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

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1 Modigliani arrived quite sober for the occasion but when the two painters came to discuss their work the conversation became dangerously frigid .
2 After two weeks ' work the catapult was finally ready .
3 As part of its work the EPRG is anxious to construct , and then make widely available to interested parties , an inventory of all case-control studies that are in progress across Europe and that are designed to investigate possible associations between particular conditions and prior exposure to medicinal products .
4 He deplored the loss of work the machine looms were causing in the small lake towns and consequently ‘ the production of individual misery . ’
5 Oh I think the work the work was very hard in those days you know .
6 In Bell 's work the giving of financial support within middle-class families is ‘ men 's business ’ , and in a sense this is inevitable given that men exercise direct control over economic resources in this setting .
7 We will give all 16–19 year olds in work the equivalent of at least two days a week education or training .
8 Both these roles would allow the researcher to seem inquisitive and to ask questions without the members of the group knowing the true nature of the work the researcher was doing .
9 In this type of work the researcher 's personality inevitably bulks large and has to be taken into account in the evaluation of his reports ( a critical task which colleagues assume with un-becoming zeal ) .
10 I 'd been fast asleep when he 'd come in from work the night before .
11 In short , then , neither the technical environment of work nor the hours of work the housewife puts in at her job are linked with patterns of work satisfaction and dissatisfaction in the present sample .
12 To help him in his work the Secretary had formal and informal support .
13 This consultation has been effected through the Board 's own study group on family matters , whose work the Board reports to this general assembly .
14 19.1 In the event of the Publisher being involved in or threatened with legal proceedings arising from the publication of the Work the Proprietor agrees to provide such assistance as may be requested by the Publisher .
15 Meanwhile the nuns will live close by , enabling them to supervise building work the money for which has come from donations worldwide .
16 His work The Descent of Man contains several sections on ‘ the law of battle ’ in different animal groups ; he collected a large number of anecdotal observations , all of active fighting , blood-letting and carnage .
17 These include a new stringent ‘ actively seeking work ’ test which was introduced this October , as well as showing that you are available for work the rest of the week .
18 These include a new stringent ‘ actively seeking work ’ test which was introduced this October , as well as showing that you are available for work the rest of the week .
19 These include a new stringent ‘ actively seeking work ’ test which was introduced this October , as well as showing that you are available for work the rest of the week .
20 He wonders how many of his fellow-countrymen visit Britain with this kind of attitude , undoing all the good work the rest of them are struggling to do .
21 They look at you and you know they 've seen the work the day before .
22 When Mary came in from work the day after the row she told Mum that she and Albert had had a talk and that she was going to stay with his parents for a bit while Albert sorted out a house and furniture and the paraphernalia of married life .
23 Mr. Malone referred to the work the government was doing with the Ministry of Defence to support the declining armaments industry .
24 In return for an orderly resumption of work the government agreed ( i ) a general wage increase of 43 per cent for July to offset the inflationary effects of its current economic austerity programme , with a further review in August ; ( ii ) job security for and non-victimization of strikers ; ( iii ) compensation for public-sector workers made redundant between April 26 and July 21 , but not their reappointment ; ( iv ) the suspension of a programme to privatize land nationalized since 1979 by the former Sandinista ( FSLN ) government ; and ( v ) the retention of subsidies on public transport .
25 If the frequency difference between half-power points on the resonance curve is then it can be shown that , for small loss , the loss factor The vibrating reed method may therefore be used to plot the loss-factor/ temperature " spectrum " ( although for precise work the change of resonant frequency with temperature needs to be compensated for by , for example , time-temperature superposition .
26 As part of this work the committee must consider any complaints against members .
27 As part of this work the Committee subsequently considered two papers from the Efficiency Commission .
28 ‘ The first law of the imagination ’ , states Ackroyd 's Wilde , is that ‘ in his work the artist is someone other than himself . ’
29 Community and leisure services committee chairman , John Palmer commented : ‘ It 's a case of great concern that the excellent work the CAB do is putting great strain on staff .
30 1.3 If the goods and/or the work the subject of this order are to be used in carrying out or otherwise in connection with another contract specified overleaf this order shall be subject to the contract conditions of such specified contract in so far as the same are applicable and do not conflict with these purchase conditions .
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