Example sentences of "[conj] work [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most obvious conclusion to draw here once again goes back to women 's domestic role , and in particular their tendency not to work outside the home , or to work part time , or to work in isolation ( home working , cleaning and so on ) . |
| 2 | Leaving aside for now the question of whether independence is appropriate as the ultimate goal for us all , it is important to recognise the inherent difficulty and contradiction in trying to achieve or work towards independence through a teacher/pupil relationship which remains essentially a dependent one . |
| 3 | A course for those needing to live or work with Americans , and for students of British English who need to develop an understanding of American English . |
| 4 | There are jobs if you want to be self-employed or work for commission but there 's nothing for someone like me |
| 5 | Even many people who own or work with horses tend to believe this . |
| 6 | But there can be no doubt that higher education is largely a mental rather than manual occupation : in terms of the classification in the US Department of Labor 's Dictionary of Occupational Titles , it involves work with ideas rather than work with people or work with things . |
| 7 | After evaluation , the child 's key worker draws up a ‘ renurturing ’ programme to promote attachment or work on grief or identity . |
| 8 | Housed in a strong plastic carry-case to keep everything neat , it contains almost everything you will ever need to carry out emergency roadside repairs , or work at home on your car , as well as tools suitable for general d-i-y . |
| 9 | Influenza B impaired performance of the simple reaction time task by about 20–40% , which is comparable to the 5–10% deterioration seen with alcohol consumption or work at night . |
| 10 | On the contrary , it draws attention to the dangers of introducing western technology outside , and even in the west it 's a good illustration this of the extent to which or work in countries overseas has relevance for Britain , because we have done a great deal of work on the implications for the unemployment problem of having technology which requires too much capital , which has a very ratio of capital to labour . |
| 11 | I can talk about it freely now & we have all picked ourselves up & dusted ourselves down … says that she is a stronger person ( maybe even ‘ harder ’ ) … & she is a very efficient business person & lives & works in Glasgow . |
| 12 | Now we 've been doing these or working with estate agents for twenty years . |
| 13 | They find new ways of sharing what resources there are , whether collaborating in local policing or working with health authorities or whatever it is and I think they form the base for renewal of politics because we have to recreate politics for localities upwards and here , just finally chancing my arm , I must just frankly say that I am not clear that over-large amalgamations of unions will be much more helpful than over-centralized government bureaucracies . |
| 14 | Source C describes how they bravely took over the dangerous jobs in munitions factories , and how they joined or worked alongside the armed services , either joining women 's armed services , or working as nurses out on the battlefront . |
| 15 | This will usually take the form of a piece of work , a series of lectures , an agreed number of sessions devoted to teaching or consultation , or working as co-ordinator and adviser for a project group . |
| 16 | In addition , there are numerous foreign graduates from the Continent and elsewhere with considerable linguistic skills selling hamburgers or working as waiters with poor pay and no social recognition or status . |
| 17 | For out part , we want to pay tribute to the many staff , working on course development in their own centre and in consortia or working on secondment to SCOTVEC as development officers , validators and external verifiers . |
| 18 | And I 'll use any tools to do that , from playing games or getting them to draw their feelings , or setting them photo assignments or working on family album photographs or using masks or setting up psycho-dramatic tableux with them . |
| 19 | choice between using printed worksheets or working on screen |
| 20 | The islanders are industrious ; they are either out at work or working at home . |
| 21 | Is there a Somerville accountant living or working in London who might be able to give her time and expertise to this task ? |
| 22 | In the Steam Museum , the Power Hall displays live steam stationary engines made or working in Ireland during the nineteenth century . |
| 23 | It focuses on contemporary art and includes works by the most recent generations of young artists born or working in Germany . |
| 24 | Artists living or working in Hertfordshire , North London , Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire are invited to enter . |
| 25 | In over 35 countries police and military officers , either in uniform or working in death squads , gunned down government critics ; in over 20 countries opponents either disappeared or were held incommunicado . |
| 26 | Entries provide address , phone number and and service offered and ( most usefully ) the restorer 's qualifications if any , and are arranged geographically under the relevant speciality such as furniture or works on paper . |
| 27 | In any event , the education welfare service is frequently too busy and inadequately staffed to exercise the kind of supervision which enables the causes of truancy to be explored fully ( nor to work with schools in order to develop links with parents , as advocated by the Better Schools White Paper in 1985 ) . |
| 28 | But there can be no doubt that higher education is largely a mental rather than manual occupation : in terms of the classification in the US Department of Labor 's Dictionary of Occupational Titles , it involves work with ideas rather than work with people or work with things . |
| 29 | Built by the Hunslet Engine Co Ltd Leeds in 1954 , it was the last of 32 similar locomotives that worked on banking and freight duties . |
| 30 | By then , I had n't got a wireless but she declared that it was an absolutely necessary thing for someone in my situation and brought me a red one , of the kind that worked on batteries thankfully , not the kind you had to carry for miles to be recharged ! |