Example sentences of "a works " in BNC.
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| 1 | MASSIMO BIASION , of Italy , driving a works Lancia , yesterday squeezed past his team-mate , Alessandro Fiorio , to win the San Remo Rally and lift the world title for the second year running . |
| 2 | He was offered a job on the production side , which would have entailed being a works superintendent . |
| 3 | One is where you shut a works and everybody 's in the same boat . |
| 4 | In 1955 Shelby raced a works Austin-Healey in the Carrera Panamericana — and came close to assuming the title of the late Carroll Shelby when a huge accident destroyed his car and put him out of circulation for several months . |
| 5 | JEAN-MICHEL Bayle , riding a works Honda , dominated Sunday 's opening round of the world 500cc championship at Glen Helen , California , winning all three 30-minute heats with ease . |
| 6 | When New Lanark was a unique industrial settlement , with over 2 , 000 workers , the weaving-mills of David Dale and his son-in-law Robert Owen , the community was revolutionary in character , with a school , a ‘ company store ’ , and a works ' canteen , the first in the world . |
| 7 | This was car 33 , replacing an old Marton Box car , which became a works car ( see p. 94 ) . |
| 8 | Like so many other cars , its survival followed its early withdrawal from the passenger fleet and use as a works car from 1953 . |
| 9 | Considerable discussion went into the design of the OMOs — as they became known — by a Works team headed by the Chief Engineer , Alan Williams . |
| 10 | Europe 's oldest remaining glass cone , dating from the mid-eighteenth century , stands here where William Fenney started his own glass works in 1740 after experience as a works manager on the other side of Sheffield . |
| 11 | ICI started a works at Billingham . |
| 12 | In addition , where an odour arises from a works on which many people rely for employment the decision whether to complain or not is influenced by the realisation that should a local authority press their employer to take costly steps to abate the odour , it could result in closure of the works with consequent loss of employment . |
| 13 | The choice of subsection can also be important where odours arise from a works registered under The Alkali , etc. , Works Regulation Act 1906 as amended . |
| 14 | HM Air Pollution Inspectors are also consulted in the event a planning application concerns or affects a works registered under the Alkali , etc. , Works Regulation Act 1906 ( as amended ) . |
| 15 | When the Wolverton Shed went in 1882 to Northampton , a works shunting engine did this service ( manned by Bletchley Shed men ) until the early 1920s . |
| 16 | A works council ( a body representative of all employees entitled to regular information and consultation ) |
| 17 | Copland — was , at 44 , getting on in years for commando work , but as a works manager in civilian life he had the experience of technical organisation needed for such ventures . |
| 18 | You wanted to try the drugs before parting with all your money , and you did n't want to be arrested in possession of a works . |
| 19 | For a few dollars you could use the room , rent a works and get high . ’ |
| 20 | a works truck ; |
| 21 | One night , a works policeman was disturbed in his office by a tramp-like figure wearing a strange hat . |
| 22 | In the original event Derek Bell and Terry Kingsley drove the Red Arrows entry , a works prepared BMC 1800 and finished 19th . |
| 23 | For over a year ‘ Maude 's ’ boiler has been undergoing a complete overhaul at a works in Cornwall at a cost of £70,000 , which included the installation of a new steel firebox . |
| 24 | For example , there may be a works scheme and a staff scheme operating side by side . |
| 25 | In a large establishment employees are each given a works number , which is entered in numerical order on the weekly payroll sheet or a separate payroll sheet kept for each department . |
| 26 | There was also a works Regiment building roads and sea defences on the Pacific atoll of Mururoa . |
| 27 | Thus , to battle with the obstinate problem of unemployment , the President called for renewed spending on public works , and in 1935 a Works Progress Administration ( WPA ) was set up under Harry Hopkins . |
| 28 | The water requirements for the textile industry vary with tie use to which the water is to be put , and in some cases the processes within a works will demand different water qualities . |
| 29 | The results obtained in the surveys should allow forecasting of the usage for a works in which the processes and the type of fabric treated are known . |
| 30 | The demand for water in a works fluctuates through the day . |