Example sentences of "[noun pl] work [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doctors and paramedics work with an elaborate system of reports and an information center , the nurse 's station on the patient 's floor . |
| 2 | Oblong pods work in a similar way but with two — and sometimes three — AA cells in each compartment . |
| 3 | His care for disabled children spans work at the orthopaedic hospital in Oswestry , Alder Hey Hospital , Liverpool , and through Riding for the Disabled . |
| 4 | The fact that a wide number of manufacturers work to the same pattern means that the caterer who is topping up need not return to the same source for the top-up . |
| 5 | All organizations work on a carrot-and-stick policy . |
| 6 | Stoddard Templeton designers work with a wide range of colours , shading from the most delicate of pastels , through subtle neutrals , to the rich and glowing hues of scarlet , blue and gold . |
| 7 | Hence , molecular associations that give rise to large exothermicities are also associated with large adverse entropy changes , and the two effects work in a compensatory manner [ 6 ] . |
| 8 | Yesterday you mentioned that your contractors work to a pre-arranged schedule and it seems possible that they have accidentally omitted this stretch of Station Lane . |
| 9 | Top-down ( concept-driven ) parsers work in the opposite way . |
| 10 | It was proposed that the shop stewards work on a brief response to Michael Taylor 's memo and present to SMT members before the meeting where decision would be taken . |
| 11 | Often the change in relationship that occurs as the parents work on the initial problem areas will generalize to other times of the day as the parent gains confidence and authority . |
| 12 | Team scores are compared to introduce some rivalry ( which usually means that participants work into the early hours later in the course ) , and critiques prepared on how their performance might be improved through reference to Grid styles . |
| 13 | Most bands work on a guaranteed fee against a percentage . |
| 14 | Whilst only just over a fifth of all workers work on a part-time basis , well over a half of temporary workers do so . |
| 15 | Social workers work in an imperfect world . |
| 16 | Generally , the streetwise dealers work in a separate camp from the more educated types , and never the twain shall meet . |
| 17 | I suppose that many of the culprits work on a perverted logic of ‘ if it stops , then so will I ’ . |
| 18 | ILE will be key in ensuring applications work on the new hardware , as well as providing performance enhancements , according to Haines . |
| 19 | In fact , the best stories work like a toppled pack of cards : you realise at the end why the man could n't have bought the pornography from the dodgy book-seller ( he was blind ) or why the couple should n't have wasted their savings on replacing the diamond necklace ( it was paste ) and think , Aha . |
| 20 | I wonder if Pemberton-Billing would be pleased if he could know that modern Laservision discs and Compact Digital Discs work on a similar principle , although starting in the middle and slowing down . |
| 21 | Most often known to us as witch doctors or medicine men , it has now been realised that their accumulated knowledge and experience of which natural substances work in the rapid healing of wounds , or alleviation of pain , is a major resource which modern science can use to good effect in producing ‘ new ’ drugs . |
| 22 | Modern EEGs work on the same principle as the sprung mirror galvanometer — i.e. they are capable of measuring very fast changes in potential difference between the electrodes , but are relatively insensitive to slow changes . |
| 23 | His rivals work at a quieter pitch , making art that is predominantly abstract . |
| 24 | Their bodies work by a unique exploitation of hydrostatic principles . |
| 25 | I got involved with agencies who specialise in placing children who were difficult to place , be it handicapped , black or of the wrong age , and that led to my doing a lot of work taking photographs for a magazine published by the British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering and various publicity and public relations work for the Catholic Children 's Society . |
| 26 | Products designed to mend split ends work on a temporary basis by ‘ gluing ’ the ends together . |
| 27 | In the US system these networks appear as ‘ iron triangles ’ , where special interests work in a unified way with Congressional committees and relevant federal agencies to skew policy towards solicitude for their concerns . |
| 28 | Lawyers work from a main argument . |
| 29 | Although we know much about how genes work at the microscopic level , less is known about all the intermediate processes through which genes find expression in phenotypic characters at the macroscopic level of the whole animal . |
| 30 | Personal pensions work on a different principle from most occupational schemes or superannuation . |