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1 Surrey University researchers worked with the Archive to produce a well documented subset of the General Household Survey .
2 Undergravel filters work on the principle of the water and any suspended material being drawn into the gravel , where the debris is trapped , and the water is returned to the tank via the uplift tubes .
3 Or at any rate , he is with one of the research teams working on the man project .
4 Over a period of many years I had a succession of research students working On the Eocene strata of the Isle of Wight , off the south coast of England .
5 Part B of this interim report to the Science and Engineering Research Council is concerned with the initial destinations of research students working in the information engineering area whose SERC studentships were due to end during 1984 .
6 In 1900 Edinburgh Waverley Station boasted forty lady operators working in the telegraph department , sending out 4,000 messages a day.a But it was of course the First World War which suddenly gave a tremendous fillip to women 's employment in stations .
7 Other optical effects , such as the montaged graphics sequence showing the Doctor , Sara and Bret being ‘ matter transported ’ to Mira helped inspire the Effects Designers working on the stargate sequences for Kubrick 's 2001 : A Space Odyssey .
8 Well , there were two British Telecom engineers working in the street … ’
9 The core participants work at the University of Salford , the Erasmus University of Rotterdam , the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Charles University of Prague .
10 In these units , students are encouraged to experience , at first hand , specific theatre practices , and to relate this work to the Core Studies work on the Theory and Practice of Modern Theatre .
11 For the most part , these contract workers work under the supervision of permanent staff , performing more labour-intensive tasks .
12 Jack Rothera , an ex-Navy man , had wished from his boyhood days to work on the railway .
13 Causation in defective product cases works on the basis of showing that the goods were intended to reach the consumer in the form in which they left the manufacturer ( alternative cause ) and that there was no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination .
14 We will establish a new agency to carry out all social security war pensions work with the aim of providing a better , more efficient service to war pensioners and war widows .
15 The number of safety advisers working in the field in SWWA 's region was reduced from six to two after a visit from the government 's ‘ flying accountants ’ , brought in to see that the Authority met its ‘ performance aims ’ after financial cuts in 1980 .
16 By the mid-1980s scientists working on the problem were sufficiently sure about the amount of helium in the universe to say that there were probably only three types of neutrino , and thus only three generations .
17 On this occasion , the rule of fear they had established over the ordinary sect members worked against the Triad leadership .
18 The social divisions within Northern Ireland society have little direct effect on the nature of crime in Easton , which influences the nature of routine police work in the area , enabling the police to pursue Easton 's crime and criminals without recourse to religion .
19 This chapter and the next will address some of the above topics in order to demonstrate the parallels between routine police work in the RUC and other police forces in non-divided societies .
20 At present valuations , the figure being asked is around three times the price valuers working for the county council expect for common land with ancient rights over it …
21 Assistance is being provided from the UK in three specific areas : support for the fledgling actuarial education systems in these countries , arranging visits for actuaries from Eastern Europe to the UK to study our methods in practice and the secondment of UK actuaries to work in the countries concerned .
22 During the first half of the 19th century , there were still many small water mills working in the area around Bourton .
23 With 500 share sorters working round the clock , however , small investors could see their allocation rise to a ceiling of nearly 50 per cent if the issue is 2.25 times oversubscribed .
24 With 500 share sorters working round the clock , however , small investors could see their allocation rise to a ceiling of nearly 50 per cent if the issue is 2.25 times oversubscribed .
25 Making arrangements with individual area secretaries works against the objective of achieving any kind of balance within or between Regions .
26 Unfortunately , one of these Milnes cars working on the Sutton route , was the victim of the South Metropolitan 's only really serious accident .
27 To keep the planes aloft , the ground crews work round the clock .
28 The dye tends to stay darker around the patterns and creates an outline on the stitch-work , including the discreet GT initials worked into the hems of the jumpers .
29 Up to 60 Clwyd firemen worked round the clock to help their Gwynedd colleagues on rescue work .
30 This was an event where senior Somervillians mingled with many younger A. S. M. members working in the City — it was good to see them .
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