Example sentences of "working [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly we were erm concerned that the county had not erm thought properly about employment densities , erm they have backed away from using employment density today as a significant calculator , but I hope you 've noticed sir that the erm the county 's mind set on employment densities is that whereas in the last structure plan they were working off a density , average density of thirty four workers for hectare . |
| 2 | Erm in this round they are er working off a higher figure of forty three . |
| 3 | They have spent the morning in classrooms working through a command post exercise ; they practise passing information and responding to the numerous and varied problems that would be posed in a real headquarters . |
| 4 | He was born in 1678 , the son of a Dudley locksmith , and progressed to iron working through a period as a brass-founder in Bristol . |
| 5 | Trainees may spend several hours each week , for three to four weeks , at their bureau , working through a package of case-study exercises , such as the following typical examples : |
| 6 | Working through a curved spine , can you do a dozen sit ups ? |
| 7 | Similarly an information presentation will be more readily comprehended if there is a detectable structure such as the ‘ christmas tree ’ method of working through a checklist . |
| 8 | The two appear to be working through a shopping list of NT 's ingredients , ticking off those features and functions that can already be found in their own , or equivalent , open systems products that are already on the market , or are on the way . |
| 9 | The two appear to be working through a shopping list of NT 's ingredients , ticking off those features and functions which can already be found in their own , or equivalent open systems products on , or coming to market . |
| 10 | Working through a lunch-break is usually not a very good idea . |
| 11 | ‘ No , Paul is now working through a new company . ’ |
| 12 | This is best done by systematically working through a given series of points on a data sheet ( Figs 5.43a , b and 44 ) , particularly at the start of a project . |
| 13 | But at a fourth I met an inquisitive little man who took greatly to the instrument , examining it under magnifying glasses and listening to its working through a miniature stethoscope . |
| 14 | He had n't suggested the film might not come out although she could n't have had time to develop it yet and she was n't working through a ‘ friend ’ sent round to sympathise with him deplore the whole thing and assure him it could be stopped if he 'd only tell that terrible woman one little thing … ’ — And since I 'm not married or anything I thought I 'd stick to the personal angle . |
| 15 | On this occasion it meant working through a weekend developing special colours for a Royal carpet . |
| 16 | The rest of the room was mainly taken up by filing cabinets and the desk behind which Himmler sat , working through a file . |
| 17 | Working through a series of commonly occurring problems , we have identified relevant conventions and suggested strategies for avoiding mistakes . |
| 18 | Working through a crisp five-speed gearbox , that gives the hatchback a claimed top speed of mph and a 0– mph rating of 11. seconds . |
| 19 | A S. I remember when I was working as a dogsbody in the 59 Theatre Company in Manchester a group of Central School students came to be the spirits in a production of The Tempest and these were Pisk trained and had , it seemed to me then , a marvellous range of body language . |
| 20 | Unmarried , his heir is his second cousin , once removed , Mr. Alfred Blacker who is believed to live in Hobart , Tasmania , where he was last heard of working as a Real Tennis professional . ’ ’ |
| 21 | He spent most of his professional life outside his native Poland , working as a foreign and diplomatic correspondent for the Polish media . |
| 22 | This shows that this band is n't working as a unit . |
| 23 | So I am used to that process of working as a team and to delegating responsibility to the team and then of course monitoring and checking the results of the team . |
| 24 | Significantly , his successor was not a football player at all but a journalist who got to know the Arsenal chairman while working as a society correspondent for the New York Herald . |
| 25 | When he visited Lewis at Magdalen ( Barfield was now working as a solicitor in London ) , the two friends often reverted to their ‘ Great War ’ and there was no doubt , any longer , who was going to be the victor . |
| 26 | Krasner outlived her husband by nearly 30 years and went on working as a considerable painter in her own right until 1984 . |
| 27 | Since his release a year ago , he has been prevented from working as a journalist . |
| 28 | He had this little stylophone with him and played both parts , because ‘ Space Oddity ’ was originally written as a duet for him and Hutch who was his partner in Feathers , the mixed media group , and when David split with Hermione , he and Hutch were working as a duet . |
| 29 | After David had been there a couple of weeks , I used to go off doing odd bits of work in London , working as a journalist , although I was n't very keen on that side of my life at the time — there were other things that interested me more . |
| 30 | At the end of the second world war he was working as a docker in Bangkok 's harbour . |