Example sentences of "[pron] works [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under one company scheme — which works on the basis that the employee moves into an area of higher cost housing but into a similar property — the company pays half the additional mortgage cost for the first two years from the date of the move . |
| 2 | This is a partnership which works to the benefit of the patient . |
| 3 | ‘ The Labour Party must produce policies which convince voters that their own prosperity depends on a government which takes active responsibility to promote a strong economy and that their own security — and that of their families — is best advanced by a government which works for the welfare of the whole community . ’ |
| 4 | Survival International , which works for the rights of threatened tribal peoples , doubled its membership between the end of 1989 and the middle of 1990 . |
| 5 | We have an Ecumenical Group in the parish which works under the direction of Fr. |
| 6 | This apparently is the system which works in the family : ‘ He does favours for them and they do favours back ’ ( Pahl R.E. , 1984 , p. 340 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ My ole man got upset an' 'e told me ter get rid o' the bloody fing before 'e got 'ome from work ternight. 'E works on the trams , yer see , ’ the woman explained . |
| 8 | We may , for example , think to ourselves that it would be very useful to ask a housewife if she works outside the house at all , and this sounds easy enough in our heads . |
| 9 | In London , for example , she works with the Church of England 's radio studio and in Litchfield , courses are often run with the help of an Anglican training officer at a local radio outside broadcasting studio . |
| 10 | Though she works for the SSD , she is unusually placed in the health authority 's child health department . |
| 11 | and anyway she said that whoever the girl is , she works at the school in the day and she works at the erm |
| 12 | She works at the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society at |
| 13 | We can imagine the dilemma that an individual might face if , for example , she works in the personnel department of an organisation and has to give redundancy notices to members of the same trade union . |
| 14 | From one of olympic fame to another who works in a typing ool. hazel cooke from Gloucester has been given the British empire medal — for her efforts in one of those very few recession beating jobs — she works in the insolvency section of the department of Trade and Industry . |
| 15 | when we down to London last week , we went in to see a friend of ours , she works in the sandwich bar |
| 16 | She works in the bookshop from time to time cos she 's only got the two has n't she , Robin and Stephan . |
| 17 | She works in the shop from 9 am until 5 pm , but as she awaits the infrequent customers she is not idle ; she cuts her cloth and does all her hand sewing . |
| 18 | She works in the bakery . |
| 19 | Qua researcher , the academic may inhabit world III ; but qua teacher , he or she works in the realm of world II . |
| 20 | Our present mayoress of Lewes , Mavis Askew , who 's done a sterling work as secretary of this new association , and that 's a very worthwhile project , and I believe she works in the library here . |
| 21 | She works alongside the class teacher , helping pupils who do n't speak English as their first language . |
| 22 | Many of the criminal laws which affect the media — official secrets and prevention of terrorism , and most of the laws relating to contempt , reporting restrictions and obscenity — can not be invoked in the criminal courts by anyone except the Attorney-General or the Director of Public Prosecutions ( who works under the Attorney 's superintendence ) . |
| 23 | Des Ferguson of Water and Drainage and Cathryn Thompson , who works with the East Lothian Social Work Resource Team in Haddington , have decided to go ‘ on the road ’ for a year . |
| 24 | The new Treasurer is Ann Mumbi , who works with the Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation in Kitwe , Zambia . |
| 25 | Mr Betts , who works with the media group CAVE of Brazil , had been invited to Chile to coordinate a three-day workshop for community radio technicians . |
| 26 | There 's the producer , the associate producer , the director , the production assistant who works with the director , and the team of researchers . |
| 27 | In future the computer expert will be the outsider who works for the manufacturer or as an independent adviser . |
| 28 | Peter , who works for the East Midlands Electricity Board , has three daughters by a previous marriage — Tara , 19 , Sophie , 16 , and Amy , seven , who adores Thomas . |
| 29 | Erm some lady who works for the council or something . |
| 30 | ‘ The people here want to spend their money on the more expensive imported brands , ’ say Eugen , 24 , who works for the Soros Foundation in Timisoara . |