Example sentences of "on [art] [noun pl] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The IMF , however , taking into account another failure in the June test , suspended further drawdowns and negotiations commenced on the conditions for further assistance , expected to include a further devaluation .
2 Darwin was eager to emphasise the reputation of the scientists who had worked on the descriptions for each volume .
3 The first requirement of the system is for the librarian at each service point to estimate the desired size of his stock on the shelves for each interest category .
4 In this chapter and others , we describe and comment on the strategies for professional development adopted and/or commended , ranging from day-to-day collaboration in the classroom , as discussed above , to whole-school strategies such as those explored in Chapters 3 and 6 , and LEA courses and the work of advisers which we consider in Chapter 7 .
5 In conclusion I will make some comments on the requisites for effective rules relating to the control of armed conflicts .
6 The decision is likely to postpone a hearing on the charges for many months and it is now thought that the case could eventually be heard in Milan instead of Turin .
7 She started ‘ working ’ at the age of 14 and has been on the streets for five years .
8 In vain she had remonstrated with the powers that be that she had to be on the air in the Docklands by six , and when she finally pitched up , I had been put back on the phones for another session of ‘ And your address is — can you spell that please ? ’
9 They worked on the plans for future operations .
10 The European Regional Development Fund ( ERDF ) was finally established in 1975 , together with general agreement on the definition of a region , on the criteria for determining eligibility for assistance and upon the general characteristics that policies should possess .
11 The EC agreed to prepare a report on the criteria for eventual EC membership by the Visegrad countries , but no timetable for admission was agreed .
12 Professor Roesdahl , of Aarhus University , Denmark , who is one of the chief organisers , explains that Scandinavian scholars had been planning a major show on the Vikings for some time , and the French became involved because they had also wanted to hold such an exhibition , partly to examine the Viking role in Normandy .
13 The old Company had paid lavish dividends of about 20 per cent at first , which had led to calls on the shareholders for more capital in the 1690s ; after 1709 the new company paid dividends starting at 8 per cent and declining as the years passed .
14 Quayle Munro has recently undertaken the review for the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , on the options for private sector finance with regard to water and sewerage in Scotland .
15 Colour specialists in Louisville have been working on the changes for three years , using information pulled in from dealers and regional sales people .
16 The dwarf maintains an assault on the trees for long periods and achieves little ( the equivalent of frequent , low-magnitude events ) ; the giant sleeps most of the time but occasionally wakes and causes great destruction ( a catastrophic event ) whereas the man works regular hours and systematically achieves the greatest effects ( events that occur once or twice each year ) .
17 The Chief Ringwraith stays on the Barrow-downs for some while before Frodo sets out , ‘ and the Barrow-wights were roused , and all things of evil spirit , hostile to Elves and Men , were on the watch with malice in the Old Forest and on the Barrow-downs ’ ( UT , p. 348 ) .
18 The calcium phosphate-DNA was left on the cells for 12-16 hours then the medium was changed and the cells harvested 48 hours after transfection for RNA preparation .
19 The aim of the Asian Business Studies degree is to prepare students for a career in industry , commerce or government focusing on the opportunities for international trade with the rapidly growing economies of the Far East .
20 It must be said that in Britain the new public library authorities created in 1972 have in many cases failed to capitalize on the opportunities for better stock provision which the larger units were supposedly able to achieve .
21 ‘ Many companies are placing their main focus on the opportunities for intro-European trading after 1992 and rightly so .
22 The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and OFTEL on the implications for rural services provision arising from the consultation paper Competition and Choice : Telecommunications Policy for the 1990s ;
23 The Scottish Office Education Department on the implications for further education provision arising from the White Paper Access and Opportunity ;
24 The EC Commission has had a directive on landfill on the stocks for some time .
25 ‘ We remain ready for talks at any time and I hope the Chinese side will be prepared to settle quickly on the arrangements for such talks , ’ Mr Hurd said .
26 Soviet-Irish consultations were held in Dublin on Feb. 20 , 1990 , to exchange views on the preparations for forthcoming meetings of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) , the first in March in Bonn , the West German capital , on economic co-operation in Europe [ see p. 37386 ] , and the second in June in Copenhagen , the Danish capital , on the human dimension of the European disarmament talks [ see p. 37550 ] .
27 Thus in the UK the Natural Environment Research Council had initiated a series of working groups to advise on the needs for future research .
28 a report dated 25 October 1991 by the Director of Planning on the applications for mixed use development at Millerhill , together with the minutes of the Planning and Development Committee on 8 November 1991 and Lothian Regional Council on 12 November 1991 ;
29 A bad tendon strain in Aldaniti 's off-foreleg had to be fired , and he was on the sidelines for eighteen months .
30 Standing on the sidelines for lengthy periods while class teachers address the class .
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