Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] ' work " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been a grand few minutes ' work . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If they take their work home with them , maybe they 'll do a few hours ' work off the mains . |
| 5 | James , 19 , working in the hall under a community service order , has had a few months ' work for the council since leaving school . |
| 6 | A few years ' work in the brothels of Bangkok can earn girls more money than their families ever dreamt of . |
| 7 | After his second retirement eight years later , he was again ‘ let down lightly ’ , by doing a few days ' work a month on market research . |
| 8 | So his results were preliminary but it would only take a few weeks ' work , using the neutron spectrometer , to know for sure . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Minton 's zestful response not only captures in vivid terms the quality of these artists ' work , but it also reveals his own anxiety about what contemporary art should do and be . |
| 11 | The supply of domestic staff in Britain had dwindled after the First World War , when former servants found better paid employment for fewer hours ' work in offices and factories . |
| 12 | What of the future and of the role that the profession can play in supporting the reforming nature of these bodies ' work ? |
| 13 | In this climate , the academic in English and other subjects in the humanities , who is busy , who publishes a lot , who goes to conferences , can not but be preferred to the quiet scholar , who keeps a low profile , even seems rather idle , but is taking his time over a major piece of scholarly writing that may involve many years ' work and which he does not intend to give to the world until he is ready . |
| 14 | After several months ' work , during which time they lived in a caravan parked on the site , the owners , Mr and Mrs Bates were able to move into the future garage area of the building in August 1984 and to continue work on the upper-floor accommodation under the shelter of the reslated roof . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , weak candidates still get failed , which is always a bitter and embarrassing business , negating the value of several years ' work , often leading to anger within a department , internal enquiries about the quality of supervision , and even threats of legal action from the disappointed candidate . |
| 16 | In 1879 , following several years ' work , he patented his radial valve gear , of simple and compact design , to give improved steam distribution in locomotive and marine engines . |
| 17 | In a related field , the profession 's Continuous Mortality Investigation Bureau recently published the results of several years ' work on a study of claim rates under permanent health insurance contracts . |
| 18 | He was young , well educated , had several years ' work experience under his belt . |
| 19 | In this way , provided they are given guidance on the type and volume of work expected , schools could be brought back into the mainstream of assessing their own pupils ' work instead of being totally dependent on the success or failure of the guessing games they play with the examiner . |
| 20 | The third set of presentation materials could be examples of your own pupils ' work which show how the aims and objectives of history teaching have changed considerably since the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 21 | Hitherto , the empirical watchers and the grand theorists have largely ignored each others ' work . |
| 22 | First it was necessary for participants to recognise how little they understood of each others ' work , and then to begin to formulate ways of working as a team . |
| 23 | Every few lessons the class has a criticism , and the children will criticise each others ' work . |
| 24 | This appears to be a demonstration of the clear need to bring the APB and ASB under the auspices of the Financial Reporting Council , which could then coordinate both committees ' work programmes . |
| 25 | There is a kind of Cabinet question time ( Kabinettsbefragung ) but it is not especially popular : most members ' work is taken up largely with committee work . |