Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] works [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the managers of British Leyland ( BL ) , Ford and Vauxhall started new car assembly works in the region between 1960 and 1970 . |
| 2 | Causation in defective product cases works on the basis of showing that the goods were intended to reach the consumer in the form in which they left the manufacturer ( alternative cause ) and that there was no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination . |
| 3 | Her husband Steven works in the family building business and their new flat is in Ardrossan . |
| 4 | Most drama training works on the assumption that there is something called ‘ standard English ’ , which is generally considered to be the ‘ straight ’ delivery of words without affectation or regional variation . |
| 5 | A water softener works on the principle of ‘ ion exchange ’ . |
| 6 | The confusion arose because of sewage drainage works at the station car park . |
| 7 | The way the funding mechanism works on the teaching side means that each student arriving in an institution brings with him or her less money than before . |
| 8 | Making arrangements with individual area secretaries works against the objective of achieving any kind of balance within or between Regions . |
| 9 | In order to control the degree of complexity involved , LIFESPAN insists that quality approval works from the bottom up ; in other words , a package which is contained in another package must be approved before the containing package can be approved . |
| 10 | ‘ My sister Kate works in the film business as a production assistant out there , ’ she tells me . |
| 11 | Judith Masterman , whose daughter Alison works in the orphanage , said : ‘ We are not aiming to provide everyone with a mattress but whatever we can get helps . |
| 12 | The local government lawyer works at the centre of the organisation using professional skills in support of the chief executive , the management team and the departments that provide the services for the public . |
| 13 | An immersion heater works like the element in an electric kettle . |
| 14 | Many consider this check a waste of time , but experience has shown that — provided you have studied effectively — the sub-conscious mind works on the problems after you have read them through . |
| 15 | A cross-section comparison works on the assumption that the current markets in country A and country B are analogous , and a relationship ( correlation ) exists in both countries between : |
| 16 | The IBM indexed sequential file management system ISAM works on the insertion principle . |
| 17 | Since a TV screen works on the refresh principle , that is , the image on the screen is updated every second , the data forming the displayed image must be sent from the computer to the screen every second or the picture will fade . |
| 18 | Their daughter Catherine became a Bristol Law graduate and son Richard works for the Bristol transputer firm INMOS . |
| 19 | The Hard Copy system works on the basis of charge codes : when a particular charge code is specified in the configuration file , as described later in this section , all modules with that charge code , except those specified using the description and code filter , will be hard copied . |