Example sentences of "[conj] the workers had " in BNC.
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| 1 | The capitalist system implied a monopoly of these ‘ means of production ’ in the hands of the few , so that the workers had no alternative but to work for the capitalist and on his terms in order to survive . |
| 2 | Nobody in Kufra had ever owned a factory , but many were able to imagine what it would be like to find that the workers had become partners . |
| 3 | They were willing to tie wages to output by various systems of ‘ piecework ’ , which seem to have spread during our period , and to point out that the workers had best be thankful to have work at all , since there was a large reserve army outside , waiting for their jobs . |
| 4 | How would sectarian bitterness have been eroded if the workers had been excluded from the Labour movement ? |
| 5 | On the other hand , the middle classes would have been shocked and appalled if the workers had actually asked for the sort of life they themselves took for granted , and even more if they had looked like achieving it . |
| 6 | At the same time Emily Faithfull modified the length and pay of apprenticeships , and the workers had extremely good conditions and shorter hours than elsewhere . |
| 7 | So , people tried to set up unions to improve living & working conditions , but this failed , because the workers had n't the money , knowledge or power . |
| 8 | A week later , when the workers had to vote for the new Committee , most of the women voted for Karen . |