Example sentences of "works for [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It works for all members of a family .
2 The good news is that it works for all ages .
3 John Lewis , the district manager in charge of Lowermoor , had been voicing his concerns about the safety of the treatment works for some years before the accident .
4 This probably works for some people , but I have to say that I have reservations about it .
5 But of course the thing about it is that it works for any shape .
6 Fig 2 shows the problem sketched out using a much smaller D/T ratio than 7:1 to keep the drawing clear ; the theory works for any ratio greater than 2:1 .
7 Well there 's one lad he driving the waggon er he works for another branch of them it just the haulage whatsit .
8 And it works for several reasons :
9 In 1821 , after assisting in his father 's engineering works for several years , he went to Glasgow University , where he studied chemistry under Andrew Ure [ q.v. ] and medicine to qualify as a doctor .
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