Example sentences of "[v-ing] for 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 | Some local authority departments themselves are now self-contained commercial organisations bidding for work which previously was their automatic responsibility . |
| 5 | The Yarm Road-based metal fabricator could cash in through its parent company , Trafalgar House , part of a consortium bidding for work on the £8bn new Hong Kong airport project . |
| 6 | However , as time goes by and the problem of unemployment does not seem to diminish more thought is being given to the specific problems of those applying for work while out of a job . |
| 7 | Black youth has also experienced high levels of racial discrimination when applying for work or training ( Troyna and Smith , 1983 ) . |
| 8 | Careers Officers work closely with young people to ensure that they are aware of their skills , aptitudes and interests , so that they can make positive and productive decisions about applying for work . |
| 9 | Her younger brother John 's early death and the missionary fervour aroused by the death of David Livingstone [ q.v. ] in 1873 , spurred Mary into applying for work further afield . |
| 10 | Having impounded these two sets for the time , we give our full attention to such influences as the inducements which good fishing wages will offer to sailors to stay in their fishing homes for a year or two , instead of applying for work on a ship . |
| 11 | He plans to leave the service in December this year and , with the renewed confidence of a graduate , is already applying for work . |
| 12 | As a result , many of AEA 's bright scientists and engineers went out hunting for work . |
| 13 | Each course comprises a morning of sessions in careers , training and confidence , and an afternoon 's expert advice on hair , make-up and dressing for work . |
| 14 | Looking for work costs money . |
| 15 | ‘ No , I 'm still looking for work . |
| 16 | So I spent my first month as Special Projects Officer looking for work . |
| 17 | Provincial market towns , in 1922 as throughout the Soviet period , collected the first rural tide of those looking for work — peasant vagrants , demobilized soldiers , and in the case of the Smolensk area , flax-workers out of a job as their industry began to decline after the boom of the war years . |
| 18 | The number of Poles officially looking for work shot up from 9,600 in December to 220,000 last month . |
| 19 | He ought to start looking for work now . ’ |
| 20 | My father was away , looking for work . |
| 21 | ‘ Have n't seen YOU either , Bill … been down south , looking for work . ’ |
| 22 | There were a number of horror stars looking for work who would not want the earth in salaries , and he assembled a notable team of players which included Vincent Price , Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre . |
| 23 | How long have you been looking for work ? |
| 24 | Pepper explained in an interview , ‘ When I came to the hotel I was sort of looking for work . |
| 25 | He was always looking for work , ’ one said . |
| 26 | ‘ When I went out to look at replacements , I found there were plenty of quality players available looking for work . |
| 27 | Even now it is the magnet that draws the rural peasants and small businessmen looking for work and casual labour . |
| 28 | Some as young as eleven and twelve , these ‘ migrant labourers ’ went looking for work and did not always find it , turning to other less than legal ways of earning their bread . |
| 29 | Almost three quarters of married women are now looking for work , 21 per cent more than in the early 70s when mum 's prime concern was caring for her children . |
| 30 | ‘ No , I 'm looking for work . |