Example sentences of "[adj] to work [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 With such an Army Iran can resist Communist pressures and build the country into a showcase to so that other peoples can see that it is possible to work with the West and get more effective support than countries such as Egypt receive . "
2 Sir Kenneth 's rules were a bit daft in places and far too detailed to work without the risk of continual recourse to the courts .
3 Even in death he is willing to work at the vine ( the biblical symbol of the Chosen People ) , suggesting in ‘ Credo ’ that the work , however unlikely it appears , is going on ; ‘ the holy promised land ’ is being peopled : ‘ the feet of fierce or humble priests trample out the green ’ ; he among them , despite putative evidence to the contrary .
4 He tends to be less radical and confrontational than the most nationally prominent black politician , the Rev Jesse Jackson , and more willing to work with the establishment to achieve his goals .
5 Students have to be willing to work under the direction of the lecturer .
6 The village chiefs ask their people if they are willing to work on the water projects , and once agreed a project committee is set up carrying the authority of all involved .
7 Against this background of a wife who was willing to work on the market , the choice to work at home must involve a higher ( or at least as high a ) level of utility .
8 It was clear to the classical writers that there were tens of thousands of workers who were unemployed and who were prepared to work at the going ( real or money ) wage rate .
9 Environmentalist groups have criticised the plan , because it still allows some logging in ancient forests , but say they are prepared to work with the Administration to improve it .
10 Such bodies are set up outside government partly so that they can attract skilled personnel who might not be prepared to work for the core of government ; so that they can develop a high level of expertise in the area they are responsible for ; and so that they can develop policy in an atmosphere divorced from direct party political pressures .
11 He was used to working with crews who knew him and who , like his casts , were prepared to work round the clock to achieve the effects he desired .
12 Their women , far from being grateful , turned on them , snarling , in late night conversations telling them to shut up ; far from setting them free to work for the Revolution , their women demanded that they take emotional responsibility and also clean the loos .
13 This sort of pressure , combined with fear of the Spaniards , made it easier for the English to work with the French who were settling in the same region of islands than earlier or later generations would have thought possible .
14 ‘ No , you 're not , you 're exhausted , and you are n't fit to work at the moment .
15 It is not natural to work through the night shift , I 've worked it , there is no way of starting a week without your Er I 've slept a night before , somewhere at the weekend , when the day comes , but you 've got to go the next night to work .
16 Of course while this point may work in the tenant 's favour in a falling market , it is just as likely to work in the landlord 's favour in a rising market .
17 ‘ Subliminal ’ advertising , which was most publicly ‘ exposed ’ in Vance Packard 's The Hidden Persuaders , is advertising that is supposed to work below the threshold of consciousness : a message flashed for a fraction of a second on a cinema screen was , it was alleged , able to increase sales of popcorn very significantly , even though no one in the audience could have taken it in — or , indeed , remembered it .
18 How such market forces are supposed to work in the field of education is far from clear .
19 Although the book is claimed to be suitable for self-study , students would probably find it more useful to work through the material with a teacher .
20 also , I was able to work at the painting knowing I could obliterate any unwanted areas ; this gave me the freedom I needed .
21 This protects the public gaze from the true story and means that for a decade the authorities have been able to work on the assumption that what the eye does n't see the heart wo n't grieve over .
22 The British defence chiefs also felt able to work on the assumption that the USSR would not feel strong enough to risk war for several more years .
23 The two firms are said to have indicated to NEFMA they would be able to work on the basis of Ferranti using a Telefunken-made data processor in its ECR-90 radar , he said .
24 The two firms are said to have indicated to NEFMA they would be able to work on the basis of Ferranti using a Telefunken-made data processor in its ECR-90 radar , he said .
25 Now , a quarter of a century after that first opening , Mr Smythe has been able to work for the good of the trade which has brought him travel , skill , and national recognition .
26 It is at this stage , that the food service designer should be appointed and be able to work with the architect from the inception of the building .
27 Will you be able to work with the agency ?
28 It is a fact of life , however , that membership by graduation is not mandatory before being able to work in the credit management profession , unlike accountants and others .
29 That summer I thought I was going to be able to work in the shop full-time up until I started at St. Martin 's School of Art in the autumn .
30 When , in April 1916 , the assistant matron , Miss Loader , and the children 's attendant , Miss Thomas , resigned on the grounds that they were unable to work with the matron , and when Mrs. Adams , the labour mistress , also appeared before the committee with a similar complaint , it was evident that all was not well .
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