Converse of object

• offer: Plus, Inhouse Consulting offers sabbaticals for MBA or PhD programs.

• take: Some consultants even take sabbaticals or teach classes in an attempt to keep up.

Adjective modifier

• unpaid: Rivals freeze salaries and introduce unpaid sabbaticals for staff.

Modifies a noun

• leave: Include sabbatical leave under the primary purpose of the time, usually research.

• entitlement: Periods of unpaid leave will not be included in the calculation of the normal sabbatical entitlement.

• president: Homerton Union of Students is the only Cambridge college student union to have a sabbatical president.

• position: The Women's Officer sabbatical position was created in 1994.

• post: The election to all sabbatical posts is by secret ballot.

Preposition: for

• month: That is why the pastoral staff at JPC have sabbaticals for three months every seven years.

• teacher: Others include sabbaticals for experienced teachers in challenging schools; research opportunities, study visits and exchanges abroad.

Modifying Another Word

• long: Great for a year long sabbatical ( or longer ).

Used with adjective complement

• pay: Paid sabbatical leave Some organizations do provide paid sabbaticals.

• elect: Most of the work of the Committee is undertaken by volunteers, but we do employ an elected sabbatical to provide a coordinating function.

Preposition: in

• order: Giving staff a sabbatical in order to pursue qualifications or undertake voluntary work is another option that enlightened employers can consider.

Preposition: from

• work: So eventually I took a sabbatical from work, rented out my flat and went.

• teaching: Gillian plans to use the prize money to take a sabbatical from teaching in order to move more deeply into writing.