Example sentences of "[noun] work on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commission created a subcommission of members in Paris with Friedel as chairman to work on the document . |
| 2 | It is unrealistic in these times to work on the assumption that profit sharing ratios , once fixed , are sacrosanct only ever to be changed when the number of partners changes . |
| 3 | This demonstrated the importance of family factors in determining the occupational choice of rural school-leavers — nearly 42 per cent of the respondents stated that they had been influenced by their family in their decision to work on the land . |
| 4 | Teller did not succeed in attracting more than a handful of Oppenheimer 's brilliant team back to Los Alamos to work on the H-bomb . |
| 5 | Cleese enlisted Royal patronage to work on the top-selling environment number . |
| 6 | Why is Mrs O'Rea able to say that they do not need to hire labour to work on the farm ? |
| 7 | In 1989 a BGS engineer was seconded for six months to the Ocean Drilling Program ( ODP ) in Texas to work on the development of a downhole vibropercussive corer . |
| 8 | Coopers & Lybrand worked on the first study in conjunction with Samuel Montagu , the merchant bank which is handling the sale on behalf of the Government . |
| 9 | The line 's electrical department worked on the faults and the signals were back in use before the first train next day . |
| 10 | The psychologist worked on the assumption that Dawn should prepare herself for a life of dependency on others , so he did not try to motivate her towards self-sufficiency . |
| 11 | hopefully to a large degree there will be money coming inwards to the Local Authority , the Local Highway Authority in the future , the compliments of the inspection of public utilities works on the acceptance thereof , er so there will be sort of additional income to help erm finance any additional starting resources and required to , erm |
| 12 | He was n't prepared to do anything else there no ar and he was he was to have these plant hire , you know these two , when when his old man used to work us us in the quarry , well this was working up there as well , he had lads working on the plant hire for him . |
| 13 | IT 'S killer bee time in the States and smart federal scientists have spent $100,000 working on the problem of how to track the swarms that ravage farming and kill anything in their way . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , one of these Milnes cars working on the Sutton route , was the victim of the South Metropolitan 's only really serious accident . |
| 15 | Microsoft has also demonstrated voice mail working on the system — if you ca n't be bothered to type a message in , just record it instead ! |
| 16 | The therapy works on the system that energy is present throughout the body : there are places where it gathers or is near the surface of the skin . |
| 17 | The therapy works on the principle that like cures like . |
| 18 | We had spent nine months working on the first one ! |
| 19 | Bass have spent months working on the deal and we 're told they will not even bother to attend tomorrow 's meeting of Premier clubs . |
| 20 | The mind works on the body in strange ways ; an intense experience , a powerful dream . |
| 21 | Many consider this check a waste of time , but experience has shown that — provided you have studied effectively — the sub-conscious mind works on the problems after you have read them through . |
| 22 | For the classic Ulster pear-shaped woman , step aerobics works on the areas you 'd rather not think about , that is hips , thighs and bum . |
| 23 | At each stage , the programme works on the structure of your hair , helping it to look as healthy as nature intended . |
| 24 | The cultivation of a distinctive ‘ voice ’ becomes the primary means whereby journalists working on the same material and increasingly reliant on the same basic sources seek to make a name for themselves . |
| 25 | In 1799 , together with business partners , he opened the St. Rollox Chemical Works on the north side of Glasgow to manufacture his bleaching powders . |
| 26 | Lithographic duplicators work on the principle that oil and water do not mix . |
| 27 | Other optical effects , such as the montaged graphics sequence showing the Doctor , Sara and Bret being ‘ matter transported ’ to Mira helped inspire the Effects Designers working on the stargate sequences for Kubrick 's 2001 : A Space Odyssey . |
| 28 | Gregory works on the technical side , liaising with the sound and lighting people and drawing up set lists . |
| 29 | One of the most significant pioneer works on the British Flora was Cybele Britannica ( Watson , 1847–1859 ) ( Cannon , 1978 ) . |
| 30 | But it is damage wrought on the international competitiveness of American firms that really gives pause for thought . |