Example sentences of "be [vb pp] a job " in BNC.
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| 1 | In business , an employee near retirement age may well be given a job with a grand title in a department which has little influence in the overall scheme of things . |
| 2 | In preparing the job description the head teacher shall ensure that no teacher shall be given a job description which requires him or her to undertake duties which in combination can not reasonably be discharged . |
| 3 | But the amount of money we received would have been so little that we thought it would be far more useful if instead I could be given a job in one of the innumerable Allied offices that had sprung up everywhere . |
| 4 | Is n't this going to make it difficult now , I mean with jobs the way they are , does this mean tat people can come in from erm E C countries and er there is no reason why they should n't be given a job erm against somebody who lives in this country ? |
| 5 | and all this money that he 's got , ca n't pay a man a living wage , so but it 's a decent as I say , he 's lucky to be got a job these days . |
| 6 | ‘ Obviously they will not just be handed a job which is why a strategy is already mapped out for training and so on . ’ |
| 7 | With parliamentary life now dominated by machines rather than individuals , the back benches are packed with men and women whose only hope is to be offered a job in the Whips ' Office or a junior ministerial brief . |
| 8 | On these occasions you may be offered a job on the spot , so it is very important to have a good understanding of what you want and need from a job before you go . |
| 9 | Perhaps , with such powers of invention and mathematical ability , he will be offered a job in television sooner than we think . |
| 10 | I found it gratifying to be offered a job without searching for one . |
| 11 | I was lucky to be offered a job with the organisation . |
| 12 | But super super person we 've got , unfortunately she might be offered a job at prison to take their sewing on and then she ca n't do ours . |
| 13 | Discrimination Sexual and racial discrimination can be highly distressing and can take a variety of forms — you may be refused a job , miss out on promotion or suffer harassment by your employer or colleagues . |
| 14 | Hetzler saw in Joyce an intelligent and dedicated recruit to the Nazi cause , though it was unlikely that he could be found a job in any of the ministries . |
| 15 | The state is better able to protect the corporate ‘ grass ’ because he ( or she ) could be guaranteed a job for life as a reward for information leading to conviction for a serious corporate crime . |
| 16 | and er er er er the situation is that you can , in , in some of these nursing schools where they have taught you and it is their letterhead that 's on your pass-out , they still are n't in a position to say oh well there 's a job of course because you do n't need to have passed out top , you know , to be guaranteed a job , there ai n't no jobs guaranteed for no one . |