Example sentences of "work [prep] [art] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | They rode together , hawked together , played chess together , and to work off the convalescent 's stiffness as his wounds healed , essayed a little mild sword-play together . |
| 2 | Two years ago Siu-ming left her job as a solicitor in Bath to work for the women 's workshop and train as a cabinetmaker at Brunel Technical College , on block release . |
| 3 | Then in his fifth year at the school , when he ought to have been aiming for his school certificate which was the next and essential passport for that golden educated future , he left abruptly to work as a haberdasher 's assistant in the local Co-operative store . |
| 4 | Both left school at fourteen : my father to work as a butcher 's messenger boy , my mother to learn machining in a shirt factory . |
| 5 | As soon as he was of age he took himself off to London to work as a merchant 's clerk . |
| 6 | The general secretary called on CBI head Howard Davies to build on his offer to work as the TUC 's ‘ social partner ’ . |
| 7 | Labour councillor for Banbury , Jack Steer , say ‘ government restrictions on the Council and land values have combined to work against the Council 's plans ’ . |
| 8 | Rosellina was on her way to Rimini , to work in a children 's village set up for orphans and children who had become separated from their families . |
| 9 | Of course while this point may work in the tenant 's favour in a falling market , it is just as likely to work in the landlord 's favour in a rising market . |
| 10 | His territorial reordering of the 1470s had apparently been a great success , creating a nexus of trusted associates prepared to work in the crown 's interests , while those outside the charmed circle seemed , by the end of the decade , to have acquiesced in their exclusion . |
| 11 | His territorial reordering of the 1470s had apparently been a great success , creating a nexus of trusted associates prepared to work in the crown 's interests , while those outside the charmed circle seemed , by the end of the decade , to have acquiesced in their exclusion . |
| 12 | He used to work in the dock 's offices . |
| 13 | Peter had n't been expected to work in the men 's outfitters , never had and never would . |
| 14 | Fashions in education will come and go , politicians , local and national , will peddle their transitory wares , but the long-term effectiveness of our schools will depend ultimately upon there being sufficient teachers of quality to work in the nation 's classrooms . |
| 15 | Shareholder apathy tends to work in the bidder 's favour because the 75 per cent majority is based on those who actually come to the meeting and vote ( or vote by proxy ) . |
| 16 | As for discipline , I have to work within the Children 's Act . |
| 17 | 1983 ) caused children to work outside the parent 's sphere of authority , rendering children 's behaviour and working circumstances a target for state as well as family control . |
| 18 | Government and Parliament will have a stronger role to work on the consumer 's behalf . |
| 19 | Seb still contrived to spend a couple of hours with Carrie every Sunday evening to work on the farm 's ledgers , carefully noting down each item of expenditure and the profit made . |
| 20 | One had to work on the opposition 's weaknesses . |
| 21 | Hill ran away from school at the age of twelve to work on an uncle 's farm . |
| 22 | A 100-strong team of scientists has been picked to work at the company 's laboratories at Caswell , Towcester , producing the first 3 inch diameter GaAs wafers in the UK . |
| 23 | A hundred and thirty staff at a factory destroyed by fire have volunteered to work at the company 's plant in France . |
| 24 | That is a sharp decline from the 73.5p at which they were suspended and reflects the financial havoc which has been wrought on the company 's accounts as a consequence of the problems at its ISC Technologies subsidiary . |
| 25 | But it was as much a legal body as a spiritual one , although occasionally this could work for the individual 's unexpected benefit as in the laws relating to sanctuary or ‘ abjuring the realm ’ . |
| 26 | Its hard to see that there will be much demand for it at that price , but AT&T Co has introduced a phone called Picasso Still Image Phone , which enables people that both have one to transmit television-quality colour still images over standard phone lines while still talking to each other — but it costs a cool $3,300 for one ; Picassos will be installed at 39 Marriott convention hotels under an agreement with Washington , DC-based Marriott Corp and AT&T is looking into co-operating on image technology with Eastman Kodak Co — the phone , designed mainly for advertising , design and photography agencies , will work with the Kodak 's Photo CD system . |
| 27 | ‘ But how does it work with an anthropologist 's material ? ’ asked Ianthe . |
| 28 | Some have been accused — rightly or wrongly — of preferring not to sell all their available time rather than to reduce their price , and most areas now follow a practice which can only really work in a seller 's market — ‘ pre-emption ’ . |
| 29 | He is joined by Richard Brown who will work in the company 's commercial property department in development practice . |
| 30 | ‘ Let me work in the sergeant 's mess , and I 'll come to you every day to entertain you . ’ |