Example sentences of "[prep] working be " in BNC.

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1 Proteins acting in this way are called ‘ enzymes ’ ; their method of working is described on p. 61 .
2 1/My usual method of working is to block in the largest shapes first and then gradually break down into smaller and smaller shapes .
3 Given the substantial investment in developing that technology over many years , this form of working is now probably the most efficient way of running this industry .
4 My usual method of working is to block in the largest shapes first and then gradually break down into smaller and smaller shapes .
5 Social workers who find practice with old people somewhat daunting , as discussed earlier may find this way of working is helpful .
6 My own preferred method of working is to lay the Oilbars out on a marble slab and apply them directly to the canvas , mixing colour into colour as the picture develops , using fingers and rags to extend or blend as required .
7 Sometimes this way of working is just what health workers have been looking for , but it has to be acknowledged that such an approach does not fit easily with the conventional mode of western medicine and what we have described as the medical model .
8 Now if we work as a team and we work very sensibly and reasonably , it may wo may well be that the most sensible way of working is for the project engineer to decide who 's gon na do the site measure .
9 Nevertheless , the ‘ contradicting note ’ method of working is so close to the system of ‘ interval harmony ’ that in some circumstances the two systems can be used together .
10 We welcome the proposal to reduce the statutory time limit on all existing and future permissions which we believe is essential if minerals operations are to be brought up to and maintained at modern standards or reviewed to assess whether they should be extinguished because the environmental costs of working is too high .
11 Thus , from a letter of 1867 : " most philologists lack that elevating total view of antiquity , because they stand too close to the picture and investigate a patch of paint , instead of gazing at the big , bold brushstrokes of the whole painting and — what 's more — enjoying them … " ; and " … our whole mode of working is quite horrible .
12 This way of working is often frustrating for me , of course , and it makes for economic inefficiency .
13 I was a union representative for 14 years , and I know a lot about the industry and how important the legislation to protect the hours of working is to miners .
14 The most effective way of working is to delegate work down to the lowest competent level at which it can be handled .
15 Their method of working is sympathetic to the environment , but 20th century economic realities have put all but a handful out of business .
16 There seemed to be an element of ‘ never again' in the choice of a man whose whole personality and way of working are in dramatic contrast to the distant , dictatorial von Karajan , who died on 16 July .
17 However , if one shift performs better ( and ‘ better ’ might refer to the quality or quantity — or both — of product that is made ) is it because it consists of more conscientious workers ; their conditions of working are better , or they have less distraction ; they are supervised more closely and the conveyor belt moves faster ; or their body clock enables them to work better at some times of the day than others ?
18 These new ways of working are simply a consolidation of the established pattern among officers of personalizing their practice , that is , carefully matching their particular social work knowledge and skills to the unique needs of the individual offender ( Singer , 1989 ) .
19 Bombarded by change , the established values and ways of working are proving inadequate .
20 The manner of integration remains to be seen in practice when the two modes of working are operating fully but there seem to be at least three possible strategies .
21 Here the ‘ cut and paste ’ method of working was just as easy to use and so the program 's sales began to mushroom .
22 The method of working was fine and you would n't have known there were any interruptions when you saw the programme .
23 In one of those little quirks so popular with the writers of Hollywood biopics , it is recorded that " the rate at which the apparatus was capable of working was discovered accidentally , in consequence of the breaking of a spring " .
24 Indeed , as a result of an excess demand for their skills , enforced breaks in working are rare .
25 One of my favourite places for working was on the roof tops , drawing city views , or by high open windows , looking out at architectural details .
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