Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] to cope [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 350 car workers have had their contracts extended by a further six months to cope with the demand for the Maestro and Montego cars . |
| 2 | Among the propertied , private separations were much more common than judicial separations and , according to Stone , represent a ‘ remarkable example of how an officially non-divorcing society can devise its own quasi-legal instruments to cope with the fact of irremediable marital breakdowns ’ ( p. 182 ) . |
| 3 | Most of the well-to-do had departed hurriedly , leaving the resentful lower orders to cope with the French as best they could . |
| 4 | Plastic Padding has a number of easy-to-use adhesive fillers to cope with the repair of most materials . |
| 5 | Anselm was determined to make the clearest possible break with past practice : henceforth no priest or deacon was to be allowed , on any pretext whatsoever , to have a wife and continue to carry out his duties , and he had prepared an elaborate series of provisional arrangements to cope with the shortage of qualified priests under the new regulations . |
| 6 | They may also be short on the reading skills and note-taking skills to cope with the volume of information they are now required to process . |
| 7 | There were not enough workhouses to cope with the problem . |
| 8 | Shanti 's mother loved her very dearly , and had tried for nearly two years to cope with the situation where she , as an Indian , had a baby with an African father . |
| 9 | The growth of the social services to cope with existing social problems has necessitated the development of whole new professions to cope with the work . |
| 10 | The current levels of expenditure per student can not be maintained , and academic institutions are being forced to find other routes to cope with the demand . |
| 11 | ‘ There is some irony in the fact that helping other companies make the best use of their existing premises — by installing mezzanine floors or space-saving racking systems — has meant that we have had to move to new premises to cope with the workload , ’ said Mr. Jeary . |
| 12 | The Emergency Bed Service has issued a yellow warning to hospitals in the North-East and South-East Thames Regional Health Authorities in the hope of releasing sufficient beds to cope with the outbreak . |
| 13 | The Emergency Bed Service has issued a yellow warning to hospitals in the North-East and South-East Thames Regional Health Authorities in the hope of releasing sufficient beds to cope with the outbreak . |
| 14 | The GPO in Leeds rang to say it would have to make special arrangements to cope with the volume , and delivered bulging sacks direct to the production team . |