Example sentences of "[be] work " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the recent introduction of the Children 's Act , the aim has been to work more closely with the natural parents , with a view to returning youngsters to their own homes as quickly as possible . |
| 2 | Not that he had been to work on a Sunday for several years , but that was how he remembered it . |
| 3 | Miss Goody Two Shoes has n't been to work for a week apparently . |
| 4 | I 'd been to work all day and I 'd been and been running sheets off all night . |
| 5 | She had n't been to work for two nights . |
| 6 | Doris Clay , part-time barmaid , had not been to work on Friday evening nor over the weekend . |
| 7 | I 've been to work in a bicycle shop . ’ |
| 8 | If employees are to work at their best they must : |
| 9 | We are to work out our own salvation and Christian discipleship is not a collecting of recipes from others for instant sanctification . |
| 10 | Having established the overall principle that conciliatory attitudes provide a prime dynamic for strengthening relationships , Paul then goes on to spell out how in each case male and female partners are to work this out in practice . |
| 11 | The training which is offered by PGCE courses ( whether at polytechnic or university ) should be devoted to giving graduates some understanding of the nature and needs of the children with whom they are to work . |
| 12 | I presume this is where we are to work . ’ |
| 13 | understanding the professional needs of the classroom teachers with whom they are to work |
| 14 | Such skills as are implicated in those two lists are essentially relationship skills and are arguably as relevant to individual professional/client relationships as they are to work with self-advocacy groups . |
| 15 | They frequently break down , dealing , as Berridge ( 1985 ) argued , a very personal blow to the children and young people ; they are difficult to find ; they demand , if they are to work , levels of support which field social workers can not guarantee ; and some young people , and some children , do not want them . |
| 16 | It has been argued also that if the president and the Congress are to work well together , each branch must respect the other 's legitimacy and competence ; however , Nixon and his aides made no pretence of granting that much to the legislature . |
| 17 | To summarise , then , concentration is a skill you must develop if you are to work at high efficiency . |
| 18 | Before you start on the preparation you must be quite sure of the range of studies within which you are to work . |
| 19 | A high degree of social and ideological cohesion is made both necessary and possible if the staff are to work closely together . |
| 20 | This problem has been cleared up by the setting of a new standard called DPMI which defines exactly how a pair of enhanced mode programs are to work together . |
| 21 | If the alternatives are to work , we must take care that they are not seen as a reward for those who become involved in such activities . |
| 22 | ‘ It recognises , however , that if markets are to work effectively , they need information which in some cases Government is in a unique position to provide . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Surely I already know what the contents of our contract are — namely , that I am to work for you for a period of eighteen months , after which time you will release me with my debt to you cancelled ? ’ |
| 24 | That is a sharp decline from the 73.5p at which they were suspended and reflects the financial havoc which has been wrought on the company 's accounts as a consequence of the problems at its ISC Technologies subsidiary . |
| 25 | Great changes had been wrought by the eruption . |
| 26 | My theory — ‘ mine ’ , I say , but the miracle had been wrought in front of me by Sister Kenny — was very simple . |
| 27 | A recent scrutiny by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission commented favourably on the changes that have already been wrought and the further developments that are under way . |
| 28 | Even though she had only had time to glimpse the devastation that had been wrought , she knew that it had been a professional job , carried out by men who would leave no trace behind them . |
| 29 | If you 're to work here there are certain things you must know . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ In the end it 's the muscles that take orders from the brain if they 're to work . |