Example sentences of "to cope [prep] [adj] [art] " in BNC.

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1 They are both on low incomes and find it very hard to cope with all the additional expenses of Gail 's illness .
2 And if it does happen to you , how are you going to cope with all the household bills , which still have to be paid ?
3 As a guiding principle , it seemed to me that future business information systems must not only be able to cope with all the many individual sources of business information , but also , such systems should be able to rank those sources in importance using various appropriate criteria .
4 The flames did help to disperse the fog and also to make the runway more visible , but of course one air field could n't hope to cope with all the 8 Group heavies returning at the same time , and things were pretty chaotic for a few hours .
5 The women , too , had to cope with all the household duties , including feeding men and hired hands with appetites honed by constant fresh air and exercise , with none of the labour-saving aids which most women took for granted .
6 Indeed it was difficult to cope with all the letters in the early days after the first programme .
7 Boris struggled to cope with all the fame and the money after his early success , ‘ I had won Wimbledon twice , the youngest player ever , only I was unhappy , ’ he says .
8 The way you manage to cope with all the problems that life with an elderly parent may present will depend not only upon their magnitude , or the help you receive from others , but also on your attitude towards them , and your determination to live life just a day at a time , thus breaking your stress up into smaller and more manageable ‘ sections ’ .
9 Few homes have nearly enough socket outlets to cope with all the electrical appliances the average household now owns , and at Christmas the demand rises to a peak as seldom-used appliances are pressed into duty , and every item of home entertainment equipment seems to be on at once .
10 The Worldwide Fund for Nature has managed to buy one-sixth of the Mai Po marshes as nature reserve , but the protected area is nothing like sufficient to cope with all the needs of the bird traffic that pours through the area , especially with its diversified feeding demands .
11 She felt jubilant but apprehensive too , how was she going to cope with all the work ?
12 In other words it is his job to ensure that AIB is an effective investigating machine ready to cope with all the tasks that fall within its jurisdiction .
13 There are , however , limits to the capability of any one firm to cope with all the new challenges .
14 In addition , textile effluents are very variable in flow and composition , so that the treatment process has to be able to cope with all the fluctuations that can occur from day to day or month to month .
15 Unfortunately , there is little pipe — so you would need quite a standardisation between nut sizes large selection of open-ended spanners to cope with all the nuts you might find .
16 But then I am not an undergraduate student trying to cope with all the new concepts and processes needed for modern literary studies .
17 A true performer needs patience to cope with all the waiting in the wings and general hanging about while some director chappie takes his pick of the talent .
18 But while dealing with one of their biggest cases , the local branch of the RSPCA has still had to cope with all the day to day demands on their time .
19 ‘ A system failure has a knock-on effect throughout the hotel and adequate contingency plans must be in place to cope with such a situation .
20 Jansher , ill-prepared to cope with such a forceful resurgence , lost his nerve and the game , with two errors at the end .
21 How many secure fields will be needed to cope with such a rotation ?
22 That started a whole new chain of experiences , both sorting out the piece from scratch all over again , and finding out how to cope with such a monumental work technically without ruining my physique ( I am not quite as young as I was ) !
23 It seems that the market was simply unable to cope with such a large quantity of these objects , for which there are few private collectors .
24 The unit argues that traffic on motorways and urban roads is unlikely to increase over 50% , so the main impact will fall on rural byways which are not equipped to cope with such a volume of vehicles .
25 It was clear then that there are not enough funds , either public or private , to cope with such a flood onto the market .
26 To cope with such a question you must : ( a ) have read widely and possess a thorough knowledge of the course .
27 ‘ As speech therapists , we are unable to cope with such a divergence of languages , although a number of therapists do speak a number of the West European languages ’ ( * ) .
28 If she denied fitzAlan 's story so she could have the solar to herself , she would become lost in a morass of other lies and explanations , and her mind was n't clear enough to cope with such a task .
29 Whatever one 's opinion , he has missed remarkably little considering he has had to cope with such an endless barrage of fast bowling .
30 The best way to cope with such an enemy , he says , is to understand it .
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