Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] work [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , the information requirements are considerable and the time taken assembling data may work against the efficiency that the organisation is trying to achieve . |
| 2 | You 've got to make sure that you 're in good health , and you 're a er hale and hearty individual , so if you 're from a long lived family , erm I once er made a mistake on er delivering one of these courses and er I think erm erm there 's an elderly lady used to work on the course , do you remember Miss , Miss ? |
| 3 | The English boy used to work in the hospital for a day at a time , and then be off for several days . |
| 4 | The EPA wo n't till the soil with bugs until extensive field work shows whether the microorganisms will work outside the lab — a formidable task , explains David Watkins , manager of the agency 's microbiological degradation projects : ‘ How will you know you 've got complete degradation ? |
| 5 | ‘ She has a daughter , but the girl can work in the garden or on the farm … |
| 6 | Of course while this point may work in the tenant 's favour in a falling market , it is just as likely to work in the landlord 's favour in a rising market . |
| 7 | If there are a number of different designs specialists involved in a project , each specialist group must work within the budgets which have been set . |
| 8 | This very continuity should work to the advantage of the regular US Tour competitors . |
| 9 | They were convinced that their high-tech weapons would work against the peasant forces , however . |
| 10 | The only way in which the European Community can work in the future is by linking the concept of the free market with that strong collective provision . |
| 11 | The teacher can work in the classroom with one group at a time while the rest of the class are engaged in something needing minimal supervision . |
| 12 | This kind of procedure may work with the majority but the marvellous thing about human beings is that there are always some not subdued . |
| 13 | Each specialist design teams must work within the budgets which have been set . |
| 14 | They just do n't actually have that information , a lot of small local groups , and I think maybe the C B S could work with the Engineers department in future years and try to get to those groups , because I 'm sure a lot of them , actually if they were given the opportunity in time to get in , that , that you might have a lot of people applying for flag and whatever than you do now . |
| 15 | My wife used to work in the Education Department , incidentally |
| 16 | It can not be supposed , then , that the STV would work in the United Kingdom in precisely the same ways as it does in Ireland . |
| 17 | The consultants will work with the council , public and private sector partners and the people in the area . |
| 18 | Two Civic Patrol officers will work with the community to combat litter and graffiti . |
| 19 | The governors have power to decide the school 's complement — that is , how many people should work at the school and at what level . |
| 20 | Staff will work round the clock . |
| 21 | Anything that lowers the overall casualty count will work in the favour of your deep Mobs . |
| 22 | Commercially , such a rent review clause may work to the disadvantage of either party . |
| 23 | In other words , the system of competitive vote bidding acts like a ratchet encouraging ever more government services at the same time as it penalises a government prepared to take " tough " decisions that may hit particular interests in the short run even though these decisions may work to the advantage of all in the longer run . |
| 24 | On the other hand , successful communication must work within the framework of the receiver 's existing knowledge ; it must not make too many demands . |
| 25 | ‘ Jos used to work in the forest . |
| 26 | The chance that Britain would work with the French on the new air-launched nuclear missile they have developed is on again , after Mrs Thatcher had all but made up her mind to buy American . |
| 27 | Additionally the following measures were agreed : ( i ) that a joint working party would be set up , charged with defining " political offences in the South African situation " and with advising on " mechanisms for dealing with the release of political prisoners and the granting of immunity " ; ( ii ) that " temporary immunity from prosecution for political offences " would be considered as a matter of urgency for the ANC 's NEC members and others , to enable them to return to the country without fear of prosecution ; ( iii ) that the government would " review existing security legislation to bring it into line with the new dynamic situation developing in South Africa in order to ensure normal and free political activities " ; ( iv ) that the government would work towards the lifting of the state of emergency ; ( v ) that efficient channels of communication between the government and the ANC would be set up in order to curb violence and intimidation from whatever quarter . |
| 28 | Poland and the Soviet Union would work for the transformation of the existing bloc alliances into a new system of collective European security . |
| 29 | The federal government will work with the provinces towards the implementation of a national acid rain control plan , to include a national ceiling of 3.2 million tonnes of S02 emissions . |
| 30 | This attention to detail begins at the initial planning stage when Kate will work with the architects and engineers on the proposed layout . |