Example sentences of "but work [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The molecule can be delivered to a cell from outside but works on the RNA inside it . |
| 2 | Jim Rodgers , who represents the Victoria Ward in east Belfast but works on the Shankill , said : ‘ We have been told by reliable police sources that the assistant Chief Constable for Belfast had a security briefing with his divisional commander to increase patrols in loyalist areas . |
| 3 | Olga , his wife , is registered in Estonia but works in the children 's cafe on the Latvian side . |
| 4 | Successful communication gives us new information , but works within the framework of the receiver 's assumptions . |
| 5 | If such problems are to be grappled with it is necessary to bear in mind all that has been written above and in other parts of this book , but work with the child may not have any direct sexual content whatever . |
| 6 | But work on the Ariane launcher advanced , as did French national and European co-operative work on telecommunications and meteorological satellites . |
| 7 | These lists are not exhaustive — if they were they would fill the entire book — but work on the principle of : if it looks as if it will fit , then it probably will . |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur ..... 3 Queen 's Park Rangers .. 2 THE GROUND is beginning to look like the finished article , but work on the team is still behind schedule . |
| 9 | Gestodene is a progestogen in the contraceptive pill Femodene , but work at the King 's College and Royal Marsden Hospitals , London shows that — in a test-tube situation — it inhibits growth of cancer cells . |
| 10 | This grade of membership is designed for those qualified in another discipline but working within the hotel and catering industry . |
| 11 | But working near the top of the BBC is said to be a nightmare , with Checkland a lame-duck , Birt not speaking out and Hussey acting like an executive . |