Example sentences of "work [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Specifically , Sartre creates a single history by excluding all histories except that of the West ; his history as totalization can therefore only work through a determined ethnocentricity . |
| 2 | The Fairclough report suggests that suitable UK institutions could be offered Faraday Centre status , becoming foci for technologies and expertise of industrial relevance , in which graduate scientists and engineers could work for a higher degree while engaged on contract research before moving into industry . |
| 3 | Yeah but , do n't , I 'm sure there must be a lot of right people who will work for a hundred and fifty thousand . |
| 4 | We will work for a successful outcome to the GATT negotiations . |
| 5 | The United Kingdom will work for a successful United Nations Conference on Environment and Development next June . |
| 6 | We will in addition work for a global ban on chemical and biological weapons and stronger controls to prevent proliferation of ballistic missiles . |
| 7 | Calling the election a " success " , the United Kindgom Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary , Douglas Hurd , said on Sept. 16 that the UK would work for a progressive extension of democracy in Hong Kong , signalling that the UK might press China to revise the Basic Law under which the proportion of directly elected seats would gradually rise to half by 2007 . |
| 8 | Debate focused on the question of whether the Meiji Restoration was a bourgeois revolution , albeit with remnants of feudalism persisting , in which case activists should work for a proletarian revolution ; or whether it was an incomplete bourgeois revolution , necessitating a two-stage revolution in the future . |
| 9 | Products are always tested to conform to standard specifications ( as printed in the catalogue ) , but if there are specific analytical needs , they will gladly perform custom analyses , ensuring that the product will work for a particular application . |
| 10 | Or they must work for a particular employer ( eg a local council ) , or in a similar trade or occupation ( eg taxidrivers , the police ) . |
| 11 | The question arises whether a subcontract owner-driver is really an independent contractor or , in fact , because he does so much work for a particular haulier , an employee of that haulier . |
| 12 | This wo n't work for a single motif , but how about a single motif in black , knitted against a striped background of bright jewel colours , or white on pastel stripes ? ( for this , the card does n't need to be reversed of course . ) |
| 13 | Even if the majority of exercises employed are basically the same , the results will vary according to whether you work hard for short periods or do easier work for a longer stretch . |
| 14 | We will work for a clear definition of the rights of the European citizen , and insist that these are common to all Community nationals . |
| 15 | ‘ And ambushing might work for a long-legged frog like Ferd , but I do n't think I could leap out of a bush if I tried . |
| 16 | But although this strategy may work for a few years , there are few parishes which have the physical space for more than two or three new congregations . |
| 17 | After the model had been repaired , Watt discovered that it would only work for a few stroked and then stop . |
| 18 | Since the European Parliament can never work as a real parliament , power would pass into the back rooms where intrigue and shabby voting deals are the modus operandi . |
| 19 | It does n't work as a political play . |
| 20 | I have discovered a completeness of my mind and body so that it can work as a whole entity , instead of as a jumble of separate limbs , head and torso all working independently of one another . |
| 21 | We must work towards a wider range of ‘ acceptable ’ lesbian and gay images , and stop colluding with restrictive definitions . |
| 22 | You will move from HMS Raleigh to another shore establishment where you will work under a senior steward . |
| 23 | He was being interviewed by the foreman who asked ‘ can you work with a mic ? ’ ( pronounced ‘ Mike ’ short for micrometer ) . |
| 24 | To start your career you probably should work with a wide range of media . |
| 25 | A similar exercise which will only work with a low handicap golfer is one of trying to stay back on the right side a little longer , and to be slightly flat-footed with the right foot through impact . |
| 26 | Of course the situation is not the same and the techniques you use with a five-minute sequence in the classroom obviously would n't work with a sixty-minute film . |
| 27 | You can not work with a dirty tool . ’ |
| 28 | One of the most common ways of providing training for intermediaries is by letting them observe and work with a trained searcher . |
| 29 | Fax modems are sill a bit finicky and despite these standards , a small question mark always hangs over whether your fax modem will work with a given package . |
| 30 | IXI describes the software as a virtual workspace — the product enables users to operate and work in a windowing environment that extends well beyond the physical space constraint of their monitor , as if they were sitting at a huge screen . |