Example sentences of "[noun pl] and work [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the mid-1970s the general policy of winning the confidence of the farming organizations and working on the basis of persuasion and advice was being increasingly questioned . |
| 2 | But Benn took the fight to the Welshman in rounds three to six , brilliantly switching tactics and working to the body with lacerating left and right hooks . |
| 3 | He had been one of oil giant Ultramar 's youngest directors and worked for the firm for more than 20 years . |
| 4 | effective writing skills , presentation skills and working with the media I 've got here Thursday twenty second nineteen ninety four |
| 5 | Accustomed to having a job for life , they had no experience of writing grant applications and working under the pressure of uncertain funding . |
| 6 | Manufacturers ran up their mills , factories and works on the edge of existing towns , and their workers were housed in streets of terrace-houses built rapidly on the vacant ground all around the factory . |
| 7 | The new president in office at the EC Social Affairs Council , Tristan Garel-Jones , told the European Parliament in July that he was ready to place a great deal of importance on social problems and to work for the improvement of social conditions for all European citizens . |
| 8 | Tim Mackie has explained to me that the organisation has been so successful gathering together items of rolling stock , track and equipment that there are not enough members available to operate trains and work on the infrastructure at the same time . |
| 9 | Many women took over men 's duties in the public services , operating railway signals , acting as porters , driving buses and working in the Fire Brigade and the Police . |
| 10 | Developmental studies include work on factors which operate on early segmentation , the development of patterns on butterfly wings and work on the control and growth of Drosophila . |
| 11 | The therapist 's task is to be sensitive to these differences and work with the parents to devise strategies of change that fit in with their cultural viewpoint . |
| 12 | They were of various sizes and worked in the vehicle , aerospace , mechanical engineering and electronics industries . |
| 13 | When the children were born and Alison began to establish her sole practice , she could fit her hours round her children and work in the evenings when Roland was there to look after them . |
| 14 | Political disputes between his Whig and Tory ministers forced William to abandon his experiment with mixed administrations and work through the Junto . |
| 15 | The potential of this block complements our existing holdings and work on the area will be done in concert with our efforts on adjacent blocks 211 and 245 . |
| 16 | According to Kadhafi , this group held Libya to be " an infidel , heretical society " ; he accused them and similar groups of being in the pay of foreign intelligence services and working for the overthrow of pan-Arabism . |
| 17 | Stage 3 : A semi-open prison or low security gaol , the inmate being free to move about the grounds and working outside the facility during the day . |