Example sentences of "work [art] " in BNC.

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1 You know that I have to work the land down there .
2 Side leg exercises can be done to work the outer thigh area , and a wide variety of scissor-type exercises can be done for the hips and lower stomach areas , ( More advanced stomach exercises can be carried out using weights if desired . )
3 They are designed to work the various muscle groups from slightly different angles , and will enable you to vary your routines according to your requirements .
4 It is essential to work the trapezius muscles , otherwise a stooped , round-shouldered posture will result ; this is a common fault with people who do a lot of chest work but little or no back work .
5 A simple piece of apparatus ( fig.8 ) is required to work the bevel accurately and with a good finish .
6 To work the new service a fleet of thirty-one Class 91 140mph locomotives and matching set of Mk 4 stock have been ordered .
7 Marx argues in many places , but most clearly in the Preface to the Critique of Political Economy , that the source of the destruction of the capitalist system would come from the fact that the social system which itself had been created in order to work the factories and markets of capitalism would become increasingly incompatible with the technological requirements of these factories and markets , and that ultimately this incompatibility would lead to revolution .
8 In this type , only the cap of the mill and sails rotate to work the grinding stones , so the wooden walls are either sloped or battered to allow free movement of these elements .
9 She supervises the pre-felting embroidery , keeps an eye on stock , trains people to work the machine .
10 My childhood memories were a great source of strength to me after the members of my family died , one by one , and I was left to work the farm alone .
11 ( I saw a party of friends — all knowing that their host and hostess must either clear up before retiring , or rise early before going to work the next day — whisking round to help before they left .
12 Mr Smith , they added , had been depressed since the death of his father 11 years ago , and he found it hard to work the farm alone .
13 To work the system , the operator first takes the normal cap from the spray container to expose the foil seal .
14 Accountants would always be kept busy showing the rest of us how to work the system .
15 The hydraulic power to work the tank gates , the upper channel gates , and the rams for holding the tanks against the channels ; was provided by an accumulator ( figure 10 ) .
16 If , in fact , traffic had warranted operations through a 12 hour day , then the number of men required to work the system would have been 4 not 3 , with some duplication to provide relief , and the total wage bill would have been at least £8 per week , which makes Thomas 's figure look ridiculous .
17 At such times as it was expedient to run water from the Grand Union Canal into the Grand Junction Canal the passing of that water down from the top to the bottom pond , that is a fall of 56 feet and at the rate of say 2 locks per hour , would represent a gross force of 32 h.p. and this force could be utilized by means of a turbine or otherwise for providing power to work the lift .
18 The reversed headboard probably meant that the loco was required at Leicester to work the northbound ‘ South Yorkshireman ’ later that day .
19 A LWB front axle may be used , but the brake master cylinder will need changing to work the brakes properly .
20 The part you require is 560794 ( Genuine Parts ) This is equivalent to GTRIII which is a Unipart number As you have fitted two of these to no avail I would try the gauge itself As your Land Rover has been fitted with a non-original switch to work the glow plugs and this has caught fire , there may have been a short circuit which damaged the voltage stabiliser and temperature sender unit and has probably damaged the gauge itself The colour of the sender unit is not significant
21 Clutterbuck ceased to work the mill during the latter half of the 1840s , for by 1847 it had been leased to a paper-maker , Frederick Wiggins , who apparently only operated it for a few years .
22 There was an inquiry about this in 1867 , when Richard Colwell was said to have left wheat at the mill for three weeks , while waiting for enough water to work the mill .
23 I suppose it 's too much to expect a senior Queen 's Counsel to work the same hours as ordinary folk , ’ Bragg said grumpily .
24 And knowing he 'd gone a bit too far , and glad enough , now his fright and anger were fading , to have faced down Lachlan 's temper and Farquhar 's knife unharmed , Duncan Rua was satisfied to grin back , and turn aside to work the ship .
25 It was supposed to work the other way round .
26 Ask him to demonstrate something to another child ( e.g. how to work the fizzy-drinks machine ) ; direct her to help , or seek help , of another .
27 To work the pump , a can of water was poured into the top , you then pumped the handle like mad and glory be , you had a never ending supply of clear cool water , which I drank , without harm on many occasions .
28 A constable who in the course of patrolling sees something which in his opinion is of a suspicious character , should satisfy himself one way or the other before proceeding to work the remaining portion of his ground .
29 To delay half-an-hour means that his Sergeant is kept waiting half-an-hour , so that the latter is compelled to work the P.C. 's beat in the opposite direction in order to find him .
30 Firstly , there is the cost of the increased staff required just to work the proposed system .
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