1 They almost meet one day when Veronique is on a coach tour of Polish towns but they don’t quite manage it 2 But only 2 per cent over the age of 66 could manage sex twice a week, and none of those over 56 could manage it more than three times a week 3 Start gradually, if you’re not used to it, 5–10 minutes brisk walking and work up to half an hour 3– 4 times a week – everyday if you can manage it. 4 The Socialists have promised labour reform for years. They did not manage it when they had a majority; now they are weaker. 5 The Budget coverage you read on Wednesday morning was as controlled as the Government could manage it. 6 I am trying to help you, but I cannot manage it without your thoughts. 7 (unused farmland) Are we simply going to say ‘This is preserved.’ If we are, how are we going to manage it? How are we going to pay for this preservation? 8 they’ve tried to have sex and couldn’t manage it. 9 (a tolerant society) accepting diversity and welcoming difference,” she said. “This will be one of the big challenges of the next number of years.” She warned: “How we manage it now will decide whether or not we have problems in the future.” 10 (writing a play scene) I don’t suppose I knew then that I would be able to do it, that I’d be able to manage it. 11 (using spreadsheets and) Querymaster and whatever else but by and large I don’t have the need to do it. Right. I’m quite a . . . Are y . . . Could manage it if I had to I think 12 When we set up House we thought – I never thought that someone like myself could manage it. We – I – was very clear at the time that it would be managed by a nurse. 13 In due course they will be packed up and stored, or sent to Tresillian. This was the best way we could manage it 14 He flushed. “Mother is – over-protective. She never let me go away to school. How did you manage it?” “She wanted me out of her life.” 15 In any case, acknowledging the awesome power and wisdom of God, the question is not “How could He manage it in just six days?”, but rather “Why did it take Him so long?” 16 (Confucius becoming happy) If it takes seventy years for a very wise man how long is it going to take for an ordinary man? He is never going to manage it. 17 (politician after defeat) ‘I have survived it, there is more to life than the politics. Though my first preference is to go back, if I don’t manage it, 18 Hamleys is the biggest seller of fireworks in the world and sells them throughout the year. They have to be so organised to manage it legally and they are very practiced with it. 19 You can buy a property outside the Arla scheme and manage it yourself 20 to help someone short of money, and it would be worth taking on a temporary job to finance the course. Ask your parents for help, if they can manage it.