Example sentences of "[adv] work [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We only work to the laws which are enforced and are made by Parliament . ’
2 Markets only work at the cost of perennial insecurity for producers .
3 So work at the digging .
4 As autumn slipped gradually into winter so work on the farm slowed down .
5 Judging by the enthusiasm of the men , women and children who all work on the dam and piped-water project , he has made a start .
6 ROSALIND BRUNT , Tessa Perkins and Karen Jones , who all work in the Centre for Popular Culture at Sheffield City Polytechnic , talk about women both sides of the screen .
7 What emerges from these scantily recorded years is that by the time of the first minuted meeting , in January 1907 , and which was probably held in the manager 's office at the Henley branch of Reading bankers , J. and C. Simonds , much work towards the Club 's formation had already been accomplished .
8 Groups were created by political or material need , and once created , granted each other quasi-familial status ( complete , for literate societies , with swiftly constructed genealogies ; thus , the descendants of the prophet in Islam have down the ages offered much work for the imagination and ingenuity of the genealogical archivists ) .
9 Highlights have been the visit of Mr J. Scott Morgan with his book on the Bishop 's Castle Railway , and much work behind the scenes in connection with the proposed Museum .
10 ‘ But that 's enough work for the evening , Watson .
11 But what if a school wished to ban Sikh girls from wearing trousers , and sought to justify its action with the argument that to create an exception from school rules for Sikhs would cause resentment from whites and thus work to the detriment of racial harmony ?
12 About 85 per cent of the staff already work in the school kitchens , but they still have to be interviewed , appointed and trained in CCG methods .
13 Nearer to Christmas time they are supplemented by college and older school students , some of whom already work in the store on late night shopping evenings or at the weekend .
14 ( Aye , I thought , and I wager she does more than just work in the kitchen , but who am I to judge the poor man 's morals ?
15 This also applies when you no longer work for the Employment Service .
16 There are no objections raised provided the necessary conditons are imposed to ensure that the caravan is removed once work on the barn is complete .
17 Many of the old village families still work in the area , in agriculture , or in the thriving haulage industry .
18 ‘ No , it is not that , they can see that women are more militant than the men , doing more work on the picket line .
19 But always work on the proviso that you will stop if the are repeated .
20 That is , always work towards the heart and bring toxins towards the colon .
21 Always work from the outside .
22 The fracture was caused during the construction of a storm sewer , involving underground work beneath the defendants ' mains , by a third party .
23 Despite the skilled electronic engineers and software writers at Rugby , GEC has sub-contracted further work on the Hall robot 's control system to an ex-Hall Automation employee now working on his own .
24 be required to undertake further work on the project and be referred to his project tutor or mentor for counselling
25 further work on the application of some of the personal and social development modules to a European context
26 In addition to these developments , SCOTVEC will shortly be undertaking further work on the design of core skills .
27 It is also necessary to carry out further work on the production of teaching materials , identifying specific gaps in existing resources , whilst drawing general lessons for syllabus design , teaching methods and materials which can possible be applied to various community languages .
28 These included carrying out further work on the impacts of relocating tribal people , and studying the effect on fisheries .
29 Early work at The Hague
30 Early work at The Hague
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