Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] to work [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason behind SIP is , according to POSC president , Dan Turner , that ‘ for every dollar that companies spend on software , they spend $1.50 to $2.00 more to get their programmes to work with the rest of their systems . |
| 2 | This demonstrated the importance of family factors in determining the occupational choice of rural school-leavers — nearly 42 per cent of the respondents stated that they had been influenced by their family in their decision to work on the land . |
| 3 | According to Marx 's theory the many different units were willing to unite and contribute their labour to work for the despot because this appeared , not as working for him , but as working for ‘ the higher unity ’ , which , they wrongly believed , was the source of their continued existence . |
| 4 | Finally , when they get back home once again they are ‘ in demand ’ , and it is in their nature to work for the family again and put their own wants or needs to the bottom of the pile ! |
| 5 | In fact , the uncertain times of Terris ' appearances have had such an effect on workmen that the Maintenance Department do not allow their staff to work in the station through the night in case the ghost interferes with their potentially dangerous work . |
| 6 | Its authority to work for the removal of all barriers to the free movement of coal and steel rested on a wide array of actions , ranging from non-binding recommendations to binding decisions . |
| 7 | In her Juilliard classes , she advised her pupils to work within the rubato available to the conductor . |
| 8 | It was in this spirit that Bernard gave Jane , at eighteen , a professional 's Hasselblad camera and appointed her company photographer , the first of their children to work for the company . |
| 9 | Most families in a village like this expect their children to work on the farm when they get older , but in this case it was different . |
| 10 | She had bought her own copy of the Koran and was to be seen reading it on her way to work in the morning . |
| 11 | What Muslim men do n't like is for their women to work outside the home , potentially in the company of strange men . |
| 12 | ‘ We need electricians and plumbers willing to give up two weeks of their time to work in the hospital and also fundraisers to help raise the cash to fund the work . ’ |
| 13 | The sane constable rapidly learnt to withstand the pressure from his seniors to work by the book . |
| 14 | That night he set his people to work in the darkness , filling holes in the trenches and moving the cannon forwards again . |
| 15 | Don Morgan , of Morgans Nursery , Bulkeley , Cheshire has indulged a life-long passion while resolving the problem , by setting his staff to work in the greenhouses — building scale models of the classic Morgan sports car . |
| 16 | The general secretary called on CBI head Howard Davies to build on his offer to work as the TUC 's ‘ social partner ’ . |
| 17 | He wants to talk about getting some of his poets to work on the Alps — he 's looking after one or two o the Romantics for a few months , while a colleague of his is sitting on a commission of inquiry . |
| 18 | Under the kneading fingers they could all see the fluttery movement of Ruari 's thin , bony ribs , and the doctor timing his pressure to work with the breathing , not against it . |
| 19 | The important points which emerge from this case are that the employer will be able to rely on this part of the duty of fidelity if it can be shown that the employee works for a trade competitor in his spare time and : ( a ) knows of business secrets which may be of use to the competitor and/or ( b ) occupies a position which makes it expedient to recognise the existence of his duty to work for the employer alone . |
| 20 | I intercepted Edouard on his way to work at the hotel and got the truth out of him . |
| 21 | And it was his ability to work with the engineers as much as his speed which decided Frank Williams to sign Hill as partner to No 1 driver Alain Prost . |
| 22 | The escalating costs associated with handling this raw material and the uncertain consequences of future government asbestos regulation … have necessitated our decision to work towards the elimination of asbestos from all our friction products and this eventuality has become an essential part of our long-term production and manufacturing plans . |
| 23 | ‘ But we always tried to be more sympathetic than most , and went out of our way to work with the people who wanted to use our stuff . |