Example sentences of "[modal v] work [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Debate focused on the question of whether the Meiji Restoration was a bourgeois revolution , albeit with remnants of feudalism persisting , in which case activists should work for a proletarian revolution ; or whether it was an incomplete bourgeois revolution , necessitating a two-stage revolution in the future . |
| 2 | One of the suggestions , revolutionary at the time , which Swire put to his board in London , was that female clerks should work on an equal footing , and for the same pay as men ; and that Swire recruits earmarked for Eastern posts should learn Chinese . |
| 3 | To start your career you probably should work with a wide range of media . |
| 4 | However , although the resolutions of Congress specified that the revolution in Latin America could only be democratic-bourgeois at this stage , they also said that , because of the weakness of the national bourgeoisie and their links to imperialism , Latin American Communist parties should work at the same time for the eventual dictatorship of the proletariat . |
| 5 | We must work towards a wider range of ‘ acceptable ’ lesbian and gay images , and stop colluding with restrictive definitions . |
| 6 | Employees must work to a reasonable standard , for the hours agreed . |
| 7 | Or they must work for a particular employer ( eg a local council ) , or in a similar trade or occupation ( eg taxidrivers , the police ) . |
| 8 | To pursue political objectives seriously , they must work with the very people whose religious beliefs are most antithetical to their own . |
| 9 | Although the prime responsibility for rural housing provision has rested with the rural district councils ( district councils since 1974 ) , they must work within a strategic planning framework laid down by county council planning authorities . |
| 10 | And I would add that the Economic Development Officer also acknowledges that he must work within the strategic framework which is the policy of the county council . |
| 11 | ‘ And ambushing might work for a long-legged frog like Ferd , but I do n't think I could leap out of a bush if I tried . |
| 12 | ‘ You 'll work with the finest talents in the business , ’ she 'd said earnestly , ‘ you 'll make oodles of money , and you 'll return to the States at the top of your profession . ’ |
| 13 | You do n't want to get caught , you 'll work in a secluded place , you 'll go for a place that 's got hedges around it and where you ca n't see the door . |
| 14 | I 'll work in the timid heart of the maid |
| 15 | You may work on a surgical unit which is entirely devoted to dealing with these problems but they may also occur in general surgical wards . |
| 16 | But although this strategy may work for a few years , there are few parishes which have the physical space for more than two or three new congregations . |
| 17 | you may work for an overseas subsidiary of a UK company ; |
| 18 | In addition you may work in a specialized unit where there are particular hazards that you must learn about , for example where implants of radio-active materials are used . |
| 19 | At peak capacity some 56 people — seven teams of eight surgical staff — could work at the same time . |
| 20 | Instead it is thought Meiko will use the Fujitsu Ltd VP single-chip vector processor for floating point operations alongside the Texas Instruments Inc Viking SuperSparc for scalar operations , although Meiko has said that Cypress Semiconductor Corp 's HyperSparc will be considered once it became available ( UX No 385 ) , and that the i860 could work with the new architecture if required . |
| 21 | But when he said so , hoping that they would find him a job away from the Zoo , they said instead that if he wanted he could work through the remaining years to his retirement as general helper and sweeper . |
| 22 | The Fairclough report suggests that suitable UK institutions could be offered Faraday Centre status , becoming foci for technologies and expertise of industrial relevance , in which graduate scientists and engineers could work for a higher degree while engaged on contract research before moving into industry . |
| 23 | An elevator trim that rotates in a different plane to nose up , nose down is a revolting arrangement and when , many years ago , the College of Air Training at Hamble ordered a considerable number of Apaches they insisted on having the trim wheels between the two front seats where they could work in a logical fashion . |
| 24 | It could work in the same way as the present ‘ attendance allowance ’ , a payment made to severely disabled people which they can then choose how to spend on their care . |
| 25 | His prospective father-in-law , Viscount Petersham , used to work as a stable lad and was famous for bare fist fighting coal workers on Friday evenings for the week 's wage packet . |
| 26 | I used to work for a young lady who loved roses , you see , and she had a lot in her garden . |
| 27 | I love the story told to me by a make-up girl who used to work for a well-known London hairdresser . |
| 28 | True , they would have had a stronger showing had not their former prime minister , Lothar de Maizière , stepped down before the election amid charges ( which he denies , and which an inquiry looks set to discuss ) that he used to work for the former East German secret police . |
| 29 | Cathryn used to work with the Social Work Department in Craigmillar , but took up a fixed term post at Haddington once the decision was taken to go on tour . |
| 30 | I used to work with an ex-BBC engineer who revelled in the fact that , in his day , Radio 3 , which was deemed by many hi-fi buffs as tonal nirvana , emanated from studios with ageing turntables and consoles , odd lengths of disparate signal cable were employed and much of it was held together with string and Sellotape . |