Example sentences of "[noun] work [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It does n't improve his nerves now to see me sitting on his carpet timing Casey 's phone rings with my stopwatch to work out the number he dialled . |
| 3 | Both Gimbert and Lascubé argued that it was Griffiths who was responsible for the collapsed scrums , but obviously Gimbert 's inexperience played a part in his inability to work out a solution . |
| 4 | kilometres per hour to work out the time it takes we do four thousand divided by three er eight hundred and fifty . |
| 5 | PWMI has studies these sectors to work out the average lifetime for the material in the market . |
| 6 | John Shepherd ( 1977 ; 1982 ) , by contrast , has used McLuhan to work out a carefully constructed theory . |
| 7 | * The Ukrainian government has decided to hold an international contest to work out a method of converting the fourth reactor at Chernobyl into an environmentally safe system . |
| 8 | 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 ! ’ |
| 9 | Commissioners were appointed on either side to work out an agreed formula which would cover differences in legal systems , taxation discrepancies , the coinages — which were still quite distinct — and above all the religious rights of Episcopalians , Presbyterians , Cameronians and others who had reason to be wary of the Church of England . |
| 10 | A brisk walk around the bailey to work up an appetite sounded good , and a glance at the Prior , who was still shaking his head gloomily over his drinking-horn , convinced him that there was no more to be gained by pushing the issue . |
| 11 | At the end of September 1949 , therefore , Smith was himself seconded to the BEA to work on sorting out this problem , and he was in fact to stay , in a sustained attempt to work out a better contracts system , thus further strengthening the BEA 's management of the construction programme . |
| 12 | It did n't take a Freud to work out the significance of that dream , she thought dully , making her way to the tiny cabinet which the hotel proprietors chose to call a private bathroom . |
| 13 | Techniques have been devised by Operational Research scientists to enable organizations to work out the Economic Order Quantity ( EOQ ) for individual stock items , and to aid them in setting optimum re-order levels ( ie the levels at which stock needs to be replaced ) . |
| 14 | But I was a little person in er a commu community of little person and er my brothers worked down the pit and I believe it was an advantage not to be much greater than five foot in height down the pits . |
| 15 | Although Spencer worked out an elaborate scheme of social evolution , in terms of the increasing scale and complexity of societies , his political sociology was based mainly upon a fairly simple distinction between ‘ militant ’ and ‘ industrial ’ societies , the former being characterized by the predominance of activities concerned with defence and offence ( that is , warfare ) , the latter by the predominance of activities concerned with ‘ sustentation ’ ( that is , production and trade ) . |
| 16 | Between them , Raymond Cusick and Bill Roberts worked out the practicalities of making the Dalek . |
| 17 | In this way , Edwin Hubble worked out the distances to nine different galaxies . |
| 18 | USL and SunSoft have spent the last few months working out the commercial implications of the ABI on delivery schedules and compatibility issues . |
| 19 | Israel 's Foreign Minister , David Levi , simply stated that there was " nothing new " in the speech , whereas the hardline Housing Minister Ariel Sharon , angered by Bush 's reference to a " land for peace " formula , called for an immediate convening of the ruling Likud central committee to work out a response . |
| 20 | Given any number , it takes her only a second to work out the combination of smaller numbers which add up to it . |
| 21 | Lesioning the hippocampus , however , profoundly damages the rat 's capacity to learn or remember the spatial cues and thus dramatically impairs its capacity to work out an effective escape route in the tank . |
| 22 | Hardy needed three rounds to work out the Mexican southpaw before taking over . |
| 23 | Opening the session , which had been preceded by a standing committee meeting , the Prime Minister of Pakistan and current chair of the organization , Benazir Bhutto , called on the seven member countries to work out a partnership to meet their security concerns , as well as the social and economic means to realize the potential of the region as an economic power . |
| 24 | All that activity helped the youngsters work up an appetite , which was satisfied thanks to food and sweets provided by McDonalds and the Trebor company . |
| 25 | So Alexander worked out a technique that not only freed him from the tendency which was at the bottom of his vocal troubles , but also cured his asthma from which he had suffered from birth . |
| 26 | Oh shame it 's a bloke works up the bank |
| 27 | The piste groomers work around the clock to grind up the snow which , because it possesses a denser molecular structure than the real thing , compacts easily into ice . |
| 28 | ’ The thing that bothers me about English training is that although acting is as demanding as ballet or opera , dancers and singers work out every day . |
| 29 | However , there was no facility to simply draw a line and let the computer work out the curves . |
| 30 | Pausing a moment to work out the best route , the Doctor set off to find a stair leading down . |