Example sentences of "work at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 To make money in engineering contracting you have got to work at the blue chip end of the market , people who want a top class value-for-money service and are prepared to pay a reasonable price for it .
2 So what forces impeded the real wage rate from falling so as to bring into employment those willing to work at the going wage rate ?
3 The point of mentioning John is that he used to work at the massive Hoover plant in West London .
4 She paid him eight shillings — or 40p — a week to work at the 16-room house she had inherited .
5 On Monday morning , she reported to work at the Swift building on Des Voeux Road .
6 All staff in these offices were offered the opportunity to go to Bristol to work at the head office .
7 But this can only work at the individual level : it can not work for the economy as a whole since the quantity of nominal money is fixed , and so one person obtains more money by selling bonds only with the result that someone else — the person who buys the bonds — finds himself with less .
8 It is a sentiment shared by many — and especially those who worked at the once-thriving Basingstoke office , now destined for the annals of feed industry history .
9 Dependents of one man who worked at the controversial Sellafield plant in Cumbria and died of lung cancer in 1989 received a ‘ quarter payment ’ of £15,243 .
10 Gilfoyle , 31 , who denies murder , worked at the private Murrayfield Hospital in Thingwall , Wirral .
11 His family believe it was because his father , Phillip worked at the atomic weapons plant at Aldermaston .
12 He also worked at the naval base at Kronstadt .
13 Of course dad worked at the other pit , that was where he lived .
14 Se the Whitbread Hop Farm 's colourful history unfold in this authentic insight into the lives and times of the people who lived and worked at the Beltring Farm — A nostalgic experience not to be missed ! !
15 , I was seventeen , I worked at the Flying Horse .
16 Henry worked at the Foreign Office in London , where ambiguity had been raised to an art form .
17 Between 1979 and 1982 , she worked at the Foreign Relations Office of the Chinese Writers ' Association .
18 After demobilization he worked at the National Hospital , Queen Square , and at Hammersmith Hospital , and in 1947 was appointed assistant physician to Dr A. G. Ogilvie at the RVI , where he further developed his neurological interests and established a flourishing private practice .
19 But now she raised her eyes and did look , differently , at Alice , the housemate of a Council official who worked at the main office for this area .
20 He worked at the British Museum for more than five years ; and is currently a research assistant in the Imperial War Museum 's Dept of Exhibits and Firearms .
21 It chewed the bloody snow , gulped the entrails and the gore , growled in its throat as it worked at the tough tissues .
22 Nichol had developed a relationship with a 16-year-old girl , Alana Jeannette , with whom he worked at the Little Chef at Skeeby , North Yorkshire , said Mr Spencer .
23 Robyn worked at the pained expression and tried to decide what limb she should choose .
24 Allison claims to have started the idea in 1978 when he worked at the Clinical Research Centre in Harrow .
25 George Messenger , a seventy-nine-year-old neighbour , worked at the nearby Snape Maltings .
26 She worked at the old Co-Op in Priestgate and a clothing factory , then in 1950 she married and moved to Nelson , Lancashire .
27 The UK had no direct representation in Tripoli , although two British officials worked at the Italian embassy to represent British interests .
28 Dad worked at the local car factory .
29 got ta got ta royal visit coming up he said you 've worked at the Scottish Office do you know anything about them and I said yes tell the Scottish Office they 'll do all the a Royal navy one I 've got to do it I said fine when is it ?
30 And women worked in that department , whereas the men worked at the huge broadloom
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