Example sentences of "sign [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She signs for the parcel .
2 A joint statement on Dec. 12 announced " good progress " on the completion of a strategic arms reduction treaty ( START ) [ see also p. 37518 ] , and expressed the hope that a treaty would be ready for signing during a Bush-Gorbachev summit meeting , scheduled for Feb. 11-13 , 1991 .
3 ‘ He has been in and out of the side since signing as an amateur three years ago but in the past couple of weeks has taken the game by the scruff of the neck . ’
4 Unfortunately , they played in blue strips and Nicholas could not face the prospect of signing for a team that wore the same colour of shirts as Rangers , and so he returned to Celtic Boys Club to await his calling from Paradise .
5 Striker Baxter could be first to leave in a £12,000 move to Distillery , a record signing for the Whites .
6 Why … well pit talk has it that the reigning world champion Ayrton Senna might just be signing for the team next season … if he comes will Nigel go … what 's his future … this is what he told Central South …
7 In the case of a sale of leasehold property where the lessor 's licence to assign is required , the form of licence sometimes requires signing of a counterpart licence by the seller , and frequently by the buyer too , whereby the latter explicitly becomes responsible for the tenant 's covenants in the lease ; this is a reminder in case the seller must execute the document .
8 Another South Yorkshire manager signing until the end of the 1992-3 season is Sheffield United 's Dave Bassett .
9 One big club in the north is known to have offered a player signing from the Continent a loyalty bonus before he had kicked a ball for his new team .
10 Wright was a summer signing from the Baseball Ground outfit two years ago but has had an indifferent Anfield career .
11 Oxford United manager Brian Horton was signing in the rain today .
12 Even with our limited experience in the UK of signing in the classroom , there are considerable pressures already to have the ‘ correct ’ use of signs , or to find the single , standard method of teaching in sign .
13 Fourth , why , if he had the unusual habit of signing on the back , do none of the new Ravens have a similar signature ?
14 ‘ I was living in Gambler Terrace , Liverpool 8 and signing on the dole .
15 At the end of our corridor is the playroom where the children not yet in school spend their days with playworkers — unemployed women who 'd been signing on the dole before getting these " work experience scheme " jobs funded by the Manpower Services Commission .
16 I was signing on the dole — but I believed in myself .
17 Oh I do n't like signing on the dole . ’
18 Today he was signing on the dole .
19 This acknowledgement of the debt [ normally by signing on the face of the bill ] gives the exporter more peace of mind as opposed to selling on open account terms , although there is still no guarantee of payment .
20 The pointrider turned and skidded to a stop , signing to the rest of the convoy to follow suit .
21 Khotan subsided suddenly , but before he could fall over , the major-domo was signing to the slaves .
22 The negotiations , under the auspices of the UN Economic Commission for Europe , aim to reach agreement on a new " sulphur protocol " , due to be ready for signing by the end of the year .
23 The usually respectable FRAME News , the newsletter of the Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments , published it in full ( 1988 : 1–2 ) , and Langley in the Dr Hawden Trust 's Alternative News analysed with some alarm ( he signs of a fight back on the part of the American medical establishment after many years of tactical passivity known as the ‘ bunker strategy ’ ( 1988 : 6–7 ) .
24 Oct. 1 had been the date set for signature of the accord , the main points of which had been agreed on Aug. 7 [ see p. 39039 ] , but on Sept. 29 Dhlakama announced that he would not sign as a number of issues remained to be resolved to his satisfaction .
25 The Tykes switched from Pakistan 's Aqib Javed because he would have to be given a two-year contract under TCCB rules while 21-year-old Benjamin could sign for a year .
26 ‘ But the board know when contracts are up and now they expect me to just sign for a year .
27 I did n't think I 'd be able to keep my sanity or my family if it happened again , but there was no way I was going to let him make me sign for a loan I did n't want .
28 ‘ Your appeal against the above offer of permanent accommodation made available to you on 12-9-91 has been considered carefully but I regret to inform you that the appeal has not been allowed and you should sign for the tenancy at the local housing office by 2-12-91 .
29 On Oct. 9 the Mozambique legislature approved a number of amendments to the Constitution which effectively incorporated the terms of Protocol Number 3 signed between the government and Renamo on March 12 and covering arrangements for the future electoral system [ see p. 38804 ] .
30 Steve Kember is a Croydon lad and has always been a great favourite at his local Football League Club , for which he signed as an apprentice in 1963 and full professional in 1965 .
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