Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun pl] ' work " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Green Form scheme will provide two hours ' work by a solicitor on a case ( more with an extension ) , but the solicitor can not recover the cost of appearing before a tribunal to argue a case under this component of legal aid . |
| 2 | The construction of four 900-MWe units at a single site involves ten years ' work and up to 6000 people . |
| 3 | Both the French and Scottish groups undertook two weeks ' work experience and a week of language and social activity abroad . |
| 4 | Matty attempts to clear her desk by doing two weeks ' work in three days . |
| 5 | The dummy took three weeks ' work by a team of volunteers , mostly part-time and helping when they could . |
| 6 | Examples are searching for all occurrences of a given pattern or even comparing two students ' work where copying is suspected . |
| 7 | I hid the inch of yellow knitting , which represented two hours ' work , under my chair , tipped the lampshade to a more discreet angle , and called , " Come in . " |
| 8 | Every few lessons the class has a criticism , and the children will criticise each others ' work . |
| 9 | Hitherto , the empirical watchers and the grand theorists have largely ignored each others ' work . |
| 10 | In this climate , the academic in English and other subjects in the humanities , who is busy , who publishes a lot , who goes to conferences , can not but be preferred to the quiet scholar , who keeps a low profile , even seems rather idle , but is taking his time over a major piece of scholarly writing that may involve many years ' work and which he does not intend to give to the world until he is ready . |
| 11 | He was young , well educated , had several years ' work experience under his belt . |
| 12 | This appears to be a demonstration of the clear need to bring the APB and ASB under the auspices of the Financial Reporting Council , which could then coordinate both committees ' work programmes . |
| 13 | The course provides 120 hours ' work — about 8 hours per unit . |
| 14 | In 1879 , following several years ' work , he patented his radial valve gear , of simple and compact design , to give improved steam distribution in locomotive and marine engines . |