Example sentences of "[prep] work [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marty and Jean who ran Granny Takes A Trip were mates of Malcolm 's and they all used to meet up after work in the pub Sometimes Nick would be there too and we got talking to him . |
| 2 | As most of us have to work to earn a living , the short winter days limit our riding considerably and leave us with the choice of riding before or after work in the dark or only at weekends , unless you are lucky enough to have access to an indoor school . |
| 3 | Even when the sons were carrying out all the farm labour , the father would continue to control all their tasks and all money matters , to the extent of walking to collect a son 's wages for work off the farm . |
| 4 | The calculation of unemployment statistics is somewhat different in Australia , the United States , Canada and Japan where sample surveys are taken to estimate the total number of people who are without jobs but have actually been searching for work during the sample period . |
| 5 | He arrived for work at the Army School of Physical Training at 0730 hours . |
| 6 | Peter Gallagher , a 44-year-old Catholic , was killed as he arrived for work at the West Link Enterprise Centre off the Grosvenor Road . |
| 7 | Josie found her when she turned in for work at the club that evening . |
| 8 | Sickness benefit is payable for up to twenty-eight weeks if a person is incapacitated for work at the rate of£33.20 a week , together with £20.55 for an adult dependant . |
| 9 | These courses are also a preparation for work at the hardware/software interface and provide the potential for work in hardware design . |
| 10 | 34 per cent of SERC funded students were looking for work at the end of their courses ; |
| 11 | From Table 4.1 it can be seen that almost one-third of IT postgraduates would be unemployed and looking for work at the end of their course . |
| 12 | As Table 4.6 shows , 32 per cent of male SERC students were looking for work at the end of their courses : 47 per cent of the women were in this position . |
| 13 | Sixteen students were not looking for work at the time of the survey . |
| 14 | No contractual relationship whatsoever shall exist between the Company and the casual worker covered by its terms and conditions on any day when the casual worker does not attend for work with the Company . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've told the farmer he should not use women for work with the threshing-machine . |
| 16 | However , they are usually symptomatic of something else ; people do n't set off for work with the intention of causing a communication breakdown . |
| 17 | ‘ To begin with , I worked for the family , pushing the churns round the streets on the milk-cart , but then I got too old for that , and I applied for work with the Dock workers Guild at Jubilee Wharf . ’ |
| 18 | The experience thus gained provided a grounding for work on the development of a new general scheme , the first step in this regard being to identify main classes . |
| 19 | If errors occurred only within Delete Old Modules , the safe copies of the database files should be restored to the process directory and the LIFESPAN system may be restarted — it will be in its previous state , and it should be possible for work on the system to continue . |
| 20 | His retainer was 25s. 0d. a week , plus 10s. 0d. for work on the course . |
| 21 | For producing the captions I would like to offer you a fee of 150 which is in addition to any other payments for work on the Activity Book . |
| 22 | Feynman became well known in 1948 for work on the quantum theory of light . |
| 23 | It 's a matter of having spares for when any of them go lame , or are needed for work on the farm . |
| 24 | We will be paying you a fee of 100 a day for work on the production and one day 's preparation i.e. a total of 1200 . |
| 25 | Nothing ever works out as ideal , but let us assume for the sake of demonstration that you can deal with much of the course work during the day , so that your evenings are free for work on the lecture and seminar periods . |
| 26 | — Anything unusual about his manner when he had left for work on the morning of the 24th ? — Not that she had noted . |
| 27 | A majority of Gujerati women , particularly those from East Africa , do work or look for work outside the home . |
| 28 | For work within the STEP Programme ( Science and Technology for Environmental Protection ) held jointly with partners at the University of Bath , the University of Palermo and the Institute of Catalysis of the C.S.I.C. ( Madrid ) . |
| 29 | Other reasons are that Prestel pages can be included in microviewdata bases alongside pages created by pupils ; Prestel pages on a specific subject Can be downloaded to disk and the disk incorporated into an information package , with slides , tapes and printed materials ; and that Prestel may not always be available in the place where the information is needed , thus downloading allows for flexibility in that , for example , pages of graphics can be used for work in the art department . |
| 30 | The firm are in the last two months of a three-year maintenance contract for work in the Capital 's central area , including the repainting of the Ross Fountain in Princes Street Gardens . |