Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] working [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An increasing number of people in the industry are working towards those qualifications . |
| 2 | With the aid of the LFS we were able to examine further the extent to which members of the temporary labour force in the hotel and catering industry were working on that basis because they had been unable to find permanent jobs , and to what extent they were doing so because they did not want permanent jobs . |
| 3 | They also believe that their programme is working as most privatized companies are reporting increased turnover , investment and profitability . |
| 4 | Do you realise the entire police force is working on this ? |
| 5 | As Butler and Stokes pointed out , the replacement of the electorate was working against this kind of ‘ cross-voting ’ as more cohorts from ‘ working class'/Labour homes entered the electorate , but evidently the Tories managed to counter this trend . |
| 6 | His mind was working on two levels . |
| 7 | But Folly 's mind was working at top speed . |
| 8 | Perhaps the change of scene was working after all , she thought as she started to strip off her clothes and prepare for bed . |
| 9 | And erm so that the campaign was working on two levels one to persuade women that they did n't have to take time off from working in factories , at certain times of the month and another to persuade women to use erm internal sanitary protection and as I said I will explain why later it comes into another section . |
| 10 | It is understood that the Tests can be done as worksheets by a group whilst the teacher is working with other children in the class . |
| 11 | The World Wide Fund for Nature is working with local people on a management plan to ensure sustainable use of fisheries and to prevent over-exploitation of fish and timber by people from outside the region . |
| 12 | The first speaker should not be the one who discovers whether the microphone is working at all . |
| 13 | Mlle Patricia Allemoniere , of the TF1 station , said her team was working on five different projects ; health , housing , education , the election campaign and the three party leaders . |
| 14 | At one point Manchester University group was working on 39 ! |
| 15 | The Community was working in close cooperation with the IMF , and the loan was intended to complement its efforts . |
| 16 | The Community was working in close cooperation with the IMF , and the loan was intended to complement its efforts . |
| 17 | If we want to influence another person and that person is working under enormous stress and is irritated by our request , we can stand back and wait until she or he is more relaxed . |
| 18 | In November 1985 , a maintenance team at the B ( Advanced Gas-Cooled ) station was working on one of the circulators which drives the carbon dioxide cooling gas round the reactor core . |
| 19 | The European Commission are working for radical cuts leading to abolition of subsidies throughout the Community and we strongly support their efforts . |
| 20 | Presently , Natural is partially compliant with X/Open Group Co Ltd 's XA transaction processing interface , but the firm is working on that standard now . |
| 21 | He suffers a first conflict of loyalties when he helps the strange man who calls himself Faraway Moses to escape from the Riders and learns that a confederacy is working in secret to reform a government that favours rich against poor , ‘ not with rifle and sword ’ , as the conspirator tells Dick , but : |
| 22 | Many groups around the world are working in these areas and the rate of data exchange using ‘ traditional ’ tapes or CD-ROM meant it could be two months before one group heard of another 's ideas . |
| 23 | At present , only 18 people in the Health and Safety Executive are working on those regulations , and even though the provisions have been in operation for about two and a half years , fewer than one third of the safety cases have been accepted as being proper working documents . |
| 24 | Perhaps buyers are continually raising the problem that the salesperson is working for one of the smallest companies in the industry . |
| 25 | Quite apart from the fact that the hardware was working within one hour of delivery we found that the basic functions of each of the packages had been picked up in less than a day . |
| 26 | The cannabis was working at last . |
| 27 | The national park is working with five bus operators to provide Sunday services into the park from surrounding towns and cities , including Darlington , Northallerton , Stockton , Middlesbrough and York . |
| 28 | Hewlett-Packard Co is working with Micro Resources Inc to offer the latter 's applications and service for the telecommunications industry on the HP 9000 Unix family . |
| 29 | Yeah but I , part of this comes from my first real , my only training at all and my first real experience in printing was working for this guy called Robert Dothard . |
| 30 | Seb was working with Christian on top of a steadily rising haystack , the last of many . |