Example sentences of "of work for a " in BNC.

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1 905,000 out of work for a year
2 The ideal of service allowed the professions to reconcile the concept of the gentleman with the necessity of work for a living and to formulate a definition of their relationship with clients and with society .
3 He had been out of work for a year and some mates had clubbed up to give him enough money to take a three-week walking holiday on the Pennine Way .
4 The first step in achieving this objective is to guarantee a place on Employment Training ( ET ) for everyone who has been out of work for a long period of time .
5 Young Martin 's been out of work for a year now , ever since he left school .
6 The consortium approach is a particularly cost-effective means of undertaking this project as each Consortium member benefits from a substantial body of work for a fraction of the cost .
7 Have you been of work for a while then with the dreaded flu ? ? . i hope your little one did not catch it it is a particularly strong virus that is going around at the moment .
8 Builder Ivan James has been out of work for a year .
9 The total of people out of work for a year rose by 75,000 in the three months to January and has more than doubled since it started increasing in October 1987 .
10 I 've gone down hill since then , but she said you know these folks are hard when you 've been out of work for a long while , you 've got ta just get back up and fight again , I said , she said and I know how hard that is , but she said you know , if you can get it going and fit and get in , so
11 Like no way I 've been out of work for a few months
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