Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ' 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 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ Then you 'll owe me for six months ' work . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It has taken a long 10 years ' work to get Australia to where we are now yet it can disappear so quickly . |
| 21 | Feminists often rely on male psychologists ' work to solve the psychological problems they encounter . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | AFTER THEIR recent eponymous chart success , northern bleep boys LFO have set their hands to a remix of the BOTANY 5 cut ‘ Lovebomb ’ , which they 've approached with an excitement and verve so often lacking from more established remixers ' work . |
| 28 | AFTER THEIR recent eponymous chart success , northern bleep boys LFO have set their hands to a remix of the BOTANY 5 cut ‘ Lovebomb ’ , which they 've approached with an excitement and verve so often lacking from more established remixers ' work . |
| 29 | The 1992 accounts ( due 31 December 1993 ) are almost complete but another six to eight weeks ' work is needed before the audit can be signed off . |
| 30 | In a business that was headed by someone virtually at war with his entire family over their moral misdemeanours , this was a wise decision and brought Mr Smith fifty years ' work . |