Example sentences of "are at work " in BNC.
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| 1 | A childminder is anybody who looks after children under 5 in her own home , usually while their parents are at work . |
| 2 | They are forces which are spreading wealth faster than at any time in human history and in one 's political approach I think you either are an enthusiast anxious to embrace the forces that are at work or you are a sceptic , perhaps inclined to resist them , hoping that you can frustrate them . |
| 3 | ‘ So , given that I have a political opportunity , I tend to become an enthusiast harnessing the forces that are at work , trying to get the best out of them , trying to use them for the political purposes that I believe in . |
| 4 | It is also unfair on the staff if the evaluation process is not clear in advance ; it may appear that micropolitical factors are at work in order to achieve the right ‘ result . |
| 5 | All over Rummidge and its environs , people are at work — or not , as the case may be . |
| 6 | If , however , we have opportunities to fish midweek when most other anglers are at work , or fortunate enough to have access to a good piece of barbel river which is less frequently fished , then the best way of catching a big barbel is to stalk one . |
| 7 | In such cases two principal factors are at work . |
| 8 | Many factors are at work : physique , training , careful preparation months before in the Vuelta d'Espana or the Giro d'Italia ( rarely both ) , self-knowledge , confidence , the constant assistance of domestiques and then more distinguished teammates . |
| 9 | Deeper levels , he surmises , are at work . |
| 10 | Researchers , especially at the Gerontological Research Center in Bedford , Massachusetts , are at work exploring another property of centrophenoxine that is causing excitement generally among gerontologists . |
| 11 | This genetic cohesion of a population arises because , while the very slow processes of homogenisation are at work ( among copies of a family on the same and different chromosomes ) , the chromosomes in a population are being mixed at each generation . |
| 12 | Obviously , if vitamin A can be shown to be necessary for photoperiod detection by an extraocular receptor , it is likely that rhodopsins are at work . |
| 13 | The critical question is , what forces are at work that will push the economy away from this average , either in an upward or downward direction ? |
| 14 | Either way , the amount of money you can borrow will be based , if you are at work , upon a multiple of your earnings — usually two-and-a-half to three times the value of your gross earnings per year . |
| 15 | R is difficult when you are at work all week , to find the time and it is not much fun spending your only free time cleaning . |
| 16 | If you are at work all the time and find fitting in regular exercise rather difficult , then invest in an exercise bike or a rowing machine . |
| 17 | Mean while the lift and drag forces are at work , and the kite has achieved the point of no further progress . |
| 18 | There seems no good reason why women who employ someone to help with their youngsters while they are at work should not get tax relief on the wages they pay . |
| 19 | Kerrie , your mum looks after Chloe when you are at work so you must look forward to being with her at night . |
| 20 | ‘ Opposing factions are at work , alas , and I fear an uprising , ’ came the daunting reply . |
| 21 | Various factions are at work , each seeking to promote its own interests — I 'd not give a fig for the young king 's life if he fell in with one of them ! |
| 22 | Neither does one have to invoke Marxism to take history seriously and to try to understand the various forces which are at work and the way in which certain classes , institutions and pressure groups have used power to maintain inequality . |
| 23 | In such cases , special factors are at work , particularly as physical dependence increases , which relate to the experiences of childhood . |
| 24 | Thirdly , there is a need for better appreciation of the complex dynamics which are at work in small task-focused groups , such as those which come together for case conferences , especially when anxiety about an individual old person is running high . |
| 25 | The lights are on , lifts are working , computers are calculating and people are at work in hospitals . |
| 26 | Ahead , another pair are at work on the second pitch , which is steeper and longer than the first . |
| 27 | Kevin and Sharon are at work . |
| 28 | But counter-pressures are at work , too . |
| 29 | But it is also due partly to less creditable reasons : women 's wages and the benefits they can draw for their children when they are at work are generally lower here ; and day care for children is scarcer and poorer than in many other countries . |
| 30 | We have taken snap-shots through time and from sufficient height to gain a panoramic view which shows that meaningful patterns are at work . |