Example sentences of "to work for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | to work for education for all and for the opportunity of free expression and communication ; |
2 | The Community has gone a long way towards achieving that central purpose ; towards taming nationalism without suppressing patriotism ; towards sharing sovereignty without destroying nations ; and towards putting the magic of markets to work for society in a stable democratic setting . |
3 | It shows good practice that the social worker did not withdraw once the immediate situation was resolved by admission to Part III , but continued to work for reconciliation , and to lessen guilt , so that all feelings were beginning to be worked through . |
4 | I inquired after my brother , Max , who had finally agreed a few months ago to work for Dad 's firm , and I established that he was in Paris for a few more days . |
5 | He called on its rivals in UNITA to work for peace . |
6 | So we pray that you will guide the efforts of the United Nations , and of national leaders , to work for peace . |
7 | Amid reports of continuing subregional tensions , including incursions into Sierra Leone by Charles Taylor 's rebel National Patriotic Front of Liberia ( NPFL ) , the field commander of the 10,000-strong Economic Community of West African States Ceasefire Monitoring Group ( ECOMOG ) appealed to Taylor on May 6 to work for peace . |
8 | Although the PAC and Azanian People 's Organization ( Azapo ) refused to sign the accord they gave separate undertakings to work for peace . |
9 | If you find that the shaping instructions do n't seem to work for machine knitting , then you need to opt for the EASILY KNITTED STITCH LAYOUT . |
10 | The result was that Hawker Siddeley soon stopped making robots altogether and , disenchanted , I left in 1972 to work for Pye Dynamics in Bushey , Hertfordshire , part of the Philips group . |
11 | It is difficult to work for development and progression in the tasks at a level appropriate to each group . |
12 | Welfare expert to work for Legion |
13 | Mr Moir , who used to work for North of England Newspapers , publishers of The Northern Echo , said : ‘ Wherever we go with him we are stopped by autograph hunters . |
14 | They derive from both the operation of large units ( often highly mechanised and characterised by monoculture and high energy demands sometimes supplied from local sources ) ; and the small peasantry itself which has to work for part of its income on larger enterprises . |
15 | The overall national purpose is to work for achievement of the attainment targets of the curriculum . |
16 | She continues to work for Survival International , the organisation that campaigns for threatened ‘ tribal ’ people . |
17 | Someone concerned at the suffering might well think it more appropriate to work for reformation rather than abolition . |
18 | However , Jesus never called people to work for work 's sake . |
19 | Moreover , the socialist ideology of Cuba meant a different motivation for pupils and workers from that existing in capitalist countries — ‘ to work for collective rather than personal objectives ’ — with the result that education in Cuba became both a technical and an ideological force for greater productivity . |
20 | AMES wishes to see the FDR-FMLN adopt a " Minimum Women 's Programme " as part of its published manifesto and believes that as far as conditions permit , it is necessary to work for change now . |
21 | Davidoff and Hall have recently underlined not only the strong conception of ministerial leadership possessed by John Angell James at Carr 's Lane in Birmingham — ‘ We occupy a very public station ; like the angel standing in the sun we must be seen ’ — but demonstrated his ability to lead his chapel in alignment with Anglican reformers to work for antislavery , temperance and projects of moral benevolence within the community . |
22 | The general manager of the DPTC is Luis Caycedo , a highly experienced drilling engineer who used to work for ARCO . |
23 | The lighting man used to work for Anthrax , so all the lights chase one another up and down your face in ghastly brilliancy . |
24 | All : Lord , help us to work for justice . |
25 | This respondent was also concerned about the failure of social workers to work for rehabilitation , stating , ‘ There are lots of social workers who think it quite appropriate to take a child away from dodgy natural parents and work avidly towards replacing it with adoptive ones . ’ |
26 | After a study of academic enterprise in the US , Matthew Bullock of Barclays Bank , concludes that specific ‘ technology transfer mechanisms ’ are less important than the willingness of universities to allow their academics to work for industry ‘ on the side ’ . |
27 | Unions urged to work for equality |