Example sentences of "[verb] work [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Despite being generally unlicensed these tend to work alongside the regular staff usually in the larger urban abattoirs .
2 But who 'd want to work in the small labs if the more exciting stuff went elsewhere ? "
3 So I 'm sorry Mr Chairman if the report is doom and gloom but that is the situation that does prevail we will endeavour to work to the best of our ability , or the lack of it but please remember the constraints that we are under and if we have got any views , to stand , and if we do want to help the people in Dundee and we do want to stop the government pilfering the British Rail pension scheme
4 Because Miguel , in the same incident , has been bitten but not seriously injured , Sarah tries to save him by cutting off his infected arm with a machete — an effect that failed to work with the first model , until an assistant of Savini 's used a spare rubber arm with the cut prefilled with wax .
5 So the GEC approach was blocked while BOC 's lawyers got to work on the proposed take-over .
6 Yesterday , a management committee , which included members of Cheshire County Council , agreed to work with the National Trust in preparing a protest .
7 Thus , for example , the student with difficulty revising , having drawn up his plan of action , agreed to work on the first item on his list and not to be side-tracked into attempting other items at the same time .
8 As the genes in question appear to work in the same way in mice and people it should be possible to develop ways of detecting the genes in people at risk and discovering methods of implanting cells with the normal genes or blocking the action of the defective genes .
9 Geographers who want to work in the environmental sciences must be willing to learn the methods of these sciences , lest we lose the respect of our colleagues in such fields .
10 On Monday morning , she reported to work at the Swift building on Des Voeux Road .
11 They held conservative views , some of them very radical in their implications , but they remained realists endeavouring to work within the existing political system .
12 The Tudeh Party appears initially to have decided to try to work within the new system , but was later subjected to pressure , especially in 1984 .
13 One lawyer needs to work on the collective ideas and draft the documents .
14 They are all , however , designed to work by the same physiological principles , and on this basis they have common components .
15 However , the one thing that instantly distinguished PageMaker from the rest was the fact that it had been designed to work in the same way as a traditional paste-up table .
16 has worked for the Latin American Council of Churches in Brazil .
17 As Richard Holloway , the Bishop of Edinburgh , has observed : ‘ It is a culture that believes in belief … anyone who has worked on the other side of the Atlantic will recognise the syndrome .
18 Gilmore said , ‘ The army has worked with the civil authority to bring about a reduction in violence and will continue to do so as long as it is necessary . ’
19 In July 1987 he joined as finance director , and has worked with the top management team to restructure the company within its chosen markets — packaging , printing and industrial films .
20 But since his arrival at the theatre five years ago he has worked with the artistic director , Roger Redfarn , to make full use of his evident skills in business management .
21 On a wider scale , the CAB has worked with the British Deaf Association to influence social policy and legislation for the benefit of the deaf .
22 Mr Busch has worked with the Uniting Church in Queensland and South Australia .
23 The restoration of the warehouse and the adjoining 457m ( 500yd ) length of canal is viewed with enthusiasm by the Wey and Arun Canal Trust , a society which has worked since the early 1970s for the complete restoration of the Arun Navigation and the Wey and Arun Junction Canal between Pallingham and the River Wey , and which has restored the opportunity for navigation to several stretches of these waterways .
24 He holds a Master of Theology Degree and has worked within the ecumenical movement in the Pacific for more than ten years .
25 Originally from Belfast , she has worked in the Danish capital for four years .
26 As part of our continuing review of quality systems , we are completing an evaluation of the way the new system has worked in the first year .
27 Alexandra Marr ( Mrs Nicol ) has worked in the Public Records Office since finishing her B.Litt in 1969 .
28 Lindsay , a native Aberdonian , has worked in the offshore industry since 1978 and trained with a major hotel group before joining CCG in 1986 .
29 Lindsay , an Aberdonian , has worked in the offshore industry since 1978 and trained in catering with the Sheraton Hotel Group before joining CCG in 1986 .
30 The scribes he studies worked in the 14th century — 800 years after Dr Marchand 's Goths had relinquished Italy .
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