Example sentences of "to work [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But in years 4 and 5 , the years that in other schools would be devoted to working for the GCSE with continuously assessed course-work , and when the TVEI scheme would also be introduced , we are told nothing whatever about examinations , only that the pupils will not have a wide choice of subjects . |
| 2 | He also hated war , but had given his life to working for the down-and-outs in London . |
| 3 | Ideologically you may be committed to working for the NHS . |
| 4 | The common ground Chamerovzow sketched out was a commitment to working for the importation of free-labour cotton for the Lancashire mills and a shared desire to isolate American churchmen who were not firmly antislavery . |
| 5 | Those who fled during the Cultural Revolution often did so alone , others carrying two children on their backs across the Himalayan mountains to join the 100,000 strong refugee communities in India , where today a committed group have devoted their lives to working for the Tibetan cause . |
| 6 | Speaking to venture capitalists , accountants or lawyers about business plans or any other aspect of a buy-out does not amount to working for the business and if done in working hours , may be a breach of service contract . |
| 7 | Mr. Stogdon , who plays cricket for Ropley in the Hampshire League , said : ‘ I am looking forward to working on the Winchester sub-division which offers a fresh challenge and a new dimension to my career . |
| 8 | Variety is endemic to working on the land , variety introduced by changes in the weather , the seasons , soil conditions and , as we have seen , by the increasing versatility demanded of the farm workers themselves . |
| 9 | Moreover rural school-leavers themselves are increasingly aware of the stigma attached to working on the land after generations of poverty , exploitation and dependent status . |
| 10 | Farmers still have the problem of overcoming the stigma which all too often young people attach to working on the land . |
| 11 | Watkins comes to a similar conclusion , although he argues that the Labour Party 's hostility to working with the Communist Party was the reason for its failure to force the National government to abandon its non-intervention policy . |
| 12 | Sheila committed herself completely to working with the group that campaigned for wages for housework . |
| 13 | Its demise would be a blow to the Government 's entire rail privatisation strategy ; doubt has been cast on BR 's commitment to working with the private sector , and companies such as Richard Branson 's Virgin Group , which have been planning to move into the rail business , will think hard before going ahead . |
| 14 | Also , being human , Huy regretted that he was now committed to working with the policeman . |
| 15 | A bigger problem that converting between video standards is that fact that most older monitors are simply not up to working with the high resolutions that the PC needs . |
| 16 | It appeared that the majority shared in the assessment , voiced by Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov , that a " strong presidency is essential to prevent a vacuum in authority " , given that " the power of the Communist Party is waning , while the government executive is not used to working with the new system " . |
| 17 | Status : West European council for the co-ordination of regional defence policy , committed to working with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) . |
| 18 | It took time before Byrnes began to make full use of the American foreign service , let alone to give much thought to working with the British Foreign Office . |
| 19 | It is closer to the former but is restricted by dispensation to working in the 50 metre ( 165 feet ) water depth . |
| 20 | Teachers in first schools are often more used to working in the classroom alongside other professionals than those who are subject specialists at the secondary school level . |
| 21 | They were used to working in the dark ; they had become a secret society . |
| 22 | A guide to working in the Employment Service |
| 23 | A Trotskyist group , led by Reg Groves , was particularly afraid of " sacrificing the Socialist League 's position in the Labour Party " , thus repeating the objections to working in the United Front which had been made by leaders of the League in past years . |
| 24 | Dare the NUAAW break free of its commitment to working within the statutory framework and risk a repetition of the events of 1923 ? |
| 25 | And those who take part in groups have to show a parallel commitment to working within the spirit of the process ; putting as much energy into listening as in talking , staying on task , collaborating rather than competing in the pursuit of common objectives . |
| 26 | He gave his first television interview on June 24 — apparently as part of the KGB 's media campaign to demonstrate its commitment to working within the law — and announced that a Supreme Soviet commission would soon be established to supervise the work of all law-enforcement agencies . |
| 27 | He is also looking forward to working within the progressive and well-equipped eye department at the university hospital . |