Example sentences of "[prep] work for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enterprising Campbell Freight Agencies ' company was formed in May 1979 when Alan decided to go out on his own after working for a multi-National freight firm . |
| 2 | At the time of qualifying , however , I realized that I had the choice of working for the Eastern Health Board or the Catholic Church ( the two are interchangeable ) . |
| 3 | It derives from the author 's experience of working for the Agricultural Training Board in an area in the North of Scotland where family and part-time farmers predominate but has been put on a wider footing by detailed investigations of attitudes and needs in eleven counties in England , Wales and Scotland , and by less detailed investigations during visits to Norway , the Federal Republic of Germany and France . |
| 4 | A British undercover agent in one of David Cornwell 's [ John le Carré 's ] novels is so exasperated by platitudes by a superior that he exploded within himself that it was like working for a bloody clergyman . |
| 5 | As editor of The Colonial Magazine , Kingston 's Magazine and The Union Jack ( the last-named started in 1880 , the year of his death , and taken over by Henty ) , Kingston could claim all the space he needed to express his views on the importance of colonisation and use the experience he gained from working for the Colonial Land and Emigration Board . |
| 6 | He also stressed that the personal satisfaction in working for a small firm was as important as the financial contribution the sector made to the economy . |
| 7 | Though I might , in working for a different future , find the struggle of women politically inspiring , I am unlikely to find a community in which women were not counted equal a medium through which I can gain a glimpse of God . |
| 8 | As up to 4() per cent of their income comes from corporate profits they have a vested interest in working for the common benefit . |
| 9 | Olive 's surplus energy was spent in working for the Red Cross Society and forming a Girl Guide and Scout troop . |
| 10 | Those who fled during the Cultural Revolution often did so alone , others carrying two children on their backs across the Himalayan mountains to join the 100,000 strong refugee communities in India , where today a committed group have devoted their lives to working for the Tibetan cause . |
| 11 | If I have a choice between working for a nice man who let's me get on with my work in my own way and as far as possible on my own initiative and a difficult woman , then I 'm not going to hesitate , am I ? ’ |
| 12 | Deland , a dapper and sophisticated character whose varied career included a stint as a part-time magician , came to executive search through working for an upmarket recruiting agency . |