Example sentences of "for work " in BNC.

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1 Briefly , the organisation British Actors ' Equity exists so that only bona fide members of the profession may apply for work : and those members must abide by the contractual rulings established by the Union in negotiation with managements in theatre , television and film .
2 While we were all getting ready for work one morning , a few days after the above conversation , one of the other girls ( Martha ) transferred a fifty-pound note from her handbag to the pocket of her apron , which was at that point still hanging by the door with everyone else 's .
3 Looking for work costs money .
4 ‘ No , I 'm still looking for work .
5 What would everyone back at the cafe have thought when , for the first time in eight months , I had n't shown up for work ?
6 Few men turned up for work — no Sandy McGlashan , and no Donald McCulloch of course .
7 On one of his afternoon strolls ( mornings were for work , once he had completed his domestic chores laid down by Stella ) , he chanced on Bank Street , in the East End .
8 So I spent my first month as Special Projects Officer looking for work .
9 Inventing farfetched excuses , she left me trapped in her flat and made no attempt to help me look for work .
10 I took the woman 's advice and looked for work paid by the hour .
11 Social services departments may also be able to help you pay for work not covered by disabled facilities grants , and can also provide additional facilities to make the property safer , more comfortable and more convenient .
12 Kaurismaki does n't hang around either : dispensing with longueurs ( Ariel runs 74 minutes , B-movie length ) , he traces the man 's unsuccessful search for work and inevitable lapse into petty crime with clipped , deadpan comedy .
13 The family that owns and uses a car , for work and play , is usually better off … simply because it owns and uses a car .
14 Dispensing with longueurs ( the film runs 74 minutes , B-movie length ) , Kaurismaki traces the man 's unsuccessful search for work and inevitable lapse into petty crime with clipped , deadpan comedy .
15 Traffic problems are the single biggest reason why people are late for work , says the report , accounting for one-third of late arrivals , with oversleeping and bus or tube problems accounting for 16 per cent and 9 per cent respectively .
16 THE GOLD lettering on the socialist-realist facade of the White House overlooking the Danube was still there yesterday morning as hundreds of bureaucrats showed up for work .
17 Period of incapacity for work ( PIW )
18 Is there a period of incapacity for work ( PIW ) ?
19 This is known as a period of incapacity for work ( PIW ) .
20 Provincial market towns , in 1922 as throughout the Soviet period , collected the first rural tide of those looking for work — peasant vagrants , demobilized soldiers , and in the case of the Smolensk area , flax-workers out of a job as their industry began to decline after the boom of the war years .
21 In winter we look for work on the more difficult lowland sites such as coastal paths .
22 He urged the unemployed of the north to ‘ get on your bike ’ and look for work , as his window-cleaner father had done in the thirties .
23 Four or five of us were Whiteleys regulars so we all turned up there promptly for work .
24 A majority of Gujerati women , particularly those from East Africa , do work or look for work outside the home .
25 This can occur when , for example , you no longer need to get up early for work .
26 As a result , they are normally very tired during weekdays when they are compelled to wake at a normal time for work .
27 He arrived for work at the Army School of Physical Training at 0730 hours .
28 At 0810 he gathered his staff around him for the daily conference to discuss the day ahead , before taking the morning parade of those attending various courses at the school , to ensure that everyone had turned up for work .
29 I would sum it up by saying cars are for work , not for worship . ’
30 Several noted that policy makers were far away from the frontier in their organisations and that this led to obvious difficulties in making effective policies for work with young people at risk .
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