Example sentences of "getting a job " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has arrived from abroad , yet another bird of passage , ‘ in the hope of getting a job building our railway bridge ’ . |
| 2 | He wrote Paddy , published in Cyril Connelly 's Horizon about 1946 , and let them all have it , which meant he 'd even less chance of getting a job after that . |
| 3 | I was always involved in tree planting and general countryside employment before getting a job as Field Officer when Scottish Conservation Projects came into existence in 1984 . |
| 4 | Some young people look upon drugs as a national industry : ‘ what is so awful about doing it if there is no other way of getting a job . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If students are going to be landed with a debt at the end of three years , they are going to choose vocational courses so that they can be certain of getting a job when they graduate and so pay off the loan . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Koc told Mr Roger HendersonQC , counsel for the GMC , that the ‘ broker ’ brothers Mr Ata Nur and Mr Riza Kuntar had promised him he would be getting a job when he was brought to England . |
| 7 | Mr Koc told Mr Roger HendersonQC , counsel for the GMC , that the ‘ broker ’ brothers Mr Ata Nur and Mr Riza Kuntar had promised him he would be getting a job when he was brought to England . |
| 8 | But they will be quick to point out to ministers that ‘ helping the poorest ’ can often lead to poverty and unemployment traps , as any state benefit aimed just at low-income households will discourage them from earning more or getting a job if it is withdrawn as soon as they do so . |
| 9 | ‘ They sometimes want to use their time more productively without getting a job off the farm , ’ says Sue . |
| 10 | ‘ You 've certainly landed on your feet getting a job at Templeton 's . |
| 11 | He tells me that the National Front 's ‘ a load of rubbish ’ , that politicians are ‘ a waste of time ’ and that when he sees his nan , … ‘ she 's always on about me getting a job . |
| 12 | He conveys with a sure sense of atmosphere and detail the satisfaction of getting a job done , the feeling of being within a tradition of a long line of settlers of the land , and the sheer hard work which that entails : from persuading recalcitrant committees to support his endeavours to the literally back-breaking labour of dragging obstinate lumps of bog oak out of the peat to facilitate ploughing . |
| 13 | Too often ‘ waste of time , better off getting a job ’ are the shared feelings of the young person and the parent . |
| 14 | The mode of student attendance is more difficult to forecast , because while a full-time place for study will feature topmost in a candidate 's range of choices , the prospect of getting a job early may provide a stimulus for part-time study . |
| 15 | ‘ You talk about getting a job — but what you need is a good long rest . |
| 16 | These are an integral part of the professional courses which are run for people trying to improve their chances of getting a job . |
| 17 | Spouses who know that the way they behave will affect their partners ' chances of getting a job should try and find out beforehand what is expected of them . |
| 18 | I did n't think I had a chance of getting a job but Workington took the gamble with me and I want to repay them . |
| 19 | ‘ People are much more concerned with getting a job when they finish , which I understand , ’ he says . |
| 20 | On a personal note , could you pray for me as I am in the process of getting a job in Saudi Arabia myself and will need all the prayer support I can get . |
| 21 | But getting a job after years spent bringing up a family is n't necessarily an end in itself For many women , it 's all part of changing their lives and pointing them in the direction they want to go in-of being in charge of their own destiny . |
| 22 | Getting a job after having a baby |
| 23 | Now that you 've thought long and hard about goals and objectives , let's get back to the nitty-gritty of finding and getting a job . |
| 24 | ‘ Getting a job ’ is a bad example of a reward , because you do not have total control over it-it is in the hands of the employer . |
| 25 | When I began to talk about getting a job she said , first , ‘ Do you really want one , dear ? |
| 26 | ‘ I believe education is a right in itself , not merely a means of getting a job . |
| 27 | I am interested in working for the Forestry Commission , for a national park or getting a job which involves caring for any aspect of the environment . |
| 28 | The UN said that a Japanese volunteer in Cambodia was probably killed not by the Khmers Rouges , as had been thought , but by somebody disgruntled at not getting a job . |
| 29 | It had been a very unhappy time for him , especially since he knew that his advancing years prevented him from getting a job as a carman . |
| 30 | This should be followed by a job , and a person 's chances of getting a job would be enhanced by obtaining a recognised qualification . |