Example sentences of "cope with the " in BNC.

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1 Most older people cope with the ups and downs of their daily lives .
2 Nor could a looser grouping of sovereign states cope with the awkward trade-offs which the Western response to Eastern Europe will involve .
3 I have heard her called a professional invalid , but I think by the time she retired to bed she must have been genuinely worn out , and duty done , how seductive must have been the temptation to escape into that room at the end of the house , with its garden door , and warm fire ; to write poetry , like Elizabeth Barrett Browning , and to be waited on by her daughter ( ‘ Coming , Mother ! ’ ) who would , and did , cope with the house and the shop and even my grandfather .
4 Nor could jumpy Orrell cope with the efficiency of the steady , unflurried Pilgrim , the full-back , who kicked Wasps ' penalty goals besides putting in the delicate chip that set up the try for Oti .
5 Crossing a busy road is the biggest risk that most of us take in our daily lives , travel gives the opportunity to see how we cope with the unknown .
6 Generally top players cope with the fast , short delivery by moving back and across the crease or , as Graham Gooch , by standing his ground and putting the wight on the front foot so that the head is over the front knee .
7 It does n't matter if there are differences between you , it 's how well you cope with the differences that 's important .
8 She and Ryan between them cope with the baby .
9 Suppose coal were run down on short-term profit calculations , how did any private or public organisation running the railways cope with the consequences to freight ?
10 The advent of satellite T.V. and the commitment of ITV to rugby coverage provides the opportunity to assess how the Australians cope with the challenges of Scotland , New Zealand and South Africa during a very short space of time .
11 With Paul Weller and Peter Gabriel on their case , can this hard-playing mob cope with the excess of peer approval ?
12 Or they may wish to discuss their present lives with each other , and compare how they cope with the problems and difficulties of being old .
13 In some areas , new work is being developed specifically aimed at helping families and children cope with the impact of HIV on their lives .
14 Good strategies cope with the focal problem without exacerbating the overall problem .
15 Psychologists , like all other scientists , cope with the complexity of the real world by making models of it and working with those instead .
16 A shy and unpretentious woman , she was dominated by her husband , who expected her to organise his home life , act as his hostess , show a picture of domestic bliss to his constituency , listen to him rehearse his speeches , endure his frequent absences , cope with the bruised feelings of those he had insulted and be prepared to be woken up in the middle of the night to hear his account of his part in great events : ‘ Wake up and listen , what I 'm telling you is history ! ’
17 The client will then deliberately and gradually , confront , or alter these difficult situations and cope with the anxiety they create , using newly acquired coping skills .
18 It is useful to think of how we cope with the stresses of life as a set of scales ( see Figure 4.5 ) .
19 Specially designed to help everyone in the family cope with the problems of epilepsy , it costs £12.50 from BEA , .
20 It is fairly easy for a library user to learn that a subject whose symbol is 623.4 will be found " in the 600s " , and some-where in between 623 and 624 ; and untrained assistants can after a little guidance cope with the shelving and filing problems .
21 And how would such an affixation cope with the evident fact that the techniques , modes of expression and performers claimed by the counterculture as their own were apparently so easily appropriated by the established music industry interests , and the music spread into every social corner and function ?
22 Social workers should be able to help people with a disability express their feelings , adjust to new roles , find new sources of strength and generally cope with the psychological impact of disability .
23 Most psychogeriatric services also cope with the " functionally " ill .
24 Perhaps twenty times a week each one has to confront a dead body ; they have to meet , talk with and help relatives and friends cope with the practical arrangements posed by the death .
25 When you retire , you see at the moment in your job you will know how you cope with the job so if the job 's in your , round your house or if the job 's ins in , in your work .
26 Its directors had to sustain wars in Asia , try to devise means of governing newly conquered Indian provinces , and cope with the demands of the national government and of Parliament for an ever greater measure of control over the Company .
27 Read them as you cope with the food and drink .
28 Yet , even then , he could neither leave her nor cope with the weight of his frustrations , and the blurted , cumbersome feeling growing inside him , which , when some of the numbness wore away , he knew would be misery .
29 In a letter to employees George thanked everyone for their understanding and sympathy which he said would help him and his family cope with the terrible tragedy .
30 Cope with the work ? ’ said Neil , a little astonished .
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