Example sentences of "work for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understand that the Committee will be asked to work for a decision by Easter . |
| 2 | On the majority view the defendant was actually left free to work for a subsidiary of GUS which was not involved in the mail order business in the United Kingdom even though that would have been in clear breach of the restriction . |
| 3 | confirming their readiness to reinforce security , in particular by adopting effective arms control , disarmament and confidence-building measures ; their willingness not to regard each another as adversaries but to work for a relationship of trust and co-operation ; and accordingly their readiness to consider positively the setting up of appropriate institutional arrangements within the framework of the CSCE ; |
| 4 | I used to work for a furniture and I always had the King 's Lynn I think was always easier |
| 5 | Next step was London to work for a shipping company and to play rugby for Blackheath . |
| 6 | erm I 'm very sad to be leaving Oxford , I 've very much enjoyed working here , and it 's been good to work for a council with such a high commitment to H I V , and to fighting Aids , and erm I very much the support I 've had from the committee and I hope it will continue erm in this way . |
| 7 | The talks produced agreement in principle on Feb. 3 to work for a ceasefire by Feb. 15 and for the release by March 1 of all hostages taken by rival Azerbaijani and Armenian militias , and to establish permanent relations between the two organizations . |
| 8 | I also wanted to work for a firm with work under the legal aid scheme . ’ |
| 9 | And Ray er Mr from Nottingham says , I used to work for a circus , I 'm an animal lover and all the animals I saw were treated very well . |
| 10 | Helen Hards , produce section manager , worked at Bishops Stortford store for two years , left to work for a competitor and returned to JS at the new Apsley Mills branch . |
| 11 | Plus , coming to Malta to work for a while had seemed the ideal opportunity , the perfect excuse quietly to check up on her mother , reassure herself that all was well … |
| 12 | The master , A. D. Lindsay ( later first Baron Lindsay of Birker , q.v. ) , encouraged him to work for a spell ( 1927–8 ) at a Quaker settlement for the unemployed in the Rhondda Valley — an experience which made a deep impression . |
| 13 | Acquiring a good interview technique is as important for people employing one person to work directly for them as it is for those who will be taking on large numbers to work for a company . |
| 14 | Unless you are fortunate enough to work for a company that recognises this need , there are basically two options available for that initial promotion . |
| 15 | ‘ It was important to involve our employees and one of the interesting factors to emerge was that 88.8 per cent of them said they would be proud to work for a company with an environmental policy . ’ |
| 16 | Many had to work for a year under the threat of the axe and even those who survived continue to live in a climate of insecurity , not knowing when the next rationalisation programme is likely to be introduced . |
| 17 | She had planned to work for a year in England then take a post-graduate certificate in education at London University before going home to do her officer training in Australia . |
| 18 | Much difficulty could be avoided if the only candidates permitted to work for a PhD were those who were virtually certain to obtain it , but that is not a feasible option in the modern university . |
| 19 | Soviet and US experts , whose presence was thought to give momentum to the talks , were on hand to offer " technical " advice on the practicalities of a ceasefire [ for March agreement by the protagonists ' principal backers to work for a settlement to the civil war see p. 37365 ] . |
| 20 | We are all to blame for voting for politicians who are unwilling to work for a solution that would acknowledge the rights and aspirations of both traditions in our community . |
| 21 | Among 800 men questioned , one in five said it was ‘ difficult ’ to work for a woman manager . |
| 22 | Or , had she preferred it , she was sure that he would have agreed to her continuing to work for a time . |
| 23 | The day that battered sundial he offered me for £1,650 finds its way into my garden is the day I wo n't need to work for a living . |
| 24 | First , if restriction on liberty is the defining feature of punishment , what are we to make of the experience of children who have to go to school and adults who have to work for a living ? |
| 25 | They are usually wealthy ex-public school boys , who , since they will never need to work for a living , have little else to occupy them except the pursual of cheap thrills . |
| 26 | ‘ The thing is we 'll have to do something or we 'll find we 'll have to work for a living and we do n't want to do that . ’ |
| 27 | So although his neighbours opposite occupied houses with gardens , his side of the street had to work for a living : he would have been used to seeing the flame fanned by the bellows of the blacksmith , the steam rising from the sweating horses in the carrier , s stables , and — we may hope — a line of customers waiting to be served in his little shop . |
| 28 | The need to work for a living is widely recognized , but the necessity to do so may have often been bitterly resented by many people over the years . |
| 29 | POOR Elizabeth Harris moans about being married to two millionaire stars , the late Rex Harrison and Richard Harris , and then to having to work for a living ! |
| 30 | My eyes jaded by having to work for a living , are , after their rest , getting again into focus and my brain , having taken a long sabbatical , has shifted itself , with extreme bad grace , into gear . |