Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [prep] work [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought this kind of work could give him what he most valued , independence and freedom to think . |
| 2 | This piece of work should study " in concrete terms " the relations between the economic , political , moral , spiritual , religious , and literary strands within English culture , attending particularly to such " key-concepts " as order , community , civilization , and — most importantly — culture . " |
| 3 | This sort of work may involve as much discussion and " off screen " work as actual use of the computer ( see Box 17 ) . |
| 4 | This sort of work can supply us with clues to the possible way of life of our ancestors , but it does n't really contribute much information about our origins . |
| 5 | Erm , we 've we 've covered the fact that animal models do n't always reflect the human situation , but if we 're going to understand control and eradicate disease in animals , this sort of work must go on . |
| 6 | We are at present much exercised in considering the possibility that in order to satisfy the CATE criteria , particularly the one which stipulates two years of subject study , our commitment in this area of work may have to be reduced . |
| 7 | Even this amount of work will cost them £420 but , if nothing is done , chairman Peter Hobbs warned ‘ The mound will become a bigger and bigger eyesore . ’ |
| 8 | Leading members of the labour movement advocated both an eight-hour day , as a means of permanently increasing the regularly employed labour force ( a nine or ten hour day , six days a week being then normal ) , and public works , despite some fears that under private enterprise such sharing of work could lead to depression of wages . |
| 9 | Secondly , the figures relate to a time before the recent cutbacks in the financial services sector in the City of London and the intake to such types of work may have declined relatively since then . |
| 10 | But ministers want to tighten the rules to ensure only people unable to perform any sort of work would qualify for payment . |