Example sentences of "works [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Bob works relentlessly for one purpose ; that his music could change mankind 's thinking to bring about unity among the races , and more so for the oppressed people .
2 The first thing to remember is that as you turn the boat away from the wind , you let out the mainsheet , the sail only works properly at one angle to the wind and so it 's essential to let out the mainsheet as you bear away .
3 One organisation which works effectively throughout Latin America to promote health care is MAP Internacional .
4 The Planned Activity Time structure works effectively in many schools with inservice programmes at school and departmental level planned well in advance .
5 The problem with this approach is that it overestimates the extent of narrative continuity in the history of science which , according to Bachelard 's examples , works rather by sudden disruptions , discontinuities , and entire reorganizations of its principles .
6 However , the addition can not be drawn until your husband retires , and if he works on after this age , you will have to wait to receive this pension .
7 Gel is less sticky than mousse and works better with curly hair .
8 Raise the tank temperature to 70°F. before adding it as it works better at higher temperatures .
9 A similar approach affects the Mozart ‘ Serenata Notturna ’ ( also from 1956 ) , but somehow Klemperer 's gruffness works better in this work .
10 It works better in another piece , beginning : ‘ If every event which occurred could be given a name , there would be no need for stories . ’
11 Although the system works brilliantly in most women , it can easily be disrupted — by stress or crash dieting for instance .
12 This works only with changed hearts .
13 The first works best at high speeds , such as those in many water-channel experiments ; the second and third at intermediate speeds ; and the last at the low speeds likely to be encountered in convection and rotating fluid experiments .
14 The human brain , particularly memory , works best for concentrated periods of about forty to fifty minutes .
15 The minute registering of ‘ the flickerings of that innermost flame which flashes its messages through the brain' , to use Virginia Woolf 's words , works best on ordinary experience rather than extraordinary — walking along a street , preparing a meal , knitting a stocking .
16 The system works excellently over short distances but as the length of the tube increases , so it becomes more and more inefficient .
17 There was also a consensus that the streaming system works more against black pupils , indicated in the following remarks from a white pupil :
18 She often works up to 16 hours a day and says that her role as Pro-Vice-Chancellor does not intrude on her research .
19 Extreme 's heart-throb guitarist , at No 29 with Rest in Peace , works up to 20 hours a day in the studio .
20 The ‘ Delirium mix ’ is as much as could be expected — but not at all disappointing — with the original ingredients rinsed out through stringy synths and a shipment of cosmic awareness ( loads of that in our house ) whilst the ‘ In Dub Mix ’ works up through minimal effects before an unexpected dub bassline rumbles in and you realise you 're travelling at half-speed .
21 ‘ Organic ’ does not mean copying natural forms but seeing the structure in nature , how natural form works efficiently with minimum energy output .
22 Mrs Burt works out of these stables near Wincanton .
23 That works out at fifty P
24 That works out at fifty P
25 So nine hundred , it works out at nine pound odd
26 Their recording time works out at three years per album .
27 Does this mean now a retention of significant capital works out at ten percent ?
28 He estimated 8 x 108 tons transported annually to the sea , which works out at 0.025 kg per square metre of the sea floor .
29 This works out at 1,460 rupees a year for a rickshaw worth just 2,000 , so he could have bought ten rickshaws with the money he has given the owner over the last 15 years .
30 The employment service says the scheme works well for both sides .
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