Example sentences of "for the job [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having just had a row with the acerbic Redwood , Kelly decided to apply for the job as assistant to whoever the new paper appointed as their Belfast representative . |
| 2 | How much of this delightfully frank list of requirements the Earl passed on to the man he approached for the job of chairman , the art historian Sir Kenneth Clark ( Winchester and Oxford ) , is not recorded . |
| 3 | Mountbatten 's especial qualification in Attlee 's eyes for the job of viceroy was his success in getting the Burmese nationalists to come in on the British side in the closing stages of the war ; it was Attlee 's firm belief in later life , as indeed it was Mountbatten 's , that if Mountbatten had been left in charge in Rangoon , Burma would never have left the Commonwealth . |
| 4 | Since Leith would be looking for an employer too — a new employer — she made enquiries , and soon secured an interview for the job of contracts officer with a small firm in London called Ardis & Co . |
| 5 | Brian Whitaker , who had worked on the Wapping Post and the Hayling dummy , had applied for the job of editor and , although he had not been interviewed , was taken on by Sutton as his deputy . |
| 6 | Though living with his father in Dearborn , near Detroit , Kalid visited his mother and grandfather in the Bekaa Valley several times a year , a family duty providing him with perfect cover for the job of courier in the DEA 's stepped-up programme of controlled heroin deliveries . |
| 7 | at the Tech or courses , induction courses , Social Services meetings and stuff like that , but I mean there ai n't none of this now they 're just , you just , I , I can just apply for the job of care officer , care assistant and , and go in , but it 's a pity that they do n't do the same sort of thing like people can come in , have a look round see what goes on , be offered a , a day release |
| 8 | At 6ft 1in Graham was ideally built for the job of goalkeeper . |
| 9 | Four firms of auditors unconnected with the bank will vie for the job of adviser , and relations between the bank and the committee will be at ‘ arm 's length ’ until the report is delivered in July . |
| 10 | When Jeff Tyson was put up for the job of guitarist for Californian metal trio T-Ride the recommendation came from his ex-guitar teacher , Joe Satriani . |
| 11 | Disconnect the large multi plug on the wiring loom on the bulkhead Pull the wire off the injector pump shut off solenoid as a safety measure and touch the starter solenoid wire ( white with a red tracer ) to a live feed ( brown ) on the engine side of the multi plug ( check it is out of first gear first ) An opened split pin is ideal for the job With practice the engine can be flicked over to the required position |
| 12 | She had been accepted for the job at Ardis & Co , looking the way she normally looked , but if to keep her job — and she had no idea at that stage whether there was a Vasey junior , or similar , at G Vasey Ltd — she had to go in for a bit of de glamorisation , then so be it . |
| 13 | He applied for the job at Hoggatt 's , of course , and was runner-up to Howarth . " |
| 14 | Almost all seemed very ill suited for the job at hand , because it was impossible to prevent the force that cracked the shell from also crushing the nut . |
| 15 | It provides the muscles with a good supply of blood and oxygen and prepares the body for the job at hand . |
| 16 | Hirst may well be fired up for the job against Manchester United , whose £3.5 million bid by fax was turned down amid some acrimony last month by Wednesday manager Trevor Francis . |
| 17 | When a worker is on piece work , it is even more difficult because concentration is required for the job in order to earn the best return . |
| 18 | I have in mind How To Read , a disastrously misnamed little treatise , since its real subject is How to Write , and it is addressed to what Pound called ( with the engagingly dated Edwardian elegance that he never wholly shed ) ‘ the neophyte ’ — that is to say , to the young American writer who wants to know as soon as possible , though at the expense of considerable exertion which he is prepared for , how to assemble his kit of tools for the job in hand and others that he can dimly foresee . |
| 19 | Fresh doubts were raised here : the mare was bathed in sweat and seemed uncharacteristically agitated and disinclined for the job in hand . |
| 20 | Sky City One had been built by constructs such as these , their bodies and minds tailored for the job in hand . |
| 21 | The accessories come in three distinct qualities — Standard , Superior , and High Tech — so that you can choose the quality of the accessory needed for the job in hand , and the quality of finish required . |
| 22 | On the cross country day the riders wear practical clothing for the job in hand , but either side of that they 'll wear an outfit like Jimmy Cricket 's and go show jumping in a jacket . |
| 23 | And in the years after the end of the 1939–45 war there was such a spate of generals ' diaries that it at times seemed difficult to understand how these men had time for the job in hand , so busy were they with their diaries . |
| 24 | An individual machinist might be tempted to choose feeds and speeds that were either faster or slower than those appropriate for the job in hand . |
| 25 | to the end of these , one of the three cleaning heads ( a choice of one crevice and two brush tools ) can be attached for the job in hand . |
| 26 | 3 Are you sure that the " chosen photographer 's working methods will be suitable for the job in hand ? |
| 27 | However , when one of the assembled men had suggested that they could have used more men , Springfield had assured them their numbers would be quite sufficient for the job in hand , adding enigmatically that he had a few aces up his sleeve which would reduce the odds against them . |
| 28 | And both concluded with an inner shrug that it was the right thing for the job in hand ; anything else could wait . |
| 29 | Because of the many opportunities that a designer has of seeing many types and design of kitchen equipment in action , he is able to pick for his client the best type and design for the job in hand . |