Example sentences of "[verb] for [noun] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professor William A. Cassidy , of the University of Pittsburg , listening to Shima 's tale , resolved to search for meteorites on the other margin of Antarctica , near the US base on McMurdo Sound . |
| 2 | That is , instead of using the card catalogue , the pupils could use the microcomputer in the school library to search for information on a particular topic . |
| 3 | In the summers I rode for hours on a white pedal car with a hooter and real spark plugs . |
| 4 | YOU asked for comments on the new proposals for points scoring . |
| 5 | Readers will be familiar with the definition of a fixed asset as an asset intended for use on a continuing basis in the reporting entity 's activities . |
| 6 | In principle , courses may be specially designed for ENs on a full or part-time basis , or ‘ comprise an individually designed range of approved learning activities , which might include day release , distance learning components , contract learning and planned modules from existing first level nurse courses ’ . |
| 7 | If on the other hand you have access to a colour television set at the place where you are staying , you may be able to use this instead , provided that it can be tuned to your camcorder 's signal output and assuming that it is designed for use on the same television standard as the camcorder , eg UK PAL for machines sold in Great Britain ( see page 153 ) . |
| 8 | Have the fruit or yogurt for dessert on a second day each week . |
| 9 | Aunty Monica got ticket her , fined for parking on a yellow line , did n't she ? |
| 10 | On 26 May 1918 , they sailed for France on the Leasowe Castle , torpedoed at midnight on the 26/27 , the survivors taken back to Alexandria . |
| 11 | Maybe never more so than when she accompanied a group of cadets training for officership on a ten-day campaign in remote rural areas . |
| 12 | If we are looking for advice on a particular situation which affects us then impartiality of the second type is particularly important ; for instance , the judge who assesses the relevant facts and selects the relevant moral or legal rules must not be someone who has something to gain or lose by the outcome , although this presupposes the correctness of the rules to be applied and so takes us back to the impartiality normally associated with legislators , which is a matter of their involvement in determining rules which are not only universalisable but are actually to be universalised , at least within a given community , and to their impartiality in the third sense namely the adequacy of the consideration given to the various relevant considerations . |
| 13 | ‘ .. it will be a great disappointment to those looking for advice on the best available techniques of traffic management , or integrated transport and land use planning . |
| 14 | Users looking for information on a particular subject did not restrict their consultation to the subject portion of the catalogue . |
| 15 | Quantitative information on the British scene is hard to come by , especially if you are looking for detail on a national , ‘ transdisciplinary ’ or ‘ transministry ’ basis . |
| 16 | His life would take him far away from Bray 's Buildings as the years went by , searching for adventure on the high seas , visiting in reality places his parents could only have dreamed of . |
| 17 | A long spade is needed for work on the deeper holes . |
| 18 | Pearce look for Phillips on the right Lewis got there first but it dropped to Stone . |
| 19 | Chancellor Kohl has placed the heaviest burden of paying for unification on the average wage-earner . |
| 20 | They will provide for pensions on the same terms as are currently enjoyed . |
| 21 | Independent Taxation : A Guide for Husbands on a Low Income ( IR 82 ) |
| 22 | First er the precedent that exists for concessions on the electoral quota , the separate cultural identity , the special geographic situation , the economic needs of Cornwall and finally the concerns of Plymouth itself . |
| 23 | TENANTS living in council owned sheltered accommodation could be allowed to keep their pets without having to apply for permission on an annual basis.Uttlesford District Council has allowed tenants to keep a pet dog or cat , but until now only on a temporary basis.For the past two years , tenants have had to apply annually for permission to keep a pet under the council 's rules . |
| 24 | The house must be offered for sale on a long lease — which means 125 years — with its immediate gardens and shrubberies : the area , roughly speaking , within the ha-ha , together with the drive . |
| 25 | The immediate counterattack is simple : Has the building been offered for sale on the open market ? |
| 26 | Michael Heseltine , when Secretary of State for the Environment , introduced a simple test , which is now permanently enshrined in the Planning circulars : permission will not normally be granted for the demolition of a listed building unless it has been offered for sale on the open market , preferably freehold . |
| 27 | The usual test applies : Has the freehold building been offered for sale on the open market ? |
| 28 | It was no surprise when he was signed up to play for Somerset on a three-year contract after only his first tour of England . |
| 29 | But as you know the Save The Children is just one development organisation and with limited resources , so a major part of our task is to use our influence and authority to press for change on a wider scale by keeping the issues of poverty and inequality and of children firmly on the international agenda . |
| 30 | The University will assume that it is free to approach referees at any stage unless the candidate 's application stipulates otherwise ( i.e. candidates who wish a referee or referees to be approached only with their specific permission and/or if they are being called for interview on the final short list or are in receipt of a conditional offer , are asked to state such requirements explicitly alongside the details of the relevant referee(s) ) . |