Example sentences of "[prep] work [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the height of their affair they 'd made love from dusk to dawn on several occasions ; toying and teasing , stopping to bathe so they 'd have the bliss of working up a second sweat . |
| 2 | Rigid-tined cultivators or ‘ grubbers ’ are very useful for breaking up consolidated or panned soil ( for instance , in the spring after a root crop ) , and can often replace the mould-board plough in the first stage of working down a tilth . |
| 3 | This is the most valuable way of working out a first scene and happens in Ronzeo and Juliet . |
| 4 | The first task of working out a method whereby society can be apprehended as a social system for the organization of production , rather than as a structure of consciously realized institutions , is only sketched out in The German Ideology , but it was to be developed in all of Marx 's later work , and it culminated in the analysis of capitalism contained in the three volumes of Capital . |
| 5 | I have explained to pupils that I do not know ‘ the answer ’ and so I can share the excitement of working out a problem with them . |
| 6 | We were in the middle of working out a plot . |
| 7 | In fact , the Campaign for Cold Weather Credits cites the results of working out a Climatic Severity Index which takes account of house type as well as wind , rain , and hours of sunshine . |
| 8 | Thirty six so that was one way of working out a tenth of it but we want a fifth . |
| 9 | It induces parties to submit their disputes voluntarily to conciliation or administrative decision and , in some areas such as divorce and custody , it involves them in working out a private solution , thus enhancing their acceptance of the outcome . |
| 10 | The RMI will certainly help you in working out a QDM , since the pointers indicate your QDM and no calculation is necessary . |
| 11 | In the oil world there is a great opportunity in working out a tertiary recovery method from used-up fields . |
| 12 | Officials from 35 countries held preliminary discussions on July 15-17 on working out a European Energy Charter , planned for signature in mid-December 1991 , which would link the Soviet Union 's oil and gas supplies with Western countries ' financing and technological expertise . |
| 13 | This study aimed at working out a simple mathematical correlation between the villus height and gain in body weight in rats adapted to different experimental conditions . |
| 14 | I 'll back chasing young cattle against anything else for working up a sweat , and I had already forgotten the uncharitable world outside . |
| 15 | There is a good case , therefore , for working out a new perspective on undergraduate courses and problems of study , perhaps by enlisting the aid of careers officers . |
| 16 | thirty two 's the distance divided by the speed which is eight , thirty two divided by eight is four this is the rule for working out a journey time distance in miles divided by speed in miles per hour gives you the time in hours . |
| 17 | It is also worth working out a scale of charges which can be used if an author or editor asks to buy equipment which has been used in tests for a book or for a comparative feature . |
| 18 | Their opponents have not been able to make the connections as effectively , either through working out a coherent ideology or through practice and organization . |
| 19 | Head office could ensure goal congruence by working out a masterplan and then issuing detailed instructions to each division : make this many units , transfer them to that division in the following numbers at the following prices . |