Example sentences of "[v-ing] to sort out the " in BNC.

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1 Occasionally , he managed to obtain temporary work : once checking stock in a publisher 's warehouse — hardly the sort of job for an ex-officer and far below his not inconsiderable intelligence — and on another occasion , because of his clerical and administrative experiences in the War Office , helping to sort out the vast archive of a deceased general .
2 There 's a bloody riot going on , the town is crammed with nigs , er blacks , and they are looking to sort out the Young Conservatives .
3 He was laboriously attempting to sort out the financial details of the scheme he had put to Christian .
4 In parallel the three Managing Directors are starting to sort out the detailed issues connected with the new structure .
5 Jonathan Crowther is trying to sort out the OALDCE launch video for the AMs ' visit in July .
6 The major combatants will be the Council of Europe and the European Economic Community , The EEC 's commissioner for industry , Etienne Davignon , has been trying to sort out the EEC 's scientific programmes .
7 But for the moment these designs remain just that : the experts are still trying to sort out the answers that chickens have given them and , until they do , can not finalise a commercial prototype for improved cages .
8 Researchers are trying to sort out the difference in genetic make-up both in cancers and in normal tissue .
9 And as urgent talks went on in London and Barcelona , the words returned to haunt the top officials trying to sort out the shambles .
10 While Sarah was trying to sort out the mess — they eventually married in May 1980 at St Mary 's church near Althorp — Diana was having fun .
11 Often sounding like there 's no one driving , Mark 's recipe for recording involves bringing the barest bones of a song into the studio , letting the musicians bend it , stretch it , squash it , cook it and generally rip it to shreds , before setting about trying to sort out the sparks from the farts .
12 Trying to sort out the problems posed by Dorman-Smith and the BNA , Mountbatten arranged a high-level meeting at Kandy , attended by the British military top brass and Aung San , Than Tun and other representatives of the former BNA and the AFPFL .
13 I 'm trying to sort out the e year eight sex education with Bernie at the moment .
14 The former Soviet republics are still trying to sort out the relative powers of executive and assembly .
15 Similarly , transnational forces may be mainly responsive to these international financial organizations , or to the governments of the countries who control them , or to ‘ disinterested ’ international bureaucrats trying to sort out the mess .
16 The A48 at Westbury on Severn was badly hit , with several feet of water in places , making it a decidedly soggy beat for police trying to sort out the chaos .
17 Mr Corden announced his decision to Feethams staff on Wednesday and remaining directors Mr John Brockbank and Mr Richard Tonks are urgently trying to sort out the club 's cash problems .
18 They 'll say well why did this cheque do so and so and why did this do so and so and like he said well when you 're talking about forty eight pound an hour you do n't want me poking round there trying to sort out the tax man
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