Example sentences of "[prep] working [is] " in BNC.

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1 Proteins acting in this way are called ‘ enzymes ’ ; their method of working is described on p. 61 .
2 1/My usual method of working is to block in the largest shapes first and then gradually break down into smaller and smaller shapes .
3 Given the substantial investment in developing that technology over many years , this form of working is now probably the most efficient way of running this industry .
4 My usual method of working is to block in the largest shapes first and then gradually break down into smaller and smaller shapes .
5 Social workers who find practice with old people somewhat daunting , as discussed earlier may find this way of working is helpful .
6 My own preferred method of working is to lay the Oilbars out on a marble slab and apply them directly to the canvas , mixing colour into colour as the picture develops , using fingers and rags to extend or blend as required .
7 Sometimes this way of working is just what health workers have been looking for , but it has to be acknowledged that such an approach does not fit easily with the conventional mode of western medicine and what we have described as the medical model .
8 Now if we work as a team and we work very sensibly and reasonably , it may wo may well be that the most sensible way of working is for the project engineer to decide who 's gon na do the site measure .
9 Nevertheless , the ‘ contradicting note ’ method of working is so close to the system of ‘ interval harmony ’ that in some circumstances the two systems can be used together .
10 We welcome the proposal to reduce the statutory time limit on all existing and future permissions which we believe is essential if minerals operations are to be brought up to and maintained at modern standards or reviewed to assess whether they should be extinguished because the environmental costs of working is too high .
11 Thus , from a letter of 1867 : " most philologists lack that elevating total view of antiquity , because they stand too close to the picture and investigate a patch of paint , instead of gazing at the big , bold brushstrokes of the whole painting and — what 's more — enjoying them … " ; and " … our whole mode of working is quite horrible .
12 This way of working is often frustrating for me , of course , and it makes for economic inefficiency .
13 I was a union representative for 14 years , and I know a lot about the industry and how important the legislation to protect the hours of working is to miners .
14 The most effective way of working is to delegate work down to the lowest competent level at which it can be handled .
15 Their method of working is sympathetic to the environment , but 20th century economic realities have put all but a handful out of business .
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