Example sentences of "[verb] to cope with a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During her trials off the west coast of Scotland in 1989 , Upholder lost power when her propulsion control system failed to cope with a sudden switch from full ahead to full astern power , a problem which contributed seven months to the three-year delay in her becoming operational . |
| 2 | To be truly effective a system needs to be designed to cope with a wide range of inputs . |
| 3 | Since 1601 there had been a system of parochial poor relief designed to cope with a small residue of the aged and unfortunate , financed by occasional and relatively infrequent rates on the principal landowners , and given sometimes in cash , frequently in kind . |
| 4 | Man also has to cope with a great range of natural disasters , like earthquakes , hurricanes and volcanoes — other topics studied in Geography . |
| 5 | Our eyes are built to cope with a narrow band of electromagnetic frequencies ( the ones we call light ) , somewhere in the middle of the spectrum from long radio waves at one end to short X-rays at the other . |
| 6 | In recent years the DST has had to cope with a conflicting number of loyalties amongst those political refugees France has allowed to enter its country , especially from the Middle East . |
| 7 | It has had to cope with a double whammy of recession coupled with turbuence in the Lloyd 's insurance market which accounts for 50% of its business . |
| 8 | Councillors were told that the Home Office would need to be sure that the additional bylaws were needed to cope with a specific problem before they could be approved . |
| 9 | The R&A 's amateurs will have to cope with a big industry , lobbying for change , and exercising the clout that money brings . |
| 10 | Seeing she was getting nowhere with Paul , he had taken over and saved her from having to cope with a great deal of harassment . |
| 11 | Much easier for us to deal with a conniving , self-serving bastard like Assad than try to cope with a religious fanatic . |
| 12 | But she had to cope with a foreign language too . |
| 13 | Several operations have been cancelled at the John Radcliffe Hospital today … and more may be stopped tomorrow as staff struggle to cope with a sudden influx of emergency patients … officials say there is no single cause for the sudden rise in admissions … |
| 14 | Now is a good time to plant , so plants can become established before they have to cope with a dense canopy of leaves and dry soil in the summer . |
| 15 | The companies also have to cope with a growing demand for water . |
| 16 | So , even if you have to cope with a few tears and sulks , do n't let them get you down . |
| 17 | Teachers , who have to cope with a large group of children , are likely to regard aggressive or disruptive youngsters as problems and overlook those who are quiet and withdrawn because , in their terms , they are ‘ well behaved ’ . |
| 18 | As we have seen already when we have to cope with a large number of losses in a short time , it becomes much harder to deal with the grief that we feel . |