Example sentences of "working on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone in MAS should be familiar with the chapters applicable to all MAS engagements , the remaining chapters can be referred to as necessary when working on the appropriate type of engagement . |
| 2 | She adored working on the million pound project which was predicted would rival Paul Hogan 's Crocodile Dundee smashes . |
| 3 | Urban developers working on the western edge of San Salvador defied a court ban and continued to bulldoze the capital of a pre-Columbian civilisation Cuscatlan , ancient capital of the Pipil Indians to make way for a housing project . |
| 4 | So was Malta 's Harmony I while working on the Kharg-Sirri shuttle , a run on which Iraqi aircraft particularly concentrated . |
| 5 | The instruments appear easy to use , working on the one-function-per-button principle , with each function clearly marked on the display . |
| 6 | Maintaining control over which is the most up-to-date version of the document can be a problem unless there 's centralized organization , logging who 's done what and making sure that everyone 's working on the right version . |
| 7 | Gray was already working on the second edition when he caught smallpox from his nephew , developed the confluent form of the disease , and died at 8 Wilton Street , Belgrave Square , London , 8 June 1871 , aged thirty-six according to the obituary notices of the Lancet and the Proceedings of the Royal Society , which raises the question of his date of birth , usually stated as 1827 . |
| 8 | While still working on the second volume of the Society 's guidebook , at a meeting of the Zoological Society on 16 June 1830 , he applied to undertake a series of drawings of the parrot collection . |
| 9 | Next , lift your hands several centimetres above your partner 's body and continue with the same sweeping movements , though this time you will be working on the etheric body . |
| 10 | The aluminium smelter at Bandar Abbas employed 40 staff at its peak during the summer , some of whom are now working on the major refurbishment of the News International printworks at Wapping which is in its early stages . |
| 11 | Neither partner could fail to be aware of the interest in their company which , more than once , threatened to result in a book chronicling their success , especially as Laura had just finished working on the first Laura Ashley Book of Home Decorating . |
| 12 | She wrote a long and intimate letter to Eleanor describing her state of mind and her new and disturbing sense of isolation , but Eleanor was working on the first draft of her first novel , and replied at length but not to the point . |
| 13 | Even while he was working on the first draft of the poem , he was writing to Martin Browne about all the engagements ahead . |
| 14 | Now then , , being that was working on the other side , took all the trees on the main drive do you see , and he bought them and cleared them . |
| 15 | Yeah she was erm well necessarily cos that day Blue was working on the other team as well so he had his erm break at different time . |
| 16 | However , if you are just beginning your pressed flower work , you may become extremely confused when working on the two pictures simultaneously , so I would recommend that you work on one design at a time . |
| 17 | While working on the two biker films and his one sentence in The St Valentine 's Day Massacre , undemanding as they were , Nicholson was also writing another film script for Corman who was once again ahead of the field in latching on to the latest craze sweeping through the world : the children of the post-war baby boom were coming out to play and nothing could stop them now . |
| 18 | The fertile combination of theory and practice was his own , however , and he stood at the head of a great group of people working on the new phenomena of electricity . |
| 19 | Or it was for the production crew working on the new children 's series The Borrowers . |
| 20 | While working on the new opera , Don Giovanni , he also completed two string quintets , K.515 in C and K.516 in G minor — one of his greatest works in that key ; the Violin Sonata in A , K.526 ; and two small-scale ‘ divertimento-style ’ pieces , the exquisite serenade Eine Kleine Nachtmusik , and its antithesis , Ein musikalischer Späss ( A Musical Joke ) , which , in its wealth of wrong notes and inept harmonies , is obviously intended to be a satire on incompetent composers . |
| 21 | Project manager Jim Berry and his team and currently working on the new complex which will include an 18,000 sq m main building complete with operating theatres , outpatients , accident and emergency and x-ray departments as well as kitchen and laundry facilities . |
| 22 | Gordon McKinnon , Bobbin Minder ( holding bobbin ) and Philip Mallard , Weaver , working on the new Jacquard Axminster carpet for Aberdeen Football Club . |
| 23 | Wooden platforms or stages were erected at different levels , so that men working on the various portions of the vehicle were facilitated in their task . |
| 24 | While the controller or finance director of a subsidiary will spend most of his or her time working on the financial accounts , and can excel at the job by being a good housekeeper , the group finance director , often number two to the chief executive , plays a large part in the running of the company and therefore needs a considerably wider range of skills . |
| 25 | Do you have an enclosed unlit porch that would give a housebreaker some cover while working on the front door lock ? |
| 26 | If they could finish the ‘ Marit ’ today , there was a good chance they would be working on the Russian boat tomorrow . |
| 27 | With consolidation we are working on the tangible information that is available . |
| 28 | Philip was working on the electrical wiring of the top floor with the easy-paced contemplative manner of a workman . |
| 29 | In the last issue of the Journal , J Wildig mentioned steam working on the Cambrian Line . |
| 30 | Ruby 's forte was getting her own photograph in the newspapers as she ‘ arrived at the police station to advise officers working on the such-and-such case ’ ; she was a popular television chat show guest ; and she made a decent living from writing about psychometry . |