1.   Face-to-face situations provide the context, objectives spell out the desirable end and behaviours are the means.

2.   He issued a passionate plea to Labour and the Conservatives to spell out what they would do in a hung Parliament.

3.   He needs to spell out why a tax cut is going to help the average family of four.

4.   It is essential to spell out some realistic goals.

5.   It will be useful therefore to spell out, if only briefly, some of its main characteristics.

6.   Let me now spell out why the timetable motion is necessary.

7.   Look at the Morse code chart and, using a torch, try to spell out your name.

8.   Numbers Most business writers get confused about when to spell out numbers and when to use numerals.

9.   The courts have not been given a mandate to spell out collective responsibilities, and even less to police them.