Example sentences of "work as " in BNC.
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| 1 | This bearish tactic does not work as well as in a stock market , for art works are widely dispersed , and decisions to buy or sell may be thoroughly unpredictable . |
| 2 | Labour was moving on as a renewed party — ‘ a party that cares as much about consumers as it cares about producers ; a party that wants to make the economy work as much as it wants to change the economy ; a party that embraces as much of the green as it does of the red ’ . |
| 3 | I said ‘ O.K. , I can only work as much as I can physically , no more . ’ |
| 4 | If the safeguards we propose are adopted , we are confident this can work as successfully as it already does in the magistrates ’ and county courts . ’ |
| 5 | It was argued that this was needed to allow the husband to do the field work as quickly as possible and so release him for more off-farm employment . |
| 6 | In temperate forests , fungi and detritus eating insects can not work as quickly as in the tropics , and leaf litter builds up . |
| 7 | No one could work as many as 35 hours per week since Age Concern was unable to provide full-time contracts ; however four support workers in Newham and three in Ipswich did at one time work 20 hours or more per week ( see Table 3.3 ) . |
| 8 | Methyl tertiary butyl ether could work as substitute for lead but it is expensive . |
| 9 | Water tip : In the aquarium a minimum pH of 6.5 is sensible because filters do not work as efficiently below this level . |
| 10 | It does not necessarily work as quickly as it did in Sylvia 's case — but it always succeeds , provided the patient does his or her homework regularly and conscientiously . |
| 11 | I do n't work as hard as I used to . |
| 12 | Who and how many people we imprison , for how long and in what conditions are questions that politicians and sentencers must answer ; those in the prisons must make it work as well as they can . |
| 13 | However , the gold standard did not always work as smoothly or effectively as this description indicates since many countries were unwilling to follow the simple rules of the game . |
| 14 | It 'll work as good as new . |
| 15 | Tribunals are an essential check on the powers of officialdom but at the moment they do not work as well as they should to ensure justice in welfare provision . |
| 16 | ‘ Bet it does n't work as well as in real life , ’ he replied . |
| 17 | " I 've never seen anything work as fast as that injection . " |
| 18 | If you wait long enough then when it finishes this large task everything will work as normal . |
| 19 | Of course , our buzzers did n't work as quickly as theirs , and they got all the easy questions . |
| 20 | Art Balfe will transfer to XWH(N) , where he will work as HR superintendent for the North Slope in Prudhoe Bay , Alaska . |
| 21 | Where the Ministry of Defence has occupied land for generations or even for centuries , will my hon. Friend ensure that in disposing of it the Ministry will work as closely as possible with local authorities to ensure that it is developed consistently in accordance with the wishes of local people ? |
| 22 | As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has said many times , we should work as hard as we can in the heart of Europe to lead our partners away from the cause of Euro-dirigism and Euro-protectionism , which if allowed to develop under the influence of Madame Cresson and such people would render the entire Community less competitive in global markets and blight the prospects of the developing countries to the south and east of the existing Community . |
| 23 | Painters could work as easily with gems and enamels as they could with oils and watercolours ; sculptors were as adept with gold and silver as they were with marble and bronze . |
| 24 | The scheme did not work as smoothly as was expected . |
| 25 | Well if Steve goes for this interview he 's working till , he 'll not be in till half past eight because he says all that week he can gain four hours work because erm he 's found out you do n't have to finish after two hours , you can work as much you like , finish at ten o'clock at night if you want . |
| 26 | The first step taken by Tylers was to impose substantially reduced terms and conditions , the next step was to tell G M B members that they must work as many hours as necessary to complete their refuse tasks . |