Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] job " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the farmer expected his wife to cope , in many cases she had little preparation for the job . |
| 2 | The reasons for the job cuts are a classified secret , but volunteers for redundancy and early retirement are being urged to come forward at the base in Cheltenham , where seven thousand people work . |
| 3 | Alternatively , as many people do , you may look on retirement as the opportunity for a job switch ( with perhaps a reduction in hours ) or the chance you have always wanted of setting up on your own . |
| 4 | A very few moments later , Mala and I had firm hold of the contract for the job and were taking our leave of a decidedly miffed Emissary . |
| 5 | Possible applications range from loft insulation to making fitted furniture , so selecting the right board for the job is vital . |
| 6 | On major and minor issues you should give fair answers to queries about the job to avoid misunderstandings and resentment later on . |
| 7 | Some seeds are light enough to be blown away but bigger seeds can only be shifted by animals and once again plants produce special food as payment for the job . |
| 8 | It is only common sense that an interviewer will be interested in a candidate who actually shows some enthusiasm for the job and the firm . |
| 9 | Twenty years in the House still had n't dampened his extraordinary enthusiasm for the job and his not unappealing surprise that he should actually be there . |
| 10 | A few words of friendship , some indication that she now bore no grudge about the job . |
| 11 | He wanted $4500 for the job — once he had seen what it entailed — whereas because of the limited budget everyone else was on scale , amounting to a few hundred dollars . |
| 12 | His subsequent progress inside the Corporation was rapid and distinctive — from the external services in Bush House to Canada again , this time as BBC representative from 1956 to 1959 ; back to Bush House as head of external broadcasting administration ; on to Broadcasting House as the BBC 's secretary ( 1963–6 ) , a post of varying status and influence at different times in the history of the BBC , but during the regime of the director-general , Sir Hugh Greene , who had personally selected Curran for the job , a key post drawing him into discussions of policy , often highly controversial policy , as well as of administration ; back again to Bush House as director of external services ( 1967–9 ) , which brought him into close touch with government ; and on Greene 's retirement , becoming , to his considerable surprise , director-general himself in April 1969 . |
| 13 | Some of the wilder allegations involve the colourful Mr De la Rosa , who resigned from Torras in May 1992 , with , he says , glowing praise from KIO for a job well done . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , when I pick up my money for the job , they did n't seem too happy . |
| 15 | It is important to be able to prove to prospective employers that you have the relevant experience for the job . |
| 16 | Can we just end with a a short story about the job that I used to do before I did this one . |
| 17 | Well what 's wrong with footballer for a job ? |
| 18 | Five minutes for a job like that . |
| 19 | The latter may have its own special characteristics for the job you have in mind . |
| 20 | Mountbatten 's especial qualification in Attlee 's eyes for the job of viceroy was his success in getting the Burmese nationalists to come in on the British side in the closing stages of the war ; it was Attlee 's firm belief in later life , as indeed it was Mountbatten 's , that if Mountbatten had been left in charge in Rangoon , Burma would never have left the Commonwealth . |
| 21 | A special kneading attachment gives a perfect voluminous loaf of bread and an electric speed control and pulse gives a speed for every job . |
| 22 | Take your mind off the job |
| 23 | ‘ After bending over a horse or a job on the anvil till all your body ached you were glad of any bit of fun for a couple o' minutes to take your mind off the job . |
| 24 | It takes one 's mind off the job , doncha know ? |
| 25 | For this latter purpose it can prove invaluable , a bench mark against which you can compare candidates for the job . |
| 26 | Although , it must be said that as the Teds walked out of the working-class districts of the major cities — first of all from the ‘ affluent ’ world of the Elephant and Castle in down-at-heel South London — they were unlikely candidates for the job of exemplifying the damaging effects of ‘ unaccustomed riches ’ and ‘ materialism without effort ’ . |
| 27 | He knows that he has no serious rival for the job . |
| 28 | He knows that he has no serious rival for the job . |
| 29 | The therapist encouraged Tony to look back at what had and had not changed , and stressed the efforts Tony had made to bring some structure and pleasure to his weekly routine , and to pursue his search for a job . |
| 30 | Although the recession may have hit other parts of the United Kingdom more severely , the search for a job in Northern Ireland today can still be a soul-destroying task , with vacancies often attracting hundreds of applications . |