Example sentences of "work for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | THREE-quarters of the track including half the through lines , the semaphore signals , the last vestiges of freight facilities and the last of the men who used proudly to work for the old railway company have gone , yet the long-distance service is faster , more frequent and above all better used than at any time in railway history , and the number of passengers passing through probably at an all time high . |
| 2 | In fact , liberal or not , she has come back to work for the ANC , though her exact capacity is not made clear . |
| 3 | SEOUL ( AFP ) — Pope John Paul II urged South Korea to work for the reunification of the Korean Peninsula peacefully and told the President , Roh Tae Woo , that the division symbolised suffering . |
| 4 | Soon after the Second World War , in which he worked with ENSA ( or ‘ Every-Night-Something-Awful ’ , as he called it ) , he came to work for the music publishing firm of R. Smith and Co Ltd and served as editor of British Bandsman ( the brass band world 's leading newspaper since 1887 ) for 15 years . |
| 5 | Their women , far from being grateful , turned on them , snarling , in late night conversations telling them to shut up ; far from setting them free to work for the Revolution , their women demanded that they take emotional responsibility and also clean the loos . |
| 6 | She worked in the Paris office of the New York Herald Tribune for a while and later she went to Switzerland to work for the International Labour Office of the United Nations . |
| 7 | The capitalist system implied a monopoly of these ‘ means of production ’ in the hands of the few , so that the workers had no alternative but to work for the capitalist and on his terms in order to survive . |
| 8 | According to Marx 's theory the many different units were willing to unite and contribute their labour to work for the despot because this appeared , not as working for him , but as working for ‘ the higher unity ’ , which , they wrongly believed , was the source of their continued existence . |
| 9 | Leland and this son Wilfred continued to work for the company . |
| 10 | I 'm in a position to defeat stereotypes , to work for the greater good for women who do n't enjoy the privileges that I have . ’ |
| 11 | Last month , Iran 's new leader , President Hashemi Rafsanjani , offered to work for the release of the American hostages held by Islamic extremists in Lebanon along with 10 other foreigners . |
| 12 | In 1958 she was invited to work for the Gulbenkian Foundation where , as Director of Music she initiated an ambitious programme of activities , including the formation of the Gulbenkian orchestra , choir and ballet company . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The English representative on the board asked her whether she 'd like to work for the company in Switzerland , as resident copywriter ( for Jane was bright , though she despised the ‘ profession ’ ) . |
| 15 | Sir Martin ( later Lord ) Charteris , who became the Queen 's private secretary in the seventies , had gone to work for the then Princess Elizabeth because his family were friends of the Lascelles . |
| 16 | There is a bar by the roadside , further on , and I 'll enquire there , as I think the landlady used to work for the Harvey-Beaumonts . |
| 17 | The officer said people should lose their sectional interests , should learn to accept orders and to work for the common good . |
| 18 | The son of a working-class family , Doisneau developed an early interest in art and was apprenticed as an engraver for a time before he ‘ escaped ’ to work for the sculptor and photographer , Andre Vigneau . |
| 19 | We will continue to work for the profitable and sustainable future of our fishing fleet . |
| 20 | Using the alias Frederique Bonlieu , Cabon wrote to Greenpeace claiming she shared their views , and when she arrived in Auckland on 3 April 1985 offered to work for the organisation without salary . |
| 21 | I wonder how you can bring yourself to work for the society . ’ |
| 22 | It was necessary to work for the ‘ maximum co-ordination of efforts between the principled radical elements ’ and to win support from the NILP and the trade unions . |
| 23 | Directly beneath the castle walls are the low , picturesque red roofs of the Italian quarter , where the masons and architects , artists and sculptors lodged when they first arrived from Italy to work for the kings of Bohemia . |
| 24 | A woman who has recovered from a stroke or head injury may decide she would like to work for the first time , as part of the challenge of overcoming her illness . |
| 25 | If he was the sole breadwinner , you may have to go out to work for the first time . |
| 26 | Instead of being made redundant when the ownership of your employer changes hands , you are nowadays automatically transferred to work for the purchaser . |
| 27 | However , if the reason for the closure is that your employer has transferred his business to someone else , there may be no dismissal because you have been automatically transferred to work for the new owner ( see below ) . |
| 28 | The main reason for ceasing to work for the project was that the project itself had no suitable work to offer . |
| 29 | The incentives to seek and follow advice , to think long-term rather than short , and to work for the best results at 16+ are all clearly set out . |
| 30 | Second , it is trying to persuade researchers that it is a good thing to work for the military . |