Example sentences of "[vb base] work for [art] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 For example , it may instruct its members to go-slow or work-to-rule or it may call for selective strikes ( in which certain groups of workers stop working for a specified time period ) ; or all the union members may be called out on a one-day strike .
3 I enjoy working for the agency .
4 such permanent staff continue to work for the Council if they wish to do so ; and , where possible ,
5 ‘ You know , Hank , if you really want to write for a living you should go to London and Edinburgh , go to Europe , too — perhaps try working for a newspaper or magazine .
6 Many firms offer training two years in advance but they tend to be the larger organisations and if you wish to work for a smaller firm or , for example , a local authority , you often need to apply nearer the time .
7 In the new South Africa , if you 've worked for a white family for more than five years , you get to keep the house …
8 Mums-to-be only have the right to return to their job if they 've worked for the same company for at least two years .
9 And the amount of statutory maternity pay to which they 're entitled also depends on how long they 've worked for the same employer .
10 Well I 've worked for the past two year really
11 It follows the publication of medical research which says men who 've worked for the Atomic Energy Authority and may have been exposed to certain radioactive materials have more than twice the normal risk of developing prostate cancer .
12 But he said , I would do it because I know , I 've worked for the Gas board !
13 We rededicate and commit ourselves to the highest standards in communication as we endeavour to work for a more just , viable and sustainable society now , and in the future .
14 First , if restriction on liberty is the defining feature of punishment , what are we to make of the experience of children who have to go to school and adults who have to work for a living ?
15 ‘ In a changing environment , where people have to work for a living , it is not so easy to give all your spare time to running golf . ’
16 The rest of us , without the cred and the bad dress sense , have to work for a living and generally we do n't regard the politics of envy as espoused by your paper as anything other than the ethics of the under-achiever and failure .
17 Fourteen weeks ' full maternity pay for everyone and an end to the confusing restrictions on how long you have to work for the same company to qualify for your job back are just two of the expected improvements .
18 For the thirty or so recruits of Calais Platoon , part of the Adult Training Company , today is the day towards which they have worked for the past five months .
19 At present , women only qualify for leave if they have worked for the same employer for two years ; five years for women who work less than 16 hours per week .
20 How much you get depends on how long you have worked for the employer and the accrued rate at which the pension builds up .
21 The amount you receive depends on two factors : the number of years you have worked for the organisation plus the fraction of final pay on which the scheme is based , typically 1/60th .
22 Dear Virginia , — Before Christmas last ( 22 October ) , you were reported in Hansard , during a debate on The Health of the Nation , as saying : ‘ I have degrees from Essex University and the London School of Economics , I have worked for the Child Poverty Action Group , and have lived with the defeatist talk that we are hearing from the hon Gentleman [ Mr David Blunkett ] . ’
23 But I have worked for the Yale and Parks 's in the very first instance , yes .
24 Geologists and civil engineers who have worked for the Cardiff Bay development corporation as consultants have in general been willing to give the green light to the package .
25 Staff let us know how many days they have worked for the month .
26 I have worked for the Health Service for twenty six years and plan to carry on doing so and I fully expect to finish my work in the Health Service where it 's still in Government hands .
27 A problem sometimes associated with salespeople who have worked for the same company for many years is that they rely on established customers to provide repeat orders rather than actively seeking new business .
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