Example sentences of "[art] [noun] for the job [conj] " in BNC.

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1 A very few moments later , Mala and I had firm hold of the contract for the job and were taking our leave of a decidedly miffed Emissary .
2 As Reyburn observes : ‘ Of course the necessity to flush ping-pong balls down the toilet rarely crops up in everyday life but the owner of a double-trap ‘ siphonic ’ can take comfort from the fact that she has the toilet for the job when it arises . ’
3 The plaintiff 's solicitors must make regular checks ( and it is a good idea for the defendant 's insurers and solicitors to do the same ) on the wage rates at regular intervals , and not only on the rates for the job that the plaintiff would have been doing but the rate for any job into which he might have been promoted but for the accident .
4 He was assessed as only able to work at 50 per cent of the rate for the job and only half his wages were paid under the scheme .
5 Furthermore , training schemes do not produce the skills or the qualifications for the jobs that are needed in Britain at this time .
6 And WHO , pray , is the man for the job if not Wilko ?
7 Can I just make a point this thing about salary because I know we ca n't people we want at the salary and all the rest of it but then there 's , if we 're go if that 's the s if we 're now saying that that 's the salary for the job and there 's no no way in my conscience rests clear really that we should just pay that to one person
8 ‘ His junior record was only fair ’ , recalls Gottfried , ‘ but he had a lot of the tools for the job and he was willing to learn and to put in the time . ’
9 The fee for permission — not writing , or speaking , or doing anything mildly useful — was £10,000 , £2,000 a word , a rate for the job that , I can now reveal , not even the NSS matches .
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