Example sentences of "[vb base] work [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite being generally unlicensed these tend to work alongside the regular staff usually in the larger urban abattoirs . |
| 2 | We tend to work from the Centre in the friendly critic role . |
| 3 | Having become established , people tend to work within the tradition for reasons which are never properly articulated . |
| 4 | As the genes in question appear to work in the same way in mice and people it should be possible to develop ways of detecting the genes in people at risk and discovering methods of implanting cells with the normal genes or blocking the action of the defective genes . |
| 5 | Since older miners were usually no longer fit to work at the coal-face and did less well-remunerated jobs on or near the surface , this meant that in old age — if they reached it — their pensions were to be a calculated on the basis of their more poorly paid years at work ! |
| 6 | You could argue that some of them work outside the home because they have to , for financial reasons , but I think it 's indisputable that a ever-growing number want to work outside the home and I think it 's very important that they should be allowed the scope to do so . |
| 7 | The drama session ends with the railway engineer offering contracts of employment to those townspeople who want to work for the railway on the construction of the line . |
| 8 | Never say that there are no particular reasons why you want to work with the company . |
| 9 | ‘ In general terms we want to work with the industry and do our best to build a scheme based on existing systems . |
| 10 | And now you want to work on the exhibition you were so all-fired about , I was so inspired by , same deal , huh ? |
| 11 | If you just want to work on the length of pipe between the cistern and the taps , shut the gatevalve first ( if there is one ) opening the taps will drain the pipe . |
| 12 | Miners in Nottinghamshire and in the surrounding area want to work towards the future . |
| 13 | ‘ Inmates want to work in the kitchen because it means they can be out of their cells for most of the day and can have a bit of extra food , ’ he says . |
| 14 | Geographers who want to work in the environmental sciences must be willing to learn the methods of these sciences , lest we lose the respect of our colleagues in such fields . |
| 15 | I was just commenting er , you know , we just want to work in the County of Lincolnshire , I presume . |
| 16 | A more likely cause of restlessness and dissatisfaction among farm workers occurs when friends , neighbours and kin among the ‘ locals ’ cease to work on the land but commute from the village to nearby towns . |
| 17 | He graduated with first class honours in oil technology from Imperial College London and his early career was spent with Amoco and Shell working in the UK , Netherlands , Guyana and Australia . |
| 18 | But since her captivity , a babel seethed around her constantly , the cries and demands of Sycorax , the commands of the men on guard over her , the hammering and planing of the pales for the stockade and for the settlers ' other plans ; the shouts of the men from the boat-building on the beach , the barking of orders to bondsmen brought from England on the ship that had returned , the yells of slaves whom they had loaded in Dahomey or Yoruba on the journey back , and roped and chained and put to work under the whip , and the bellowing laughter now and then of the overseer , a tall African who had been taken out of chains himself to hold the lash over his fellows . |
| 19 | The bulbs in this unit actually stop working at the end of their useful lives which can be up to five years . |
| 20 | So was Malta 's Harmony I while working on the Kharg-Sirri shuttle , a run on which Iraqi aircraft particularly concentrated . |
| 21 | In all cases , give yourself time to work into the faster tempo by running the first one comfortably and then gradually applying the pressure . |
| 22 | Turning the other cheek is not an option here — until the children begin to work through the logic and consequences of two wrongs making a … |
| 23 | Some of those who comment on subjects such as the safe disposal of nuclear wastes seem to work on the assumption that the relevant sciences and technologies are standing still . |
| 24 | And they seem to work on the principle of allowing each other to do anything they like . |
| 25 | Politicians seem to work on the assumption that the early bird catches the voter . |
| 26 | Who can not the price also be to guarantee the future pension rights of the workers who happen to work in the public company ? |
| 27 | Although few performers really enjoy working under the glare of high-power lights , their use is sometimes essential , and the most acceptable way to use them for the illumination of small areas is to employ the technique known as bounce-lighting . |
| 28 | I enjoy working for the agency . |
| 29 | There is a lot of satisfaction in achieving the clean , EPR look , but I really enjoy working in the dramatic , gritty PolaGraph style , like this set of swimwear shots I did for Ms London for example . ’ |
| 30 | I always remember working on the , on the pub I , I , I did a lot of work on there for them and er he got some panelling |