Example sentences of "[conj] working " in BNC.
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| 1 | Training should be as specific as possible and so for karateka I recommend either shadow boxing against a mirror , or working out on a light punch bag . |
| 2 | Often when talking with the girls she had noticed that whenever Moran entered the room silence and deadness would fall on them ; and if he was eating alone or working in the room setting the teeth of a saw , putting a handle in a broken spade on a wet day , taking apart the lighting plant that never seemed to run properly for long — they always tried to slip away . |
| 3 | Was he , as I originally suspected in Salamanca , an FBI agent or working for the CIA ? ft was a mystery I had no longer any wish to clear up . |
| 4 | If nothing is readily available you find yourself trying to thaw out the cheesecake from the bottom of the freezer ( nobody will miss it , will they ? ) , or working out how long it will take you to get to the shops and back with a bag-full of goodies . |
| 5 | The islanders are industrious ; they are either out at work or working at home . |
| 6 | But some experts believe the KGB 's true total workforce is nearer two million and includes any Russian visiting or working abroad such as journalists , airline personnel and trade representatives , since every Russian is expected to spy for his country and upon other Russians too . |
| 7 | It may not be adjusted or working correctly or as it is operated by water temperature , it may be air locked . |
| 8 | The discharges from its nuclear stations into the air and the sea were very strictly controlled , the effects on the environment were regularly monitored ( not only by the Board but by the Agriculture and Environment Ministries ) and the estimates of radiation doses received by the most ‘ exposed ’ people — living or working near the sites — were made ‘ with considerable pessimism ’ . |
| 9 | Ironically , later auf became a local expression for a long wait , or working for nothing . |
| 10 | Income Support , means-tested income assistance for those not working or working less than 24 hours a week ; 727 thousand lone families were receiving Income Support in May 1988 . |
| 11 | Such a ‘ sizeable number of poems that Dickinson left in semi-final or working draft after 1860 suggests that the very act of finishing a poem … became repugnant to her ’ says Bennett . |
| 12 | There are no reliable figures of unemployment , because no effort is made to distinguish between job-seekers who are available for work and those who are still at school or college , or working on the family-farm . |
| 13 | the Directors be authorised to establish any further employee share option scheme which they consider appropriate for employees of the Company or any subsidiary or associate of the Company who are resident or working outside the United Kingdom , provided that : |
| 14 | This last point could assume importance if , say , you were over the age of 50 or working in a field where the supply of skills exceeds demand . |
| 15 | This last point could assume importance if , say , you were over the age of 50 or working in a field where the supply of skills exceeds demand . |
| 16 | Years when you are at home and getting home responsibilities protection will not be counted , but years when you are unemployed or working part-time will , and will bring down the average , so you will end up with a lower pension . |
| 17 | As I walked out of another final-year class at fox Primary , the pupils were building complex models out of balsawood or working on the theories of gearing with big pieces of plastic Meccano . |
| 18 | In the summer , when he was not studying or working to earn money , young Cottle took a bus deep into the Vale of Glamorgan . |
| 19 | People own masses of land , not developing it or working it . |
| 20 | Being in a band is as valid as anything like getting an apprenticeship or working in a furniture factory , which were the options open to me . |
| 21 | One in seven men and more than one in four women have difficulty sleeping — regardless of whether they are unemployed or working irregular shifts . |
| 22 | Fidelity ( 0800 414161 ) has produced guides explaining the tax savings to be made by using a roll-up fund ; the opportunities cover investing on behalf of a child , supplementing your income , retiring or working abroad , approaching retirement , investments made by a non-working spouse and investing on behalf of your company . |
| 23 | WINDSCREEN WASHERS NOT FITTED OR WORKING |
| 24 | And you can bet no-one in football has been thinking or working harder than Ray Harford in the week and a half closedown of the Premier League — and Blackburn 's dream . |
| 25 | Have you ever been in a situation even remotely like this with family , friends , or working colleagues ? |
| 26 | Family , friends or working colleagues see us more clearly than we realise . |
| 27 | Practice nurses working in GPs surgeries or working for small scale employers may find themselves subject to tougher negotiation . |
| 28 | In the Steam Museum , the Power Hall displays live steam stationary engines made or working in Ireland during the nineteenth century . |
| 29 | This will usually take the form of a piece of work , a series of lectures , an agreed number of sessions devoted to teaching or consultation , or working as co-ordinator and adviser for a project group . |
| 30 | Artists living or working in Hertfordshire , North London , Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire are invited to enter . |