Example sentences of "[vb pp] to work in the " in BNC.

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1 Beginning as a Cossack revolt against government encroachment on their traditional liberties , the uprising rapidly attracted support from Old Believers , minority nationalities trying to shake off Russian colonization ( most notably the Bashkirs ) , serfs assigned to work in the mines and factories of the Urals , and tens of thousands of peasants .
2 After working in private practice as an Assistant Solicitor in central London , Chris was attracted to work in the field of policing and criminal law , first as a Research Officer with the London Borough of Camden , then as a Legal Assistant with the Greater London Council .
3 The opportunities for pupils to share , compare and contrast ideas are limited , and children are constrained to work in the way the workbook dictates .
4 Peter had n't been expected to work in the men 's outfitters , never had and never would .
5 However , the one thing that instantly distinguished PageMaker from the rest was the fact that it had been designed to work in the same way as a traditional paste-up table .
6 His territorial reordering of the 1470s had apparently been a great success , creating a nexus of trusted associates prepared to work in the crown 's interests , while those outside the charmed circle seemed , by the end of the decade , to have acquiesced in their exclusion .
7 His territorial reordering of the 1470s had apparently been a great success , creating a nexus of trusted associates prepared to work in the crown 's interests , while those outside the charmed circle seemed , by the end of the decade , to have acquiesced in their exclusion .
8 It would be easier to convince senior managers that Unix is a viable platform if all systems were seen to work in the same way , regardless of what was underneath .
9 Her grandmother made the illegitimate girl into a Cinderella : ‘ I was made to work in the house … a house slave . ’
10 One of the characteristics of many of the people who are drawn to work in the social services is a strong commitment to those services .
11 ‘ I 've got to work in the morning . ’
12 But much more bridging research in this field is needed so that we can get beyond pious exhortation to tested procedures that have been shown to work in the classroom as well as in the laboratory .
13 Assignments linked to work in the Centre should be developed and conducted through viewdata .
14 The soldiers from Abingdon have been trained to work in the snow .
15 A recently qualified medical student from St. Mary 's , C. G. Paine , who had been taught by Fleming and who had gone to work in the Royal Infirmary at Sheffield , obtained a sample of the mould from his former teacher and carried out some clinical experiments with it .
16 Within the last few years thousands of Goans have gone to work in the Gulf states .
17 I 've always wanted to work in the Caribbean . ’
18 Moreover , former farm workers and other locals who have ceased to work in the village but who remain resident there and commute to nearby towns , may also involve themselves in leisure activities over a much wider geographical area than hitherto .
19 In his new jail , Mitchum was put to work in the cement plant .
20 In recent years , research at Oxford has focused on how the planning system has been put to work in the past decade .
21 For example , many people at the Royal Brompton and National Heart hospital tell me that some of the special health authorities should be allowed to win new patients and the money that comes with them by being allowed to work in the internal market .
22 The courts did not accept that the employer — employee relationship was not an equal one and that an employee might have continued to work in the face of danger for fear of losing his job .
23 In fact my whole being was permeated by the leaden-armed pervading weakness one feels when forced to work in the small hours .
24 After yesterday 's service , the Prince talked to veterans introduced by Jack Edwards , 74 , a former warrant officer with the Royal Corps of Signals , who was captured by the Japanese in Singapore and forced to work in the copper mines of Taiwan .
25 Derek has trained and retrained to work in the construction industry , electronics , civil engineering and offshore construction but still can not find a job .
26 Cook had said she must be more smartly attired to work in the house , so she had a new black dress for the occasion .
27 He was sent to work in the fields .
28 The FAO bull was greeted with extensive speeches by the president , entertained on the diplomatic circuit , and amid much pomp and ceremony was eventually sent to work in the fields .
29 Another tradition has it that the knockers are afraid of the sign of the cross , an idea which probably stems from the legend which says that knockers are the GHOSTS of the Jews who took part in the crucifixion of Jesus and were punished by being sent to work in the mines .
30 I am aware of agency nurses who have turned up at a hospital expecting to work on a ward caring for elderly people , only to be sent to work in the intensive care unit .
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