| The world operates and revolves around reading and having the ability to comprehend what is read. |
| In such cases, proximity concord operates, the verb agreeing with the nearest noun. |
| The true view is that wherever the remedy of rescission is available it operates to restore the status quo ante so far as that is possible. |
| The clinic operates after hours, using daytime workers but paying them overtime. |
| Such issues are not the stuff of academic painting, which operates within a closed system. |
| The company operates in a very competitive industry, with little sign of the competitive pressures abating. |
