Example sentences of "[verb] on [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I intend to concentrate on provision for the 18 per cent unstatemented pupils who remain in mainstream schools but who , as Warnock reminded us , have special needs . |
| 2 | I was living on adrenaline for the first couple of weeks . |
| 3 | As we 've noted , all forms of life on Earth depend on water for the simple reason that life 's very origin on this planet involved water . |
| 4 | Nuclear Scientists working at the Joint European Torus project in Oxfordshire will be going on strike for the second time . |
| 5 | Suharto , however , opposed the formation of a new trade bloc , expressing strong reservations about the Malaysian proposal , and other ASEAN member countries also apparently preferred to focus on support for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Council ( APEC ) , formed in November 1989 [ see p. 37044 ] . |
| 6 | On Nov. 6 it was announced that broad agreement had been reached on protection for the German minority in Poland " in accordance with international standards " . |
| 7 | though few could rival iron and those based on copper for the sheer amounts used in artefact manufacture . |
| 8 | Which was amazing as we started working together far too late , there was a shoestring budget , dancers speaking on stage for the first time . |
| 9 | the diarist ; for the sermon he heard on respect for the priestly office , see The Diary of Samuel Pepys , entry for 9 Aug. 1663 . |
| 10 | Oh , grief , I must be going soft in the head , she thought irritatedly , and concentrated on Azor for the next couple of hours . |
| 11 | THE hearts of millions of viewers will go out to Michael Aspel 's 12-year-old son Patrick when he appears on TV for the first time next month . |
| 12 | To those leaving we say thank you for your efforts during an especially difficult past two years and to those coming on board for the first time we wish you every success in the future . |
| 13 | Instead , anything from £20 billion to £30 billion a year has been spent on benefit for the growing army of unemployed , surely the least satisfactory possible way of spending money which should have been invested . |
| 14 | My painting will remain on show for the next 10 weeks of the summer . |
| 15 | From today more Central South bulletins are being subtitled on Teletext for the deaf and hard-of-hearing . |
| 16 | Cardoun landed the Prix Djebel to remain on course for the 2,000 Guineas for which he is now a 14–1 chance . |
| 17 | Would you have difficulties if your tank burst and you had to claim on insurance for the resulting damage to furniture and fittings ? |
| 18 | Meanwhile , Kevin Keegan delivered his half-term report at Newcastle , declaring : ‘ We are bang on course for the Premier League . ’ |
| 19 | Heat treatment , self-help on the patient 's part , and rehabilitation of the affected muscles by massage and exercise were the tenets of her faith — and I had to admit that a great deal of what she practised depended on scorn for the accepted methods of treatment with splints , braces , and corsets which only assisted the patients in coping with unhealed limbs , not in any actual sense curing them . |
| 20 | Six hundred men , some from the most distinguished aristocratic families , went on trial for the quixotic rising of December 1825 . |
| 21 | In testimony before a court that will eventually rule on whether or not paintings from the Barnes Collection will go on tour for the first time , a conservator argued that several of the Barnes masterpieces should not tour under any circumstances . |
| 22 | It will go on show for the first time at the Biotech ‘ 83 exhibition in London next month . |
| 23 | Real income actually fell on average for the five years to September 1978 . |
| 24 | The Publicity Committee are planning to have on sale for the first time at Crystal Palace a range of metalled key-rings and pendants which they think will make very nice Christmas presents . |
| 25 | These recordings are already available on cassette and are now issued on CD for the first time , the first disc is an ADD transfer , but the digital remastering is wholly natural with not artificial brightening of the treble response — as too often happens — and so those who admire warm analogue sound will find this disc wholly to their taste . |
| 26 | When he was about 3 years old , he put on make-up for the first time . |
| 27 | Taking a leave of absence , SAG says all work on versions three , four and five of the SQL specification have been put on hold for the next nine months . |
| 28 | WHILE Craig Chalmers revealed in this paper earlier this week that he might just have a chance of being put on standby for the forthcoming British Lions tour , he is now more upbeat about the prospects of that happening . |
| 29 | Hidden treasures from damp storerooms across Oxfordshire are being moved to a new purpose-built centre , to be put on show for the first time . |
| 30 | " I shall live on hope for the next week . |