Example sentences of "[vb mod] not cope [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The need for these was identified when the regular programme of summer schools for ABE students began to attract students with severe learning difficulties who could not cope with the curriculum offered but seemed to gain great benefit from the opportunity for residential education . |
| 2 | It is thought that the UK could not cope with the increase in price and non-price competition which the SEM would bring about . |
| 3 | He argued that such a philosophical position could not cope with the phenomena of dreams and especially hypnosis . |
| 4 | One secretary could not cope with the work . |
| 5 | It stated clearly that a flat rate charge could not cope with the scale of local authority expenditure and that it could not do so fairly . |
| 6 | Usually the two pilots who are on night duty sleep in the ambulance but the driver and medical orderly who also sleep in it had worked up a terrific ‘ fug ’ — ‘ Imshi ’ Mason and I felt we could not cope with the smell of unwashed feet , etc. , so we dragged the two stretchers out . ’ |
| 7 | A BANK manager killed himself because he could not cope with the worry and pressure of his work in the recession . |
| 8 | In particular it could not cope with the pressure of a growing population . |
| 9 | If anyone believes for a moment that we should forget about the cause of asylum seekers , I ask them to read some of the evidence of people who fled from Chile , El Salvador , Burma and so many other places where they could not cope with the oppression against them . |
| 10 | They again became the ‘ weaker sex ’ , who were delicate and fragile and could not cope with the strains of learning and would continue to be mere property to be traded at will . |
| 11 | At school , more than half ( 54pc ) said they had been bullied and 45pc thought their teachers could not cope with the bullies . |
| 12 | Third , the mother could not cope with the children especially , as the justices say , with another child on the way . |
| 13 | Recording a verdict that Mrs Bowyer ‘ Took her own life ’ , Dr Weir said : ‘ This is terribly tragic because she did it because she could not cope with the pain of the illness she suffered from . ’ |
| 14 | He was aware of strange thoughts and sensations swimming through his mind , but he could not cope with the pain . |
| 15 | If even Alison Kraemer 's perfect manners could not cope with the news , then our marriage must be an intolerable scandal . |
| 16 | If those lines can not cope during the rush hour at present , how will they cope with double the traffic ? |
| 17 | How children sometimes experience learning difficulties because they can not cope with the specialist language of science , as it is often used in books or by teachers . |
| 18 | ‘ Here we are having February weather in the middle of sheep shearing season and the animals simply can not cope with the conditions . |
| 19 | While the computer is an obvious tool for handling and organizing large quantities of data in the hyper-medium , straight-forward procedural methods can not cope with the complexity of the organization . |
| 20 | In most of the prisons , corruption has become a way of life and inmates believe that without taking recourse to corrupt practices they can not cope with the culture that prevails . |
| 21 | I am saying that , as an organisation , it can not cope with the work it has to do at the present time . |
| 22 | At this stage , the infant can not cope with the contradiction implied by the fact that two opposing feelings are aroused by the same object . |
| 23 | Stocking too quickly leads to disease and deaths , as the biological filter can not cope with the load . |
| 24 | I can not cope with the pain , Spike thought . |
| 25 | 3 After a few minutes , the mind can not cope with the speed , and one partner usually finishes up tangled in a knot . |
| 26 | But the effect of the policy , as the American Bar Association pointed out in a recent report , is that the country 's prisons are filled not only with drug-handlers but also with drug-takers , and can not cope with the numbers . |
| 27 | The Autoglide can even be used on trackless doors of the canopy variety , which account for 80% of the garage doors installed in the UK , and which conventional garage door openers can not cope with The Autoglide works on a cable principle , with an advanced electronic control box . |
| 28 | There are few specialist clinics and those that do exist can not cope with the demand . |
| 29 | The majority of people who have difficulty coming to terms with the death of a pet can not cope with the fact that the pet is actually dead . |
| 30 | Seminaries can not cope with the number of young men wanting to enter . |