Example sentences of "works out " in BNC.
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| 1 | This works out at the equivalent of just £10 per day . |
| 2 | Unlike building model aeroplanes or playing computer games , you can consume the finished product , which works out at a cost of 10p a pint . |
| 3 | Sir Derek said last night that he had ‘ glanced ’ at the Hill Samuel plan and was interested to see how it works out . |
| 4 | The value of the discounts works out at about 8 per cent of the sum invested . |
| 5 | Compensation is paid to the producer , a total of £524,008 so far , which works out at about 78p a bird and is far from adequate , according the egg producers ' association . |
| 6 | ‘ Quality of childcare and practicality are also important and although cash works out cheapest , it has a serious drawback in that the employer has no control over how the money is being used . |
| 7 | It 's a nice idea that in business or banking you can go through a period of ‘ consolidation ’ , but it seldom works out that way . |
| 8 | I have a nutritionist who travels with me and works out a daily menu . |
| 9 | According to The Mirage Resort , the gate receipt from the crowd of 16,000 was a world record of $9.1million ( £6m ) , which seems slightly suspect since that works out an average of $500 before one takes account of the undisclosed figure of complimentary tickets . |
| 10 | But the parent owns 80 per cent of Telecom , which works out at £3.2billion . |
| 11 | The return on assets works out at 1.8 per cent compared with a 3.75 per cent target set by the Government . |
| 12 | On average it works out at about once every five years and a cost of many hundreds of pounds per fish . |
| 13 | Just give me a bit of time and if it works out — , |
| 14 | The average cost of a standard policy for a two week holiday in Europe works out at £18 , while cover for a three-week holiday in the United States averages about £45 . |
| 15 | Everything works out in the end , although there are a few hiccups along the way . |
| 16 | Consulting either an architect or a builder , the purchaser then works out an internal plan and discusses how the exterior should look . |
| 17 | One senses that a few bowling attacks are likely to feel the frustration of Smith as he works out his disappointment at missing the latter stages of the World Cup . |
| 18 | Keep it short is one obvious piece of advice — the SHE-Pandora short story competition has an upper limit of 5000 words , which works out at roughly 15 pages of A4 typed with double spacing . |
| 19 | Invariably this works out at less than the cost of the repairs , because a vendor would be unlikely to reduce his price to the extent of their full cost — he would argue that he had already taken some account of defects and age when fixing the price of his house in the first place , and if he had been expected to replace all the windows he would have asked a correspondingly higher price . |
| 20 | And when it works out it makes you feel good ; when it does n't you feel as bad as he does . |
| 21 | It is a bit mathematical I suppose but it works out really well in the end , ’ explains Gedge . |
| 22 | How it all works out makes for a highly entertaining come-uppance of look-downers-on-others . |
| 23 | On an annual premium of , say , £180.00 the credit charge per month works out at 90p . |
| 24 | Some specific examples show how the argument works out in practice ; how automation , far from destroying jobs , can create or safeguard employment . |
| 25 | Antennas around the top of the ship pick up the radar signals and a computer works out details such as their frequency , the type of modulation and the intervals between pulses . |
| 26 | This alone improves NEC by around £70/kW/ year and the final NEC works out at the much more favourable — £93/kW/year . |
| 27 | The dealer works out the car 's value in two years ' time ( the MGFV , or Minimum Guaranteed Future Value ) and subtracts it from the price , minus your deposit . |
| 28 | If it works out we shall practically be neighbours , Paula . ’ |
| 29 | Half of all animal extinctions have occurred this century and it is believed that another one million species could be lost by the year 2000 , which works out at over 270 extinctions every day for the next ten years . |
| 30 | According to recent reports , there is £8bn outstanding on credit cards in the UK , which works out at an average of between £350 and £400 on each card in issue with an interest rate of about 26 per cent a year . |