Example sentences of "work on " in BNC.
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| 1 | For , once we have made the first approach to the Landshut Virgin and acquired a first set of impressions , the changeableness of the figure begins to work on us further , now less in the dimension of greater or lesser distance and more in the angle of view . |
| 2 | So much of professional life is spent in the competitive atmosphere of interviews and auditions that a chance to work on themselves constructively and together is something actors relish . |
| 3 | And now you want to work on the exhibition you were so all-fired about , I was so inspired by , same deal , huh ? |
| 4 | The human mind — which , from this viewpoint , is the brain — is said to work on the same plan as a computer , with operations being carried out on physical symbols . |
| 5 | Very roughly , Fodor argued that this kind of blanket objection to representational theories of mind does not work against the mental-sentence kind of theory for the simple reason that we know just what it would be like for a system to work on the mental-sentence principle . |
| 6 | I knew Oscar would have preferred a quieter , less raucous venture , on a weekday perhaps , but I had to work on certain days and those days came up during his visit . |
| 7 | There are many sensible ways for players of all levels to work on their game with a series of drills and exercises . |
| 8 | Be prepared to take time out between competitions in order to work on improving your game . |
| 9 | Thus it is clear that you need to work on the fast twitch muscles if you want to improve your speed . |
| 10 | With the restoration of Hampton Court Palace nearing completion , Trevor Barnes meets an American who has been asked to work on some of the most important recreations of Grinling Gibbons ' original carvings |
| 11 | In mainland Europe the spacing between tracks and reversible signalling enables engineers to work on one track in complete safety while traffic continues to pass on the other . |
| 12 | Originally the Great Western HST fleet consisted of 2 + 7 ( two power cars with seven trailers ) but in 1983 ten sets were given an additional trailer to work on the West of England line and to cover the prime business services . |
| 13 | This is one of three drawings of Lopokova by Picasso , the latter having come to London for the first time to work on designs and sets for Massine 's Le Tricorne , writes Joanna Gibbon . |
| 14 | In 1984 Denison set up his own practice , Denison Peters Limited , to work on the first big project on the Leeds riverside , a housing scheme of part converted corn chandlers and part newly built flats . |
| 15 | I 've nearly had an accident there myself rushing to get to work on earlies . |
| 16 | At the age of 16 he travelled through the Far East and went to Australia to work on a sheep station . |
| 17 | Our task is to bring back the mass-production element into the house-building industry , which can be done only by enabling it largely to work on its own authority for a prospective demand — by ‘ letting the dog see the rabbit ’ . |
| 18 | Most agents prefer a term of about three years , whereas bands want to work on a yearly basis . |
| 19 | But Eliot continued to work on it , and it was not published until 1926–7 . |
| 20 | Once Phoebe had started playing chess regularly again she realised she could probably have become considerably better than him quite quickly , but she did not want that enough to work on it . |
| 21 | Distantly she remembered that she had never understood the art of it , had to work on it , conscious and struggling all the time . |
| 22 | Picasso 's extensive series of variations on Las Meninas was produced in 1957 , but even if Gironella knew of them when he himself began to work on versions of Velázquez ( which is highly unlikely , as Picasso 's paintings were not exhibited until 1959 ) ; even though their interest in the art of the past at that point in their careers was for both , perhaps , a rejection of abstraction ; and even though both can in some way be defined as exiled from their Spanish roots , as outsiders looking in — — yet the results are widely divergent . |
| 23 | After just three races the team gave up and started to work on something smaller and lighter . |
| 24 | Applied daily after a bath or shower , the key active ingredients , guarana , L-carnitine , silanols and caffeine , get to work on unwanted fatty deposits , firming , toning and contouring the body , while forming an invisible supporting film on the skin . |
| 25 | Towards 2000 will see members of FYT Regional groups and committees meet together to work on the needs of marginalised young people in the last decade of this century . |
| 26 | The Development Group is continuing to work on raising team support . |
| 27 | Time for the Clothes Show Magazine 's expert team to step into the limelight and take a bow : award-winning hairdresser , Anthony Mascolo , from Toni & Guy , and fashion assistant Saska Graville , who 'd been chosen to work on Yuri 's new look . |
| 28 | Mr Rodney Graham , a fellow consultant at Guy 's , said Professor Keen had started legal action after discovering that Guy 's staff were being diverted to work on implementing the NHS proposals . |
| 29 | The two firms are said to have indicated to NEFMA they would be able to work on the basis of Ferranti using a Telefunken-made data processor in its ECR-90 radar , he said . |
| 30 | The two firms are said to have indicated to NEFMA they would be able to work on the basis of Ferranti using a Telefunken-made data processor in its ECR-90 radar , he said . |