Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] work " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has to be accepted that , in the short run , it is difficult to raise the skills , and therefore the value of the output of marginal workers ( marginal in the sense of their position in competing for work ) . |
| 2 | It decreases the possibility of , of getting out of that situation because you 've got so many other people against , against whom you 're competing for work . |
| 3 | The services offered are often generic and when it comes to competing for work from the SSD , ‘ being a Jack of all trades does n't fit easily into the contracting culture ’ . |
| 4 | Sarah was given a new apron to wear for work and an embroidered handkerchief for herself , a very pretty one with lace round the edge which was much too good to use . |
| 5 | They met through work and had an affair for five months until Mike , who was divorced , suggested Marianne should leave her husband . |
| 6 | There 's even a man in her life — someone she met through work . |
| 7 | ‘ To begin with , I worked for the family , pushing the churns round the streets on the milk-cart , but then I got too old for that , and I applied for work with the Dock workers Guild at Jubilee Wharf . ’ |
| 8 | But beneath his flippancy was a real sympathy for what we were trying to do and an appreciation of the common aims we shared for work in the schools . |
| 9 | Women 's receipt of unemployment benefit automatically meant they had registered for work . |
| 10 | They felt stigmatized , as skilled men , by taking unskilled work , and it left them no time to search for work at their trade . |
| 11 | BEREAVEMENT is the most popular excuse for shirking off work , a survey has found . |
| 12 | He said the Government had ploughed £22.4m into housing authority ( see corr notes ) grants for work in Darlington since 1979 . |
| 13 | Inability to Attend for Work |
| 14 | If you are unable to attend for work for any reason , you must ensure that your immediate Manager is informed before 10 am on the first day of absence so that arrangements can be made to deal with your work . |
| 15 | ( see also Inability to Attend for Work and Long Term Sickness Benefit |
| 16 | The Sludge Disposal Vessel ‘ Gardyloo ’ built to operate from the new facility was in fact completed in August 1876 and immediately chartered for work on the Clyde while awaiting completion of the Seafield Works . |
| 17 | All the 650 headquarters staff were told to report for work as normal . |
| 18 | Simply presenting an unfair dismissal application to an industrial tribunal is not , for instance , sufficient if you continue to report for work . |
| 19 | Each morning at seven the members of the Brotherhood presented themselves at the dock-gates , and Josh called out their numbers , allowing them in one at a time to report for work . |
| 20 | See they used to get the , they used t what they call they used to report for work at say quarter past seven in the morning and then they be at work at half past seven , but now of course they do n't now , they , I think they start about eight o'clock now . |
| 21 | Another computer programme that has been designed for work on texts is INTERLINEAR TEXT ( IT ) . |
| 22 | Balder is a semi-submersible crane barge designed for work in constructing oil rig platforms . |
| 23 | Three separate paving contracts have been won for work on the Trans Canada highway which runs from Lake Superior in Ontario to Vancouver in British Colombia . |
| 24 | The substitution effect leads to cheaper leisure being substituted for work , i.e. less work . |
| 25 | That is to say , hymns of praise are sung , especially to mothers , but the tangible rewards which might be expected for work of considerable social significance are not available . |
| 26 | ‘ They 'll tell you all you need to know about the design department at G.W. , so kindly make sure you 've read and understood them before you report for work tomorrow morning . ’ |
| 27 | Taking the criterion of the number of ‘ social contacts ’ the housewife has during work time , an association with work satisfaction patterns does emerge . |
| 28 | He was one of several noted British artists approached for work by John M. Gates , Director of Design to the American firm , Steuben Glass , and who visited London in the early 1950s . |
| 29 | Even private companies considering submitting tenders to NIREX for work on waste management began to get worried about their image . |
| 30 | A docker was never sure what to expect when he reported for work in the morning . |