Example sentences of "[noun] may 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | This kind of procedure may work with the majority but the marvellous thing about human beings is that there are always some not subdued . |
| 4 | Commercially , such a rent review clause may work to the disadvantage of either party . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | What toys the daily reading of such a book may work in the will of a young gentleman , or a young maid … wise men can judge and honest men do pity . |
| 7 | Tighter control of the bureaucracy by one group of politicians may work to the disadvantage of others . |
| 8 | In the case of an article written by five authors , for example , the availability of one extra slot may work to the advantage of a colleague whose goodwill is valued but whose involvement with the project had been only marginal ; such circumstances may help create a dip in the number of articles with five authors ( figs 2 and 4 ) which further accentuates the peak at six authors . |