Example sentences of "for [det] [noun] to work " in BNC.

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1 For this system to work , the click must be so short that its echo is heard before the next click is made and drowns it .
2 I 'd like to know why it 's taken so long for this union to work again er , with the regulations in public services .
3 for this idea to work , one has to consider histories that take place in imaginary time , rather than in the real time in which we perceive ourselves as living .
4 For this argument to work , however , a number of key conditions have to be met .
5 For this mechanism to work , the unseen object has to be very small , like a white dwarf , neutron star , or black hole .
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