Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] work [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 However , it can be used if you can ‘ read ’ your card and work out the maximum number of tucks or loops you will be collecting .
2 Finally , decide which learning points you want to implement in the future and work out an action plan which covers :
3 He snatched the chart off my lap and worked out a crude course for the remote island .
4 Under the new proposals , simple formulae will be used to apportion blame and work out the ratio of costs to be paid by each insurance company .
5 This was done by first starting at the top of the list with Allied Lyons and working down the list .
6 No doubt , in his constituency office and at his surgery at this very moment , impatient constituents are waving their charters and working out the waiting time that they have to put in while the hon. Gentleman is in London delivering a good speech .
7 If you have savings of £5,000 , we would ignore the first £3000 and work out the additional payment on the remaining £2000 at £1 for every £250 which would give an additional weekly payment of £8 .
8 ( We actually sit down with you at home and work out the design together . )
9 All the pain of Fulham leaving Only you can heal , If you can sit down with our Chairman And work out a deal ; Surely leasing or selling to Fulham would be very sound , Instead of being owners of a derelict ground .
10 In keeping with these objectives departments were ‘ called upon to examine the way they managed all aspects of their programmes and to work out the best pattern of managerial responsibility , financial accounting and control ’ ( ibid. , para. 14 ) .
11 It would be helpful to state this clearly at the highest level and work out a strategy to match the vision .
12 With a very sharp knife , cut along the backbone and work along the bones cutting the skin and meat away in one piece .
13 Last week witnesses for the Central Electricity Generating Board claimed at the inquiry that work around the world had already shown that the ballooning phenomenon is not as critical as once feared .
14 An in-service activity can be conceived as something one person does to another , with the assumption that change is most effectively produced from outside ; or as a process in which teachers are centrally involved in analysing their own situation and needs and working out the best ways of tackling these .
15 6 Make a list of material which could generate ongoing coverage over a three- or six-month period and work out a plan for offering both general releases and specific feature material .
16 The miners used rock drills and compressed air to drive through hard rock and the level had a hydraulic engine , worked by water from the dam at Sun Hush , which had such a head of water that it developed up to fifty horsepower and worked both the water pumps to drain the deep levels and the winding gear .
17 Contact lenders and work out a new repayment schedule , or visit your local Citizens ' Advice Bureau or money advice centre ( ask local councils or libraries , for details ) .
18 ‘ I think the Border clubs would have to sit down as a composite group and work out a new sevens structure . ’
19 Then come back into the classroom and work out a picture , using your sketches to help give you information .
20 This " amicable divorce " was designed to end political infighting and to allow Civic Forum to concentrate on pressing economic problems and working out a constitution .
21 You should not underestimate the importance of these rights when working out the value of your contract .
22 On his training bags , for example , he should be trying out various double and triple kicking techniques and working out a series of combinations , linked together with speed , timing , delivery , focus and his own personal footwork manoeuvres .
23 The sheer ingenuity of an opportunity idea should not bedazzle the entrepreneur to the extent that he fuels to do his sums and work out the profitability of the venture .
24 The trouble is that governments are said to manage demand and work out the inflation-employment trade-off with party political electoral considerations uppermost in their minds .
25 The program has ‘ looked ’ at your pattern and worked out the colour order from both horizontal and vertical lines .
26 Imagine the scene if you please : Gillian on a bar-stool with satin skirt slashed to the hip , Stuart nonchalantly hefting his tie-knot while working out the current bodybuilder health of the yen on his wristwatch computer , a barman who knows without asking that Mr Hughes-Sir desires the 1918 late-landed Sercial in the special glass which concentrates the nose , Stuart sliding onto the next stool and casually emitting the subtle musk of his sexuality , Gillian begging a light , Stuart slipping the tortoise-shell Dunhill from the pocket of his unstructured Armani suit …
27 ‘ I was expanding my business interests and working almost every hour of the day .
28 Estimate groundspeed and work out the time to the threshold .
29 The mix of keening voices , dreamy storylines and unusual , far-off sounds brings to mind The Band when they were on a roll , and David Hidalgo in particular sounds like he 's done his best ever work — conjuring up old ghosts and loser friends and working up a deal of sadness and unique moods from familiar instruments .
30 Having decided the outbound time , check the amount of height you have to lose to the final turn and work out the rate of descent .
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