Example sentences of "work for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | For example , a worker who is unaware that exposure to high levels of benzene , as happens in some chemical plants , might cause cancer will be willing to work for a lower wage than she would if this information were widely available . |
2 | One dealer left Harvard to work for a Continental outfit called European Equity Research . |
3 | The British LFS permits temporary workers to differentiate themselves between those engaged on a seasonal , temporary or casual basis and those contracted to work for a fixed period of time or to undertake a fixed task . |
4 | The Emperor deplored the bellicosity of language and continued to work for a peaceful settlement , using the King of the Belgians as an intermediary , at the same time maintaining close contact with the Spanish Ambassador in Paris . |
5 | I used to work for a young lady who loved roses , you see , and she had a lot in her garden . |
6 | She married a colleague who then left to work for a rival firm . |
7 | When the converted attained the faith they were no longer merely formal Christians and were predisposed to work for a righteous world . |
8 | It is a sense of revulsion at injustice and poverty and denied opportunity , whether at home or abroad , which impels people to work for a better world , to become , as in our case , democratic socialists . |
9 | Revulsion at injustice , poverty and denied opportunity , he says , impels people to work for a better world . |
10 | The two meetings on which I have reported to the House have shown our determination to work for a safer world and a new partnership with Russia in the cause of peace . |
11 | New work patterns , such a partial shifts , mean that senior house officers are less likely to work for a single consultant and also make it more difficult for all junior doctors to attend teaching sessions at set times . |
12 | I asked them to work for a loose confederation of equal republics , largely self-governing , but with certain specified powers on a federal basis . |
13 | Employees require information to determine whether , in the first place , to work for a public sector agency and subsequently to determine when to press for salary increases or an enhancement of conditions of employment . |
14 | The voluntary non-statutory sector was able to extend provision because it could attract the services of people who would not be prepared to work for a public authority . |
15 | After two years in the London office of Heidrick and Struggles , Kidd felt that he would prefer to work for a British firm and employ the systems he had designed . |
16 | She asks him to recognize his father 's wisdom in trying to encourage him to work for a steady position and shares his anxiety about delays with Blackwoods , over the publication of The Woodland Life . |
17 | It 's quite good to work for a big concern like that then really ? |
18 | What I did n't want was to work for a large organisation . |
19 | Increasingly , the tendency is to work for a large number of companies in rapid succession . |
20 | It became the Chancellor 's habit to interrupt his morning procession to work for a few minutes of Cabinet Room conversation with the Prime Minister . |
21 | ‘ You wo n't be going back to work for a few days , I 'm afraid , Francisco . ’ |
22 | Many firms offer training two years in advance but they tend to be the larger organisations and if you wish to work for a smaller firm or , for example , a local authority , you often need to apply nearer the time . |
23 | Getting these two sets of very different people to work for a common cause is n't always easy but , as well as you can , make sure both understand that : |
24 | erm many people came to Kuwait to work for a short term and after a while they realised it 's fine so they continued to stay there for a long time , and that is the haven that we were talking about . |
25 | I love the story told to me by a make-up girl who used to work for a well-known London hairdresser . |
26 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the best way to preserve the integrity of Croatia is to work for a permanent settlement after a lasting ceasefire , and that recognition is just one of the issues that has to be sorted out before there can be a successful conclusion ? |
27 | The Fairclough report suggests that suitable UK institutions could be offered Faraday Centre status , becoming foci for technologies and expertise of industrial relevance , in which graduate scientists and engineers could work for a higher degree while engaged on contract research before moving into industry . |
28 | We will work for a successful outcome to the GATT negotiations . |
29 | We will in addition work for a global ban on chemical and biological weapons and stronger controls to prevent proliferation of ballistic missiles . |
30 | Calling the election a " success " , the United Kindgom Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary , Douglas Hurd , said on Sept. 16 that the UK would work for a progressive extension of democracy in Hong Kong , signalling that the UK might press China to revise the Basic Law under which the proportion of directly elected seats would gradually rise to half by 2007 . |