coins each die could produce . |
| 21 | Since I started as an engineer , and have ended as a biologist , I am struck by the similarities between the two ways of thinking , although there is the difference that an engineer starts with a function to be performed , and designs a structure to perform it , whereas a biologist often starts with a structure , and has to work out the function it is performing . |
| 22 | It is hard to work out the anatomy of the brain . |
| 23 | PWMI has studies these sectors to work out the average lifetime for the material in the market . |
| 24 | To work out the price of a two or three week twin-centre holiday , simply turn to the page featuring your chosen hotel and add the ‘ 7 night ADD ON ’ price to the 7 or 14 night hotel price . |
| 25 | It is theoretically possible in each case to work out the maximum sustainable yield , and to determine which classes of the animal — superfluous young ones , superfluous males , old ones — can safely be caught without damaging the stocks . |
| 26 | She would have to work out the rest of her shift , but she would take the next day off and go to see the doctor . |
| 27 | You will have to work out the potential problems for the patient , and take care to avoid them . |
| 28 | The rider has to work out the problem , why it has happened and then decide how best to correct it . |
| 29 | As show jumper and trainer John Bunyan told me on our first lesson ( see next month 's diary ) : ‘ You have to work out the difference between ‘ Ca n't ’ and ‘ Wo n't ’ . |
| 30 | A small , thin tabby , she spent her life trying to work out the central dilemmas of her life — how to get in and out of the house , and why the fat man called Henry tried to kick her every time the two other people in the house were out of the way . |