Example sentences of "work [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the centuries where children were treated like Oliver Twist and worse ; where children were beaten , half-starved , and put to work for sixteen hours a day and more ; it is not surprising that horses were treated no better . |
| 2 | Since young managers can not expect to be rewarded for good short-term performances , there is less incentive to work for short-term results at the expense of longer-term benefits . |
| 3 | They are Chinese , family-run empires whose aged founders remain at the helm , creating inevitable speculation about succession squabbles and , more importantly , about whether such a style of management will continue to work for billion-dollar conglomerates with international ambitions . |
| 4 | In the light of the foregoing , psychiatry itself is increasingly being forced to admit that the firm categories of psychosis with which it has tried to work for many years are of limited value . |
| 5 | The art seems to have died out in Crete altogether , yet mysteriously reappeared in Mycenae in the thirteenth century BC ; Sinclair Hood ( 1978 ) has suggested that after the conquest of Minoan Crete by Myceneans , the finest craftsmen may have been taken by force to the mainland and made to work for new masters . |
| 6 | However , it tends to work for other companies rather than their own , although — not unnaturally — they make use of it . |
| 7 | The principle of the ‘ right to work ’ was extended to ‘ the right to work for all adults irrespective of age ’ ; but it applied only where the labour of older workers was needed in addition to the full employment of younger men with families ( Roberts 1954 ; Green 1963 ) . |
| 8 | He pledged to work for all sides in the constituency . |
| 9 | If this method also fails ( and do bear in mind that no technique can be guaranteed to work for all children ) then try response-cost or time-out ( chapter 7 ) . |
| 10 | Samuel Oldknow was generally regarded as a humane employer , but even he expected his apprentices to work for thirteen hours . |
| 11 | We had one free day each week — any one of our choice — and we could also elect to work for twelve days consecutively and then have two days off . |
| 12 | Trade unions exist in order to increase the market power of labour as otherwise most workers would face competition from other workers offering to work for lower wages or worse conditions . |
| 13 | The less organised often resented the superior efficiency and greater discipline ( or docility ) , and the readiness to work for lower wages , of these peasants . |
| 14 | " Foreign " or " rat " labour , as it was called in the trade , consisted of unemployed compositors from other towns , who might be tempted to work for lower rates , or to move into a strike-bound area because they were " on the tramp " and desperate for jobs . |
| 15 | After a while , the lad turned up back at the farm and offered to work for two shillings and pay his own insurance stamp . |
| 16 | She had n't been to work for two nights . |
| 17 | You do n't mention him , except to say that he was a biologist and that he went to England to work for two years at the chemical weapons experimental establishment at Porton Down . |
| 18 | I went back to work for two days a week in December when Isha was six months old . |
| 19 | Yes , yes , he 's organised it Chris has had to go to work for two days this week . |
| 20 | Later in India and Africa , entire villages were rounded up and forced to work for minimal wages set by foreign officials . |
| 21 | Its unique contribution to the community should be recognized — which incidentally would help to raise its status — so that no mother of under-fives should have to go out to work for financial reasons . |
| 22 | ‘ He said I did n't need to work for financial reasons and how could I leave the children ? |
| 23 | While I appreciate that some married mothers do need to work for financial reasons , there are many who do n't . |
| 24 | These muscles have the function of keeping us upright against the ever-present force of gravity ; they have the advantage of never tiring as they need to work for long periods at a time . |
| 25 | You will need to be able to work for long periods with a high degree of accuracy , and have really good eyesight . |
| 26 | Another important attribute is the ability to work for long periods almost independently and not feel alienated but , on the other hand , also be able to integrate with the team . |
| 27 | He is a widower , with no family and few interests outside the hotel : as a result , he is prepared to work for long hours and generally acts as night porter during the week . |
| 28 | It 's off to work for 16 pupils of Kilton Thorpe Special School at Brotton , who are going all over Cleveland gaining work experience in a variety of jobs ranging from police work , superstore and shop workers , dog handling to children 's nurseries . |
| 29 | Cos she used to work for Green Leaves was it ? |
| 30 | " Young as I was " , he wrote later , " I had a feeling that I was destined to work for big changes and improvements in the lives of men of the sea " . |