Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] ['s] work " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last draft of the directive that was considered by the European Parliament refers to a normal minimum of eight hours ' work . |
| 2 | The course provides 120 hours ' work — about 8 hours per unit . |
| 3 | After eight months ' work it has acquired a life of its own . |
| 4 | It had been a grand few minutes ' work . |
| 5 | A snap survey in the West Country by New Scientist found that a number of garages want £8 or more for what should be just a few minutes ' work . |
| 6 | It was only a vote in the Commons at 11 p.m. that brought the evening to an end and then she returned to Downing Street for a few hours ' work on her boxes before turning in . |
| 7 | If they take their work home with them , maybe they 'll do a few hours ' work off the mains . |
| 8 | James , 19 , working in the hall under a community service order , has had a few months ' work for the council since leaving school . |
| 9 | After more than 30 years ' work at Wharram Percy , it is possible to give a general account of what happened on the site , and , in view of the detailed work there , this may have implications for studies elsewhere . |
| 10 | A few years ' work in the brothels of Bangkok can earn girls more money than their families ever dreamt of . |
| 11 | After his second retirement eight years later , he was again ‘ let down lightly ’ , by doing a few days ' work a month on market research . |
| 12 | So his results were preliminary but it would only take a few weeks ' work , using the neutron spectrometer , to know for sure . |
| 13 | Scottish Colourists ' work up for auction |
| 14 | It is when you get on to the more high tech aspects of English Hops ' work that small and muted alarm bells begin to ring . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , with our ideas and work dismissed , heterosexual women colleagues are welcomed as the ones who can provide the model of acceptable girls ' work . |
| 16 | He supposed that he could painlessly adjust his style to the demands of Stalinism , and indeed his return produced three of his most enduring pieces , the ballet ‘ Romeo and Juliet ’ , his music for the film ‘ Lieutenant Kijé ’ and his charming children 's work , ‘ Peter and the Wolf ’ . |
| 17 | Alongside the changes in the British family reviewed in chapter 3 , there have been some dramatic changes during the twentieth century in British women 's work . |
| 18 | It was a few moments ' work to have her sitting with her baggage in a gig , to crown the blot with a ridiculous hat , and to write the word CAMBRIDGE on a downward-sloping signpost . |
| 19 | Under the first category come some trenchant analyses of images of women in ‘ great ’ male artists ' work , including ‘ Invention of Primitivist Modernism ’ and constructions of a ‘ Tahitian Body ’ ( Peter Brooks ) . |
| 20 | In January 1956 Jacques requested from each tutor-organiser a summary of the previous six months ' work , in order to prepare a general report for the Ministry of Education . |
| 21 | ‘ Then you 'll owe me for six months ' work . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It has taken a long 10 years ' work to get Australia to where we are now yet it can disappear so quickly . |
| 23 | Feminists often rely on male psychologists ' work to solve the psychological problems they encounter . |
| 24 | We have innumerable paths that need constant work but due to financial pressures the lucky ones might only receive around six weeks ' work a year . |
| 25 | But Main Line contended it had reached a binding verbal agreement with Basinger , who was to have been paid £2m ( 3m dollars ) for six weeks ' work , and that she backed out of it four weeks before shooting was to begin in 1991 . |
| 26 | Many of the team 's functions are carried out through its individual members ' work , either in the performance of their county roles ( for example as Inspector or PAL:YPE ) or in their roles as link persons . |
| 27 | Most important of all , to ensure that a school 's management plan makes a difference at the level of classroom management , there has to be an assessment of the extent to which the quality of individual children 's work is affected by an individual teacher 's classroom management and by his or her adoption of the relevant part of the school plan . |
| 28 | Economics textbooks may still hold to the notion of ‘ work ’ as paid employment and deny the importance of unpaid women 's work ( in agriculture or the home ) in their theories and explanations and their insistence that most countries have moved to a ‘ monetary economy ’ . |
| 29 | Assignments must be relevant to current industry practices and should wherever appropriate relate to the individual students ' work places ; this applies particularly to the technical areas of food , beverage and accommodation operations/management . |
| 30 | There can be substantial pressure on the builder 's surveyor in locating and engaging labour and in the measurement of bonus , or labour-only sub-contractors ' work , on a weekly basis . |