Example sentences of "[noun pl] to cope [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And while the Führer and his army could claim the glory for military successes , the increased — and often voluntary — efforts of members of Party affiliates to cope with the social problems of individuals or groups particularly affected by the war tended to bring contact with disgruntled ‘ people 's comrades ’ but few plaudits and little prestige .
2 They have various strategies to cope with the showy behaviour of boys , such as giving more attention , allotting instant verbal or physical punishment , aligning the curriculum to interest them ; the normal deviant girl does not anyway present too many control problems .
3 ‘ Climatic geomorphology attempts to cope with the excessive complexity of natural parameters by holding variables such as structure , lithology and man constant .
4 As more and more decisions are being taken by management at local level , we need to ensure our local representatives have the necessary skills to cope with the new macho management techniques .
5 He knew all about gossip and calumny , having tried for months to cope with the shifty Hoornik family .
6 It became necessary to develop a number of change-management organizations to cope with the various matrices and to move the company toward some of the major changes that were essential to the total transformation .
7 In a series of preparatory meetings held on Sept 23-24 , the IMF 's policy-making Interim Committee agreed to assist developing countries to cope with the economic burdens of the Gulf crisis without , however , committing any new resources or setting a minimum level on the amount of total assistance .
8 They were given immensely long platforms , like their military counterparts , some of the longest in the world , and huge circulation areas to cope with the great press of travellers at significant pilgrimage periods .
9 Because the Project is now stepping up a gear on all fronts , the society need to reorganise responsibilities to cope with the increased workload .
10 Consequently , resources need to be channelled into providing extra theatres and consultants to cope with the increased workload .
11 And yet our eventual objective must be to prepare learners to cope with the natural conditions of language use .
12 This it at once began to use to hamper the government 's efforts to cope with the desperate financial situation .
13 At a World Bank meeting which opened in Paris on March 27 the main donor countries for Africa discussed the co-ordination of relief efforts and the effect of debt on African efforts to cope with the deteriorating food situation .
14 Labour home affairs spokesman Tony Blair accused the Government of leaving its European neighbours to cope with the forced exodus .
15 Published reports reveal the greater desire for detail and the development of new techniques to cope with the particular problems of early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries .
16 They probably had very effective digestive systems with detoxifying enzymes to cope with the tougher diets .
17 This is a new post , which has been established primarily to provide relief to senior members of the General Administrative and Academic Divisions and to enable the divisions to cope with the additional demands placed upon them by ad hoc tasks , for example the creation of new working parties .
18 In 1984 , therefore , VAT payments to the EC were increased on all members to cope with the added costs of Spanish and Portuguese membership .
19 Measures to cope with the first two by traditional means worsened the third .
20 The rest of the car will also stand up to hard use as well , and diesel cars tend to have bigger batteries and more powerful electrical systems to cope with the greater demands of starting .
21 But the task was increasingly beyond them , as social surveys showed the inability of the welfare services to cope with the specific needs of the aged , the disabled , and one-parent families .
22 Mr Lewis said the country was on the verge of having to use military camps , off loading prison and police cells to cope with the growing number of those being jailed .
23 Moreover , it had acquired the suspension and tyres to cope with the jumbo output generated by its turbocharged 6.7-litre V8 — in excess of 320bhp and 400lb ft of tree-toppling torque .
24 Merrydown has bumped up production facilities to cope with the expected demand .
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