Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] a job " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than two negative reasons for accepting a job can take a heavy toll on your resources of enthusiasm , particularly if you had the added disappointment of being turned down for the post you 'd really hoped for at the time . |
| 2 | Cathy Wallis , a computer programmer , believes the policy has improved the quality of her working life and would definitely think twice about accepting a job where smoking was the norm . |
| 3 | Stuart , 26 , from Lanarkshire , emigrated with his wife and children after landing a job as a mineworker , in Witbank , 95 miles from Johannesburg . |
| 4 | It was not a moment for remembering a job lost and parents left alone . |
| 5 | There were the same satisfactions of seeing a job well-finished and the same frustrations when the machines refused to function . |
| 6 | The range of benefits given to new employees relocating as a result of accepting a job offer varies widely according to company policy and individuals ' circumstances . |
| 7 | If you are put in the position of having to commit yourself to one employer , establish well in advance of accepting a job or secondment offer exactly what will be required of you in terms of subsequent employment . |
| 8 | With the employment situation for school-leavers as it is , she reckoned her chances of landing a job were slim . |
| 9 | For while she was to some degree confused at that precise moment about the importance of keeping a job that paid well , she knew , whatever else was hazy , that she was very much in love with him . |
| 10 | Certainly , we explore this as an avenue towards getting a job specification in place for everybody in the Company . |
| 11 | He has arrived from abroad , yet another bird of passage , ‘ in the hope of getting a job building our railway bridge ’ . |
| 12 | He wrote Paddy , published in Cyril Connelly 's Horizon about 1946 , and let them all have it , which meant he 'd even less chance of getting a job after that . |
| 13 | Some young people look upon drugs as a national industry : ‘ what is so awful about doing it if there is no other way of getting a job . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ If students are going to be landed with a debt at the end of three years , they are going to choose vocational courses so that they can be certain of getting a job when they graduate and so pay off the loan . ’ |
| 15 | He conveys with a sure sense of atmosphere and detail the satisfaction of getting a job done , the feeling of being within a tradition of a long line of settlers of the land , and the sheer hard work which that entails : from persuading recalcitrant committees to support his endeavours to the literally back-breaking labour of dragging obstinate lumps of bog oak out of the peat to facilitate ploughing . |
| 16 | The mode of student attendance is more difficult to forecast , because while a full-time place for study will feature topmost in a candidate 's range of choices , the prospect of getting a job early may provide a stimulus for part-time study . |
| 17 | These are an integral part of the professional courses which are run for people trying to improve their chances of getting a job . |
| 18 | Spouses who know that the way they behave will affect their partners ' chances of getting a job should try and find out beforehand what is expected of them . |
| 19 | I did n't think I had a chance of getting a job but Workington took the gamble with me and I want to repay them . |
| 20 | On a personal note , could you pray for me as I am in the process of getting a job in Saudi Arabia myself and will need all the prayer support I can get . |
| 21 | ‘ I believe education is a right in itself , not merely a means of getting a job . |
| 22 | This should be followed by a job , and a person 's chances of getting a job would be enhanced by obtaining a recognised qualification . |
| 23 | Teachers were also asked to assess the extent to which these concepts or skills contributed to the HMI eight areas of experience and their degree of relevance to pupils in terms of getting a job ; personal development ; subject development ; leisure , and so forth . |
| 24 | And er he , of course with him being a blacksmith , he could get a job anywhere in America , he says he could leave a town tonight and land in another town , he says and he could be sure of getting a job with him being a blacksmith . |
| 25 | Sometimes Maurice went over to Bayswater to keep up his skating , in the hopes of getting a job in the ice show . |
| 26 | Because we 're both level headed people and not having a job was obviously a big thing in our lives and I 'd indicated to Anne that if we did move away , I would stand a much better chance of getting a job . |
| 27 | That 's right trying to find work these days can be demanding and extremely frustrating so you want to make sure that you give yourself the best chance of getting a job and one way to help is to do a good application form and know how to handle yourself in an interview . |
| 28 | Because , erm , the greater the education , er , supposedly increases your chance of getting a job , opens up more opportunities up for you , so erm , you know , if there 's only a certain number of jobs , the one with the most education is more likely to get it . |
| 29 | Okay , so the probability of getting a job is going to be quite important . |
| 30 | is about the expected wage , and he says that people erm , base their decision , a rational mind would base his decision on erm , probability of getting a job times the erm , urban wage rate , equals the expected rate , wage rate , and he 's saying that , because urban wage rates are so much higher , erm , that unemployment rate can also be quite high , and the expected gains can still be positive . |