Example sentences of "for [pron] work [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our report tribute is paid to Dr Sheila for her work in collating the results of discussion in forty presbyteries , and four hundred and sixty four kirk sessions . |
| 2 | I am indebted to Linda Kulig who studied in India with Dr. Dey for her work in producing the text . |
| 3 | The Chairman thanked Mrs Lucas for her work in writing very detailed minutes during the Society 's first year . |
| 4 | YESTERDAY Dr Julia Schofield received an MBE for her work in tailoring computer software to the needs of blind people . |
| 5 | Television presenter Anne Diamond , who was given a special award by the Communicator of the Year committee for her work in highlighting the issue of cot deaths , appeared in a video screened at Torquay . |
| 6 | To fully understand the significance of these developments we must attempt , firstly , to grasp the role of the state , for its work in regulating sexual behaviour is central but complex . |
| 7 | Why , it is in the power of Jesus to whom all authority in heaven and earth is entrusted ; this Jesus is with them always in their mission , to the end of the age ; and naturally , therefore , they baptise men not only into the possession , the ‘ name ’ , of God the Father and the Lord Jesus , but into the sphere of that Holy Spirit who makes real to them the presence of the risen Christ , and empowers them for their work of making him known ( Matt. 28:18–20 ) . |
| 8 | She posed for photographs with six winners of the George Medal and a holder of the George Cross , all of whom were honoured for their work in dismantling bombs . |
| 9 | The Association is most grateful to the Rococo Group for their work in producing an excellent book and to all those who contributed to it and supported its sales . |
| 10 | A third possibility connected with the idea that life on Earth originated from space is manifestly a nonsense — except for the fact that some remarkably distinguished scientists have supported it , the most recent of them being Francis Crick , winner with lames Watson and Maurice Wilkins of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in unravelling the structure of DNA , the ‘ double helix ’ . |
| 11 | Rehabilitation staff from South Tyneside District Hospital have been selected as finalists in a national quality healthcare award scheme for their work in developing a rehabilitation service for people who have suffered strokes . |
| 12 | The other Nobel prizes for 1991 were announced by the relevant Swedish academies between Oct. 3 and Oct. 16 : ( i ) Literature — Nadine Gordimer , the South African novelist whose " magnificent epic writing " had as its central theme the consequences of apartheid ; ( ii ) Medicine — Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann , German scientists working on the function of single ion channels in cell physiology ; ( iii ) Economics — Ronald Coase , the veteran UK-born member of the Chicago school and theorist of transaction costs and property rights , relevant to how buyers and sellers are brought together in the free market ; ( iv ) Physics — Pierre-Gilles de Gennes , the French scientist , for his work on applying the study of order and behavioural similarities in molecules to a range of complex materials ; and ( v ) Chemistry — Richard R. Ernst , the Swiss researcher , for contributions to high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance ( NMR ) spectroscopy . |
| 13 | He was appointed OBE in June 1946 for his work in sustaining morale at home and publicizing Britain 's fighting spirit abroad . |
| 14 | Group grateful to MP for his work in identifying network issues and making recommendations for network development . |
| 15 | John Hoskyns , who was later knighted by a grateful Prime Minister for his work in running her Policy Unit , talked of the Churchill/Eden/Macmillan/Home period as ‘ the thirteen wasted years ’ , a phrase borrowed from a Labour campaign slogan . |
| 16 | THE Queen has spoken of her concern for the environment while praising the Sultan of Brunei for his work in protecting his country 's rainforests . |
| 17 | The guys there were obviously routing for West Ham BUT were very complementary to Leeds ESPECIALLY Sharp & Wetherall ( who won MOTM for his work in keeping Lee quiet ) . |
| 18 | He was a Protestant lawyer who had enormous prestige among Derry Catholics for his work in combating injustices against them in the courts . |