Example sentences of "work out [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We then have to work out for each molecule which of the Cartesian axes corresponds with which inertial axis , as this depends on the details of the mass-distribution . |
| 2 | The whole genotype controlling size in an individual would then be impossibly difficult to work out by Mendelian breeding experiments . |
| 3 | I mean to have to work out from first principles erm four plus three is seven every time , you may be able to do that with great understanding , but there 's an awful waste of time if you 've got to understand it each time . |
| 4 | Mind you , who can work out with any degree of accuracy just how the Irish are going to perform ? |
| 5 | I was a bit worried about how the string-balance would work out on this guitar , since the pickup has to be bent around the corner on the Lowden 's split-saddle channel , but everything 's fine . |
| 6 | The answer worked out at twelve tons . |
| 7 | In order to achieve the First Five-Year Plan , figures worked out at that moment estimated that the manpower necessary for attaining the production goals at 4.1 million workers and employees ( i.e. an increase of 1 million or 33% ) . |
| 8 | But , in order to buy rather than rent their own homes , Britain 's nine million home buyers now have to borrow an average of £37,000 — more than twice the average income — whereas 10 years ago the average loan of £11,800 worked out at 1.7 times income . |
| 9 | went down to Horsham yesterday and erm went down there and came back filled it up with petrol , and it worked out to five quid |
| 10 | ‘ He said that every time he returned to the kidnappers to present an offer worked out after lengthy discussions with the family , claiming that this was the absolute maximum the Milettis could afford to pay , the gang accused him of lying . |
| 11 | The euthanasia law was a broadly backed compromise worked out after 20 years of exhaustive public debate and has given the Netherlands the world 's most lenient policy on mercy killing . |
| 12 | The plan was part of the general peace formula worked out by Lebanese leaders and the Arab League in Taif in 1989 . |
| 13 | The history of the horse , worked out from American fossils , was merely the most spectacular . |
| 14 | But they worked out in three years she 's put on seven stone because she eats . |
| 15 | Brecht later worked out of this mould in his different epic theatre . |
| 16 | A form of attitudinism which has been worked out with especial thoroughness is the prescriptivism of R.M. Hare . |
| 17 | Everything had to be worked out with great precision . |
| 18 | The idea may have been worked out with some care or , at the other extreme , it may have been put up spontaneously at a meeting convened to discuss the content of a future programme of activity . |
| 19 | A great deal of technological work has been done recently on the seasoning of wood , and safe accelerated drying schedules have been worked out for all kinds and dimensions of timber . |
| 20 | At Builth in Central Wales , a complicated history has been worked out for one part of the Ordovician . |
| 21 | When it comes to plants , micro-organisms and tissue culture systems , the remedy picture as worked out for human patients is wholly inappropriate , and experiments have to be conducted on the basis of trial and error to see if particular remedies have an effect on particular plants or micro-organisms . |
| 22 | This theory , already prefigured by Klopstock , was worked out at inordinate length by the poet , scholar and translator Johann Heinrich Voss ( 1751–1816 ) and , erroneous though it was , it served to fuel the growing fire of Hellenism by Stimulating the imitation of Greek metres in German poetry . |
| 23 | Critics of the deal , which was worked out at ministerial level , say that it would have been more sensible to spend the money on rebuilding the Villahermosa Palace to be an annexe for the nearby Prado , which is urgently in need of more space , as well as the kind of modern facilities which have ‘ put the Villahermosa among the ranks of intelligent buildings and the top museums of the Nineties ’ , as the press release boasts . |
| 24 | Whether and how we can emerge from these turbulent times , depends on the kind of political debates , actions , choices and alliances that are worked out during this period in the United States , Japan , the Middle East and especially here in Europe . |
| 25 | Plans for a new intelligence network are now being worked out between nine police forces concerned with the problem of travellers . |
| 26 | On the Bible as the word of God , the balance achieved by Dei Verbum is worked out in comprehensive works such as those by Grelot ( 1968 ) and L. Alonso Schokel ( 1967 ) . |
| 27 | It had now become clear both that significant moves towards greater academic independence for the colleges meant Charter changes , and that proposals for improvements in relationships had to be worked out in greater detail . |
| 28 | Negotiation : contractually binding conclusions are worked out in joint negotiation committees . |
| 29 | The balance between congregational and other music is one which has to be worked out in each church , with the advice of the worship committee where there is one . |
| 30 | The course content would be worked out in further consultation with Third World partners . |