Example sentences of "works for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The selection is right if it truly works for the competing student , and it is the quality and force of the imagination that will carry off the performance of the piece . |
| 2 | He works for me , although the work is self-imposed . |
| 3 | There 's a good chance that someone affected by alcoholism works for you . |
| 4 | I 've taken some of his toys with me to get his attention , which works for a while but he soon loses interest . |
| 5 | Specialist private dry cleaning of antique textiles : Bernard Dore works for the National Trust and national museums as well as dealers . |
| 6 | These are usually the days when your employee works for you . |
| 7 | Your employee normally works for you from Monday through to Friday . |
| 8 | You can not pay SMP for any week in which your employee works for you . |
| 9 | You only have to show that this act works for there to be takers everywhere . |
| 10 | The union works for musicians on two levels : supporting the individual member , and providing a protective umbrella for all musicians , whether or not they are MU members . |
| 11 | The man who never makes a mistake works for somebody who does . |
| 12 | Peeler also works for pout , eels and the big cod . |
| 13 | It worked for me , and I hope it works for you . |
| 14 | Dr Hoggarth works for Wolverhampton Council as an Assistant Director in the Leisure Services Department , lwth the Youth Affairs and Community Services Division . |
| 15 | Established British companies had exploited the first whiff of pop vitality , with ABPC putting the saccharine personality of Cliff Richard through his paces in The Young Ones ( 1961 ) , a let's-have-a-show musical where all possibility of an interesting inter-generation clash is defused by the fact that its hero works for , and adores , his father , the property developer who wants to destroy the youth club ; and Summer Holiday ( 1962 ) , in which Cliff and the Shadows drive a London bus to Rome , pursued by the mother of the teen star they are thought to have kidnapped . |
| 16 | Dr Thomas Stuttaford , a former Conservative MP who works for the private health group , Bupa , also says moderate drinking can reduce stress , prevent heart disease , provide nutrition , and help relaxation . |
| 17 | My husband — an American who also works for the commission — and I went to bed after an uneventful evening . |
| 18 | But apathy often works for the status quo . |
| 19 | What an ordinary individual needs is to have a slice of his savings invested in the company he works for , and the rest spread widely so as to spread his risk , through unit trusts ( mutual funds ) , life-insurance policies or pension funds . |
| 20 | This probably works for some people , but I have to say that I have reservations about it . |
| 21 | However , with a horse that is naturally high in self-esteem , we will want to make sure that we lead the horse 's ego in the right direction , so that it works for us and not against us . |
| 22 | Clearly the course works for some , not others . |
| 23 | ‘ He closes his eyes when he speaks and I do n't trust anyone who does that , ’ said Miss Jayne Pooles , 34 , who works for the London ITV channel , Thames Television , in nearby Teddington . |
| 24 | The young IBM salesman ( he works for IBM , not the store , although his name badge does not say so ) is more forthcoming on Amstrad . |
| 25 | Thorn works for Barrow & Hepburn , which supplies the Government at £400 a case . |
| 26 | Mr Andrew Smith , a prosthetist from St Mary 's Hospital , Roehampton , south London , who now works for Cambodia Trust , a British charity , said : ‘ It 's the old World War One system . |
| 27 | Miss Stokes , of Bedworth , Warwickshire , works for Blue Circle Industries . |
| 28 | ‘ The Labour Party must produce policies which convince voters that their own prosperity depends on a government which takes active responsibility to promote a strong economy and that their own security — and that of their families — is best advanced by a government which works for the welfare of the whole community . ’ |
| 29 | Baguley , who works for Manchester City council , is the national Class Two champion while runner-up Woffinden was a member of the British team who won silver medals in the 1991 World Cup in Portugal . |
| 30 | John Lewis , the district manager in charge of Lowermoor , had been voicing his concerns about the safety of the treatment works for some years before the accident . |