Example sentences of "[verb] work [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Playing with the selectors challenged my mathematics as I tried to work out the exact number of available tones , but let's just say there should be something here for virtually every style of player . |
| 2 | However , for the best effect , you do need to work out the right size and shape for your arrangement , choose appropriate containers and know which colours of flowers go well together . |
| 3 | In the summer of 1306 there took place at Montreuil the first of a series of meetings ( ‘ processes ’ ) between French and English representatives to try to work out the legal position of the lands held by the English in Aquitaine . |
| 4 | In recent years , Cavagna in Milan has worked out the detailed mechanics of the process , using force plates and high-speed film to capture the instantaneous braking and acceleration of the lower limbs during a stride . |
| 5 | In larger agencies they may have one or more assistants : the assistants ' tasks may include working out the minor details of a layout or storyboard , and providing paste-ups ( see page 177 ) and other material for production once the basic idea is approved by the client . |
| 6 | Supporters may enjoy working out the other members of the group ! |
| 7 | E two , now you 've got to work out the average speed , right try and think roughly what the answer would be , because if you thought of that , then you would know that 's a silly answer , cos look , how far is the journey ? |
| 8 | Now you can begin to work out the right order . |
| 9 | And I think he 's going to work out the other two and then go on to this forget the name of it at the moment , this bank |
| 10 | He began to work out the probable returns from his night 's work . |
| 11 | You will have to work out the potential problems for the patient , and take care to avoid them . |
| 12 | Having worked out the general layout , the main outlines of the plants and substrates and so on were drawn in with the washes of the appropriate colours . |
| 13 | Having worked out the desirable size of interest categories , the McClellan system then evolves a way of monitoring the stock within them . |
| 14 | During that painful walk I managed to work out the general outline of these pages . |
| 15 | They go to business school , read management books and consult consultants as they try to work out the correct equation . |
| 16 | It gave us both lots of pleasure trying to work out the various clues , so we shall give ourselves a pat on the back for doing so well — hope you will have some more mind-boggling competitions in the future . |
| 17 | A small , thin tabby , she spent her life trying to work out the central dilemmas of her life — how to get in and out of the house , and why the fat man called Henry tried to kick her every time the two other people in the house were out of the way . |
| 18 | Assessors are still trying to work out the full cost of the fire at the Spring Bank shopping centre , but initial estimates have been put at a quarter of a million pounds . |
| 19 | It was only after they had worked out the correct tautomeric form of each base and found that adenine is exactly the right shape to pair with thymine ( and guanine with cytosine ) that they thought of Erwin Chargaff 's discovery that DNA always contained equimolar amounts of bases in each of these pairs . |
| 20 | You have to work out the right questions to find out what you want to know , see ? " |
| 21 | Having established the position of the downpipe , some mathematics will be required to work out the correct height to fix the brackets . |
| 22 | Once you have worked out the phonemic system of the language , if you are using a card file , work systematically through it , changing all phonetic transcriptions into phonemic ones . |