Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] work [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've got to make sure that you 're in good health , and you 're a er hale and hearty individual , so if you 're from a long lived family , erm I once er made a mistake on er delivering one of these courses and er I think erm erm there 's an elderly lady used to work on the course , do you remember Miss , Miss ? |
| 2 | The English boy used to work in the hospital for a day at a time , and then be off for several days . |
| 3 | ‘ She has a daughter , but the girl can work in the garden or on the farm … |
| 4 | Of course while this point may work in the tenant 's favour in a falling market , it is just as likely to work in the landlord 's favour in a rising market . |
| 5 | If there are a number of different designs specialists involved in a project , each specialist group must work within the budgets which have been set . |
| 6 | This very continuity should work to the advantage of the regular US Tour competitors . |
| 7 | The only way in which the European Community can work in the future is by linking the concept of the free market with that strong collective provision . |
| 8 | The teacher can work in the classroom with one group at a time while the rest of the class are engaged in something needing minimal supervision . |
| 9 | This kind of procedure may work with the majority but the marvellous thing about human beings is that there are always some not subdued . |
| 10 | My wife used to work in the Education Department , incidentally |
| 11 | It can not be supposed , then , that the STV would work in the United Kingdom in precisely the same ways as it does in Ireland . |
| 12 | Anything that lowers the overall casualty count will work in the favour of your deep Mobs . |
| 13 | Commercially , such a rent review clause may work to the disadvantage of either party . |
| 14 | On the other hand , successful communication must work within the framework of the receiver 's existing knowledge ; it must not make too many demands . |
| 15 | Additionally the following measures were agreed : ( i ) that a joint working party would be set up , charged with defining " political offences in the South African situation " and with advising on " mechanisms for dealing with the release of political prisoners and the granting of immunity " ; ( ii ) that " temporary immunity from prosecution for political offences " would be considered as a matter of urgency for the ANC 's NEC members and others , to enable them to return to the country without fear of prosecution ; ( iii ) that the government would " review existing security legislation to bring it into line with the new dynamic situation developing in South Africa in order to ensure normal and free political activities " ; ( iv ) that the government would work towards the lifting of the state of emergency ; ( v ) that efficient channels of communication between the government and the ANC would be set up in order to curb violence and intimidation from whatever quarter . |
| 16 | Poland and the Soviet Union would work for the transformation of the existing bloc alliances into a new system of collective European security . |
| 17 | The federal government will work with the provinces towards the implementation of a national acid rain control plan , to include a national ceiling of 3.2 million tonnes of S02 emissions . |
| 18 | These are perhaps the most rewarding circumstances in which the artist can work from the nude , since they presuppose a fulfilment of relationship and consequently a relaxation of atmosphere . |
| 19 | What toys the daily reading of such a book may work in the will of a young gentleman , or a young maid … wise men can judge and honest men do pity . |
| 20 | There is also an entry level as trainee busboy where the trainee will work in the staff dining room under the supervision of a head waiter , when considered competent they will be transferred to the restaurant . |
| 21 | The oil will work with the Elspeth engine , which operates with virtually any vegetable oil . |
| 22 | Out of this fraught legal and financial tangle the bureau worker must work with the client to create order and stability . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | That way , you could buy a computer with a standard minimum memory ( with allowances for disk compression and other essential TSRs ) safe in the knowledge that all MS-DOS software would work within the memory confines of your machine . |
| 25 | Under function iii ) above , the Information Officer would work through the Publication Officer on those channels that would need to be generated in print de novo . |
| 26 | In the case of an article written by five authors , for example , the availability of one extra slot may work to the advantage of a colleague whose goodwill is valued but whose involvement with the project had been only marginal ; such circumstances may help create a dip in the number of articles with five authors ( figs 2 and 4 ) which further accentuates the peak at six authors . |
| 27 | But such intense interest can work to the carer 's advantage too . |
| 28 | Shortly , we shall launch a further information campaign because , to achieve the changes in junior doctors ' hours , it is important that the NHS task forces in each region can work with the juniors , managers and consultants to find practical solutions at their particular places of work . |