Example sentences of "[adj] to deal " in BNC.

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1 It is wrong to deal with the needs of the poor by encouraging the general population to a wasteful use of energy supplied at a price too low in relation to its present environmental costs and the detriment of our descendants from the rapid exhaustion of fossil fuel reserves .
2 Graham 's never had anything like this to deal with when he 's been away before .
3 Your first Equity card will be a provisional one ; to become a full member you need to have worked for at least 30 weeks , not necessarily consecutively , Nevertheless , it 's only realistic to assume that you may face longish periods of unemployment and to be prepared to deal with this constructively .
4 In other words , so far as I am concerned , unless and until we are prepared to deal with this demonstrated cause of inflation and want to do so , we are wasting our time ; and as soon as we want to do so , there is no reason to suppose that there will be any problem or therefore any reason for an incomes policy as defined .
5 The audience are coming to these shows knowing fully that they should be prepared to deal with the present and the future .
6 ‘ But they are well prepared to deal with fascist situations . ’
7 Before implementing a relocation , ensure that whoever is organising the move is fully prepared to deal with employees ' questions and anxieties .
8 You must be prepared to deal with these problems in a practical way and become familiar with the management information systems of The Post Office , as well as giving strategic advice .
9 Dr ‘ McKenzie ’ People come here for a reason and I am prepared to deal with anything .
10 For example , the Bank of England would hardly have hesitated in the old days to close down a bank like BCCI , knowing that few first-rate domestic institutions were prepared to deal with it in quantity .
11 Although he was convinced that there was conclusive evidence that Japanese intelligence organizations were behind the Vietminh and their revolt , he also said that throughout their handling of the situation the French appeared to lack every vestige of imagination but , ‘ provided the French are prepared to deal with the Annamites as human beings and not as chattels for exploitation as in the past , there is every reason to believe that the leading Annamites will not only listen to them , but will help them … ’
12 To reach such a target audience we probably need , at the minimum , ( a ) about two pages of description by the authors of each unit , telling the user how to load the program , how to drive it , and its limitations both educationally and technically this information could be included on the disc or tape that loads the program ( b ) some incentive to the programmer to document the program to this level , perhaps through its resulting acceptance into a ‘ library ’ ( c ) assurance from those receiving the program that they will be prepared to deal with the problems that such draft programs impose — this implies that they must be fairly competent users of their computer system : they could not expect to get software support from the author , who is likely to be another teacher whose time is fully occupied ( d ) some financial and organizational support for the distribution of programs , even if only on a cooperative basis ( e ) that users of such programs should undertake to report to the authors ( and to the library ? ) on the usefulness of each program received , and if they wish , to make recommendations for improvement .
13 ‘ As soon as we start asking questions the message goes out that the British government is prepared to deal and that 's not going to happen .
14 Senior management may not be prepared to deal with ordinary salespeople , or even sales managers .
15 It is a question of priorities : some industrial customers may not be prepared to deal with salespeople , and may insist on granting access only to people of their own status and organisational level .
16 In the absence of strong evidence to the contrary , the law presumes that in face to face agreements the seller is prepared to deal with the person in front of him — whoever that may be .
17 ‘ The letters are the firms , the numbers are the prices in pence of a typical Alpha stock and the volumes they are prepared to deal in at a particular time .
18 It might be possible to reduce risk if care was taken to ensure that , say , their landlady or employer was prepared to deal constructively with difficulties that arose , perhaps by involving a community psychiatric nurse as mediator .
19 It may set out the general terms on which the firm will be prepared to deal , its right to refuse to deal and the fact that any deals that it undertakes will be on the customary terms of the market concerned .
20 Solicitors must be prepared to deal with instructions given just before the limitation period expires ( see Chapter 13.7 ) .
21 Cripps and his supporters objected that the Labour leadership had failed to absorb the lessons of 1931 and were not Prepared to deal with the inevitable " sabotage " of the Labour programme by capitalist interests .
22 An order-driven system is one in which prices at which buyers and sellers are prepared to deal are displayed ( the existing system is quote driven ) .
23 She says the volunteers who answer the phone are prepared to deal any problem a child contacts them with , no matter how small it may seem .
24 But no easier to deal with for that reason .
25 Breeding values also help to predict future levels of milk production , which makes it easier to deal with quota restrictions , ’ he said .
26 ‘ It will be far easier to deal with large entries from fewer centres , and we will make financial savings from that , ’ he said .
27 The latter is the easier to deal with .
28 This Sir William 's uncle was a genial and uncomplicated individual of middle years , lacking his late brother 's energy and drive but considerably easier to deal with than his nephew , indeed seeming to find most of life much to his taste .
29 Sticks and chains , although sometimes lethal , are slightly easier to deal with , because unlike the knife and bottle , which are lethal at any distance , they are less adaptable .
30 If I suddenly transfer my attention to an object or some aspect of the physical environment ( after all , inanimate things are much easier to deal with , are n't they — they do n't have emotions ) when you 're revealing thoughts and feelings , then once again I 've dodged your agenda .
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