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

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31 These included powers to make loans for land acquisition and works within the designated districts ; loans for site-preparation works ; and grants for rent relief within Partnerships .
32 Only an understanding that recognizes that an irresolvable tension works within the historical schema itself will be in a position to make its contradictory claims productive .
33 Where fantasy is involved , as in a film like The Wizard of Oz ( 1940 ) , non-realistic , simple colours are acceptable , provided they add up to a coherent scheme that works within the special world of that film .
34 Widgery lives and works in the front line of community medicine , conducting surgeries and home visits in an area of blight .
35 Shakespeare is in no way diminished by a consideration of how tragic irony works in the final act of King Lear .
36 He works in the Industrial Engineering Department as a Graduate Trainee , and has recently attended a six week course at the Institute of Management in Nottingham .
37 Using his Yamaha 250cc , Mono Shock trials bike , Alan McDonald , who works in the Industrial Engineering Department of Stoddard , is competing with outstanding results in the Scottish Trial Championship .
38 If they are ever opened , the Hunterston plants would be among the first direct reduction iron works in the Western world .
39 The system works in the following way :
40 The syntax analyser developed in this thesis works in the following way :
41 Now , as we 've said earlier on the Holy Spirit works in the new birth and it is through the work of the Holy Spirit that we come to know God .
42 Asked about how the two parts of the exhibition about fifty autograph works in the first part followed by a section on debatable works by pupils and followers were connected , Dr Brown agreed that the two parts were , in fact , rather distinct .
43 ‘ Well , ’ said Helen , ‘ I do know a girl who works in the outer office there , and we do sometimes meet up for lunch and I could try to put her on to it …
44 I waited around a few minutes and had a chance to talk with Tony Dorigo and met his mother who works in the Digital office in Birmingham .
45 Yvonete , who works in the nearby cigarette factory , takes us to her husband 's workshop , where he makes wooden effigies of the Christ of Rio for sale to tourists .
46 Tom 's life was slipping away , but by sheer luck Joyce Miller , a nurse who works in the intensive care unit at Cheltenham General hospital , happened to be passing .
47 The new wave of folk spearheaded by Faith Over Reason and Ruby Blue marches on , and the latest addition is acoustic soloist Heather Frith , who works in the same vein , telling tales of reflection and longing .
48 The new wave of folk spearheaded by Faith Over Reason and Ruby Blue marches on , and the latest addition is acoustic soloist Heather Frith , who works in the same vein , telling tales of reflection and longing .
49 The whole apparatus is part of the inner ear , and the total system works in the same fluid which also surrounds the cochlear ( that is the part of the inner ear with 20,000–25,000 minute hairs which respond to sound waves ) .
50 The European PAL system works in the same way , but with 625 lines , 312.5 per field .
51 The second is to look at what visual systems do , build something that will do the same job , and then determine whether it works in the same way as a real visual system .
52 Pressurised steam is less potent than gunpowder and so the cannon has a shorter range than muzzle-loaded cannons but otherwise it works in the same way .
53 The scale works in the same way as a golfer 's handicap .
54 The menu bar at the top of the screen works in the same way as nearly all MS-DOS menus .
55 Behind the scenes the ‘ gals ’ whose fate will be determined by a male judging panel banter and bicker , in various states of undress , unaware that one of their number is a man with a mission to woo an unrequited love who works in the same supermarket and has also entered the contest .
56 Yeah he works in the same office
57 Richard of St Victor used the story to schematise his understanding of how God ( Jacob ) works in the human will and affections ( Leah ) and the reason ( Rachel ) so that they become fruitful with the knowledge of himself .
58 So , the fact that who works in the green grocers is just a bit of additional information , it 's not necessary for the the main part of the sentence , you can take it out and it 's not going to take , make any difference to the construction or the meaning of the sentence , it 's a bit of additional information .
59 He now lives in Salisbury , Wilts. , and works in the aquatic trade .
60 I was just after some informal advice from a friend who works in the main office , really . ’
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