Example sentences of "[noun sg] works on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The therapy works on the principle that like cures like . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The mind works on the body in strange ways ; an intense experience , a powerful dream . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | At each stage , the programme works on the structure of your hair , helping it to look as healthy as nature intended . |
| 7 | In 1799 , together with business partners , he opened the St. Rollox Chemical Works on the north side of Glasgow to manufacture his bleaching powders . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A stack works on the principle of ‘ last in first out ’ ( LIFO ) . |
| 10 | There are dozens of specialist works on the subject of agricultural history , and many more dealing with purely local matters . |
| 11 | Certainly the careful structuring and methodical scrupulosity of his vernacular works on the development of spiritual life betoken an academic training . |
| 12 | Mrs Hamilton 's husband works on the oil rig . |
| 13 | Unlike a petrol engine with a throttle , or accelerator , to vary the amount of fuel and air being sucked into the engine , diesel works on the principle that air in a cylinder will , if it is compressed , heat enough to ignite fuel without the use of a spark plug . |
| 14 | During the extensive repair works on the building following this incident , Richard Baxter preached in St.Bride 's at the other end of Fleet Street . |
| 15 | In 1828 he became the partner of his friend and younger rival , James Muspratt [ q.v. ] , who had emigrated to Lancashire in 1822 , in building a Leblanc-process soda works on the St Helens canal . |
| 16 | On the completion of this he was placed in charge in 1851–2 of the heavy engineering works on the Oxford and Wolverhampton line , including high timber viaducts and the Dudley tunnel . |
| 17 | The real cost of river mismanagement can begin with engineering works on the watercourse itself . |
| 18 | Ian Elmore and John Whitwich , from Walsall , were horrified to see dozens of specimen tench and big carp struggling in just ten inches of water when they visited engineering works on the Park Hall stetch of the Rushall Canal near Walsall . |
| 19 | The civil engineering works on the Heywood line are being designed by the respective Engineering Departments of Bury and Rochdale Councils . |
| 20 | DS8 SECTIONAL COMPLETION AND PROGRAMMING WORKS ON THE BEACH |
| 21 | I hope that the results of the public inquiry will be announced shortly and that the advance works on the link can be started before the end of the year , although that depends wholly on the outcome of the general election , because , as I said , the Opposition are committed to reducing expenditure on roads and vital pieces of road infrastructure such as that for which my hon. Friend rightly argues would be threatened by a Labour Government . |
| 22 | The way the funding mechanism works on the teaching side means that each student arriving in an institution brings with him or her less money than before . |
| 23 | A cross-section comparison works on the assumption that the current markets in country A and country B are analogous , and a relationship ( correlation ) exists in both countries between : |
| 24 | Iron and steel works on the coast of the coalfield have also been closed . |
| 25 | The method works on the principle that the art form is a healing agent but that time must be allowed for the work to be effective . |
| 26 | A spokesman said : ‘ The centre works on the principle that if one shop opens on a Sunday , they all open . |
| 27 | In my letter dated 3rd February 93 to your predecessor I drew attention to the road works on the west side of Gubberford Lane Scorton just south of the railway bridge . |
| 28 | The Banbury Inner Relief Road ; various restrictions for road works on the junction of the A41 and the A422 . |
| 29 | Gravity works on the surface of the Earth or the Moon , and it still works just off the surface , so as to pull things down on to it . |
| 30 | On 10 June I received a letter from Mr. , which made reference to the site meeting I held with you on 4 June , and then said , and I quote , ‘ the volunteers will carry out the resurfacing works on the Canal towing path … ’ ; ‘ after the works are completed … ’ ; ‘ the upgrading works carried out by your organisation will be to the benefit of all canal users ’ . |