Example sentences of "[adv prt] on [pron] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having taken up her post as director of the Photographer 's Gallery , Sue Grayson Ford fills us in on her plans for the gallery 's future . |
| 2 | The CDA 's share of the vote , at 32.7 per cent , although marginally up on its result for the last municipal elections in 1986 [ see p. 34309 ] , compared aversely with 35.3 per cent in the September 1989 general election [ see p. 36900 ] . |
| 3 | Culley swung at him , coming up on his toes for the blow . |
| 4 | He scored 120 and 74 not out on his debut for the 2nd XI , against Kent at Chelmsford . |
| 5 | The families we who 've used our arts centres in other parts of the country have been influenced erm not just by the quality of art work on display , but also by the fact they can get decent beer and erm good , cheap food erm and the children and the other parts of the family have got plenty of other activities to take an interest in and I think it would need the university to think seriously about developing the social side of the Gardener Centre in those terms , and that 's why it was deeply disappointing to find the university pulling back on their subsidy for the Gardener Centre as that really ca n't help anybody find the most appropriate role for the building . |
| 6 | The storm of objections seems in have set Reagan 's science policymakers back on their heels for the moment . |
| 7 | One should always bear in mind that he never went back on his sympathy for the early stages of the Revolution , and his statement in 1821 , at the height of his Toryism , when he was accused of deserting France , has its own indestructible logic : ‘ You have been deluded by places and persons , while I have stuck to principles . |
| 8 | If everything continued to go like this , there was a fair chance that he 'd have the village back on his side for the rest of the summer . |