Example sentences of "[noun sg] works [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When water is in short supply , the trunk works with a forefoot to dig a hole in a dried-out river bed until moisture is found . |
| 2 | The therapy works on the system that energy is present throughout the body : there are places where it gathers or is near the surface of the skin . |
| 3 | The therapy works on the principle that like cures like . |
| 4 | The local government lawyer works at the centre of the organisation using professional skills in support of the chief executive , the management team and the departments that provide the services for the public . |
| 5 | What if an employee works during the Maternity Pay Period ( MPP ) ? |
| 6 | The important points which emerge from this case are that the employer will be able to rely on this part of the duty of fidelity if it can be shown that the employee works for a trade competitor in his spare time and : ( a ) knows of business secrets which may be of use to the competitor and/or ( b ) occupies a position which makes it expedient to recognise the existence of his duty to work for the employer alone . |
| 7 | An employee works for an organisation , but may also be a member of a trade union . |
| 8 | Many consider this check a waste of time , but experience has shown that — provided you have studied effectively — the sub-conscious mind works on the problems after you have read them through . |
| 9 | The mind works on the body in strange ways ; an intense experience , a powerful dream . |
| 10 | It 's funny how the mind works at a time like this I could n't hear anything so I called : ‘ Warton , Golf Zulu Sierra . |
| 11 | For the classic Ulster pear-shaped woman , step aerobics works on the areas you 'd rather not think about , that is hips , thighs and bum . |
| 12 | The Science department works as a team within which the postholder is responsible to the Senior Technician for the technical service to science . |
| 13 | Wire netting in effect works as an aerial , transmitting false radio signals as well as those from the transmitter — with music the most common form of interference . |
| 14 | At each stage , the programme works on the structure of your hair , helping it to look as healthy as nature intended . |
| 15 | In 1799 , together with business partners , he opened the St. Rollox Chemical Works on the north side of Glasgow to manufacture his bleaching powders . |
| 16 | While planning the gig , the agent works with the promoter and looks at the event 's costs . |
| 17 | An arrangement where an agent works on a commission with a consignment stock , is obviously not an agreement for the sale of goods , but is a contract under or in pursuance of which possession of goods passes ( UCTA , s 26(3) ( a ) ) . |
| 18 | The weaver works from a paper design which shows the full size , the pattern repeats , in the colours that are to be used . |
| 19 | The practitioner works as the officer of the organisation to test for entitlement to its services , perhaps using functional assessment methods . |
| 20 | Kukkay Sarn and Meera Patel from London — 24-year-old Kukkay works as a buyer for British Airways and her friend Meera is a 22-year-old student at the London College of Fashion . |
| 21 | The machine works as a result of the correct assembly of the mechanism parts . |
| 22 | Man will voluntarily integrate his own goals with those of the organization if management works on the assumption not that people dislike work , prefer being directed rather than taking the initiative and respond only to material rewards or threats and sanctions ; but that they have needs for autonomy and independence which must be satisfied through structures of authority that allow self-motivation and self-control . |
| 23 | Finally , in sentence ( 4 ) the parallel between Eliot and Fitzgerald is drawn explicitly , and the way the motif works in the novel is explained , so completing a miniature demonstration of what was promised in the paragraph 's opening , topic sentence . |
| 24 | A stack works on the principle of ‘ last in first out ’ ( LIFO ) . |
| 25 | An immersion heater works like the element in an electric kettle . |
| 26 | ‘ Nomination ’ is the process whereby the client chooses a subcontractor to carry out specialist works under a building contract and where the contractor is obliged to employ that subcontractor . |
| 27 | There are dozens of specialist works on the subject of agricultural history , and many more dealing with purely local matters . |
| 28 | Certainly the careful structuring and methodical scrupulosity of his vernacular works on the development of spiritual life betoken an academic training . |
| 29 | This reaction works with a variety of alkanes , including propane , cyclohexane and cyclopropane . |
| 30 | In order to control the degree of complexity involved , LIFESPAN insists that quality approval works from the bottom up ; in other words , a package which is contained in another package must be approved before the containing package can be approved . |