Example sentences of "work [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last month , Iran 's new leader , President Hashemi Rafsanjani , offered to work for the release of the American hostages held by Islamic extremists in Lebanon along with 10 other foreigners . |
| 2 | In a romantic , rather cloying story of an English family , the authoress Jan Struther ( Joyce Anstruther ) showed how things had changed : A new community feeling was being expressed and those keen to work for the development of State initiatives were quick to feed on it ( Marwick , 1968 ) . |
| 3 | Nicholson had never carried out his threat to sue , though Hugo had endured some worrying weeks waiting to see if papers would be served on him , and the experience had made him determined never to work for the likes of Nicholson again . |
| 4 | She was not , she told Mrs Arbuthnot , prepared to work for the likes of her . |
| 5 | Such bodies are set up outside government partly so that they can attract skilled personnel who might not be prepared to work for the core of government ; so that they can develop a high level of expertise in the area they are responsible for ; and so that they can develop policy in an atmosphere divorced from direct party political pressures . |
| 6 | There are some private initiatives which suggest that such people do exist in Italy , such as Signor and Signora Baracco in Naples who have founded Napoli 99 to work for the revival of the town and it monuments . |
| 7 | Workers are not free since they are forced to work for the capitalist in order to survive . |
| 8 | The so-called citizenship campaign was launched in 1894 when members were urged to work for the return of women as poor law guardians . |
| 9 | The ANC , for its part will continue to work for the unity of our people and we have no doubt that all those who have participated in attempting to solve this problem have done so in the best interests of our struggle . |
| 10 | Not only did they need access to the non-arable resources controlled by the nobility , but their ever-growing land shortage compelled them to work for the nobility on conditions which had much in common with those of serfdom . |
| 11 | The English representative on the board asked her whether she 'd like to work for the company in Switzerland , as resident copywriter ( for Jane was bright , though she despised the ‘ profession ’ ) . |
| 12 | Using the alias Frederique Bonlieu , Cabon wrote to Greenpeace claiming she shared their views , and when she arrived in Auckland on 3 April 1985 offered to work for the organisation without salary . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In order to encourage the growth that the South African economy desperately needs , we shall continue to work for the removal of the remaining economic and financial sanctions . |
| 15 | The Madame lived to the age of 90. when she died , some time in the 1970s , the hotel was left to Abdulrahim , a Nubian from Aswan who had come to work for the Madame as a young boy before the Second World War . |
| 16 | SEOUL ( AFP ) — Pope John Paul II urged South Korea to work for the reunification of the Korean Peninsula peacefully and told the President , Roh Tae Woo , that the division symbolised suffering . |
| 17 | At an early stage the archbishop and ten of his suffragans had signed a declaration that they intended no prejudice to the king by their support for the reforms , and the Ordainers themselves swore to work for the benefit of church , king and people . |
| 18 | This was the source of the basic duty to work for the preservation of social solidarity . |
| 19 | They become mature and adult for working purposes at about eight or nine months and will continue to work for the duration of their life . |
| 20 | The new president in office at the EC Social Affairs Council , Tristan Garel-Jones , told the European Parliament in July that he was ready to place a great deal of importance on social problems and to work for the improvement of social conditions for all European citizens . |
| 21 | The TTF undertook to encourage both members and non-members to be aware of where supplies came from , to ensure that timber was bought from suppliers that were committed to " sustainable " resources wherever possible , and to work for the implementation of forest management schemes . |
| 22 | The drama session ends with the railway engineer offering contracts of employment to those townspeople who want to work for the railway on the construction of the line . |
| 23 | It is suggested that pupils choose a person whose Christian commitment has led him/her to work for the good of others , thus making a link with the Christian vocation to alleviate suffering and/or the work of Christians in relation to respect for human life ( both indicated in L.0.2 ) . |
| 24 | As you set about making your plans for next year let me leave you with this thought from Eglantine Jebb If children of any country are physically or morally abandoned the whole world loses by it and the whole world gains if children grow up healthy , capable and ready to work for the good of their neighbours . |
| 25 | Now , a quarter of a century after that first opening , Mr Smythe has been able to work for the good of the trade which has brought him travel , skill , and national recognition . |
| 26 | He affirmed that he would continue to work for the maintenance of the status quo , but he felt that the Great Powers could no longer avoid discussing the international consequences which would ensue when Turkey fell . |
| 27 | According to the Bangkok Post of Nov. 2 , more than 40 top-level officials , including Thongsouk Saisangkhi , had formed a Social Democrat Group to work for the introduction of a multi-party democracy . |
| 28 | When the IWC was established in 1946 , its purpose was to work for the resuscitation of an industry that was declining because stocks had been over-exploited during the previous decades , rather than to conserve existing whale stocks . |
| 29 | Directly beneath the castle walls are the low , picturesque red roofs of the Italian quarter , where the masons and architects , artists and sculptors lodged when they first arrived from Italy to work for the kings of Bohemia . |
| 30 | Soviet spokesmen naturally used various arguments to encourage the neutralists to work for the dissolution of CENTO and SEATO , but Soviet leaders may have recognised already in the 1960s that these alliances were operating more effectively as political symbols than as military structures . |