Example sentences of "works [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the media planner works through the available choices , a media schedule begins to evolve . |
| 2 | It may be with a contact poison that quickly enters a soft-bodied creature like a greenfly and kills on contact , a stomach poison that works through the digestive system , a neurotoxin that paralyses the nervous system , or an asphyxiant that enters through the creature 's respiratory system , or we could encourage a natural predator . |
| 3 | BELOW : Iron Mill stood immediately below Longfords , and was an iron works during the 17th century . |
| 4 | James Whitaker works for the rival Mirror , and his book was due for serialisation in that paper . |
| 5 | Dr Thomas Stuttaford , a former Conservative MP who works for the private health group , Bupa , also says moderate drinking can reduce stress , prevent heart disease , provide nutrition , and help relaxation . |
| 6 | The selection is right if it truly works for the competing student , and it is the quality and force of the imagination that will carry off the performance of the piece . |
| 7 | Her uncle , George Mathieson , also works for the new warehouse . |
| 8 | Gilbey , who works for the Norfolk-based Formula One racing car firm Team Lotus , is said to want the property , called the Thatched Cottage , in the autumn and winter . |
| 9 | Specialist private dry cleaning of antique textiles : Bernard Dore works for the National Trust and national museums as well as dealers . |
| 10 | May I warmly congratulate my right hon. Friend both on her statement this afternoon and on all the ways in which she works for the British interest both in Europe and elsewhere in the world ? |
| 11 | Mick Houghton , who also works for the fashionable label Blast First , was asked why he had agreed to take on The Wedding Present . |
| 12 | The event was organised by Derrick Louis , who works for the Royal Mail at its offices in The Vineyards , Great Baddow , and is a member of the same regiment . |
| 13 | This year the company , which had an £8.6m turnover in 1991 , was sold off , but she still works for the old directors . |
| 14 | The political loyalties of the different companies are also well known : Harris works for the Conservative Party , while Market & Opinion Research International ( MORI ) is usually chosen by the Labour Party . |
| 15 | This is very much a young man 's conception of Mozart , and many will find the no-holds-barred approach works as the perfect antidote to those who nurture an overreverential conception of Mozartian style and grace . |
| 16 | Erm , one 's er controller , another one 's er , a senior warehouseman , another one works out the back door , er , the other one 's like Gary , he does bread all the time . |
| 17 | One can therefore say that the Reynolds stress works against the mean velocity gradient to remove energy from the mean flow , just as the viscous stress works against the velocity gradient . |
| 18 | Moreover , this has taken place against the policies of the previous party government so entrenching the instability of adversary politics as the price to be paid for a strength that really works against the moderate majority in the population at large . |
| 19 | The Complete Page Scanner works with The Complete Communicator to give you the ability to scan in text and graphics quickly into your PC . |
| 20 | The Complete Page Scanner works with The Complete Communicator to give you the ability to scan in text and graphics quickly into your PC . |
| 21 | Television works with the literal image , so if you know Birmingham University as a bloody great clock tower , that 's what you get … ’ |
| 22 | She presently works with the Corporate Safety Directorate dealing site emergency planning . |
| 23 | Each member works with the full range of referrals . |
| 24 | LAMP works with the tribal groups to help them revive their culture , languages and art forms , and to be aware of their rights . |
| 25 | She works with the Asian Women Writers Collective . |
| 26 | Goram is a self-confessed amalgam of the best bits he has taken from Leighton , Alan Rough , the extrovert personality he replaced at Easter Road , and Alan Hodgkinson , the five times capped former England goalkeeper who has been his mentor since Oldham , and now works with the Scottish team . |
| 27 | It works along the same lines as an algae magnet where the two magnets attract each other through the aquarium glass . |
| 28 | It works along the same lines , using a printer driver to control the sending and a fax manager to look after the receiving . |
| 29 | In the thirteenth century the bishop of Durham instigated extensive drainage works along the northern shores of the Humber . |
| 30 | Cataloguing of foreign atlases and cartographic reference works into the automated catalogue continued , and a backlog which had accumulated during the move into the new building , was removed . |