Example sentences of "[noun] work for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are usually those days on which your employees are required by their contract to work for you . |
| 2 | Conditions of work were not pleasant ; landowners tried to get their estates cultivated by indentured labourers who had come out under a contract to work for some years for the man who paid for the journey or anyone to whom he sold the right to command their services . |
| 3 | I could n't move much higher then because I got the opportunity to work for Jack Nicklaus ! |
| 4 | One has transferred to the communications department and all were offered the opportunity to work for the new contract firm . |
| 5 | And when someone indicates his willingness to work for them they naturally suspect he is a plant . |
| 6 | Their qualifications are … a healthy distaste for children … an ability to act like a witch … and not least , a willingness to work for free . |
| 7 | She deserted her artist 's studio in Chelsea to work for her mother 's Women 's Social and Political Union when it transferred from Manchester to London in 1905 and became honorary secretary . |
| 8 | ‘ They are characterized by low boredom thresholds and an inability to work for other people , ’ thought Sir John Hoskyns . |
| 9 | I have never before had the privilege to work for such an environmentally-conscious , safe , dynamic and forward-thinking company . |
| 10 | When it dawned on her that she would have to earn her own living , she made up her mind to work for a diploma and then teach , and do some book-illustrating while she cast about for her real métier . |
| 11 | A lot of the members told me I was very good — I could pull clubs well and read greens — and I should try going to the Bing Crosby to work for a pro in the tournament . |
| 12 | Ambition burned within her , she wanted Hari to work for her so much , to make the business an outstanding success and Hari 's reticence only made Emily more eager to have her services . |
| 13 | erm many people came to Kuwait to work for a short term and after a while they realised it 's fine so they continued to stay there for a long time , and that is the haven that we were talking about . |
| 14 | They did not keep him long , however , and this time he made off with a companion and even had the nerve to work for three months on a French farm before starting a marathon trek across the entire length of France . |
| 15 | The realists , insofar as they advocated training and expertise in the specialized areas of law , generally supported this programme and a number of prominent realists left law schools to work for Roosevelt in Washington . |
| 16 | Such a tax is seen as having lower disincentive effects than an income tax because it relates to past effort ; i.e. there is no disincentive effect to work for additional income that is to be consumed . |
| 17 | Likewise , people from industry come to the department to work for short periods . |
| 18 | The trade unions fear that wage demands may have to be lowered because of the refugees ' greater flexibility and readiness to work for less money . |
| 19 | The less organised often resented the superior efficiency and greater discipline ( or docility ) , and the readiness to work for lower wages , of these peasants . |
| 20 | According to Marx 's theory the many different units were willing to unite and contribute their labour to work for the despot because this appeared , not as working for him , but as working for ‘ the higher unity ’ , which , they wrongly believed , was the source of their continued existence . |
| 21 | It was a marvellous programme to work for because you could do what you liked for it . |
| 22 | It was a marvellous programme to work for because you could do what you liked for it . |
| 23 | It 's quite possible , if you agree , that IMP will release you for six months to work for me . |
| 24 | There is an enormous growth in opportunities to work for central or local government , a commercial or industrial organisation , the Magistrates ' Courts Service , and the Crown Prosecution Service . |
| 25 | Which airline did Mrs Taubman work for before she became Mrs Sotheby 's ? ) . |
| 26 | He did the craven work for two months , seeing Sam every weekend , until it came to a meeting at which he was supposed to speak : a report about a provincial store promotion scheme . |
| 27 | Having succeeded in making your formulae work for Lotus 1-2-3 and for As-Easy-As I tried to do the same in Excel . |
| 28 | Ms Torcato worked for several newspapers and magazines in India and , more recently , in Gulf countries . |
| 29 | During the Second World War , Bratina worked for the Office of Strategic Services , the predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency . |
| 30 | R worked for BOAC with whom his union had an agreement that all workers should be union members . |