Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] on for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chairman , can I say briefly that the merger and I 'm quite pleased that we 've finally er there is a death knell to this this awful word , it 's been bandied on for far too long , it 's been perhaps the single most controversial issue that has been debated by this authority along with some other mediocre issues and no one here would not admit er to the fact that it has been opposed on such massive scale and even today we 've had a further petition of three hundred and ninety five people opposing er this this this dreadful merger decision that was hanging over the er the the two centres and I 'm pleased that er this this er amendment , this er er erm this petition was brought forward today because it does indicate the continuing support and opposition to er the the kind of things that we should be doing and and those that we should n't . |
| 2 | At the time of Leathart 's survey , Taylor 's Level had been carried on for some 210 fathoms , and was then about 35 fathoms short of being below the deepening sump in the floor of Fleming 's . |
| 3 | In patient 10 , who had been operated on for a bleeding ulcer seven years previously , a gastric lymphoma was diagnosed on the basis of biopsy specimens . |
| 4 | Seven or eight times out of ten , this is the phenomenon which greets those in the deliverance ministry when they are called on for help . |
| 5 | It was a demoralised Don Peters who drove away from The London Hilton and the all-American farewell party that had been laid on for him by Clancy McGillicuddy . |
| 6 | ‘ Prost should be prepared to race anybody in any conditions — everything has been laid on for him . ’ |
| 7 | Everything had been laid on for their comfort . |
| 8 | Other events have been laid on for the old-timers , including a tour on Wednesday of Craigantlet hillclimb , one of the oldest events in the British championship , and an autotest at Ballywalter on Thursday afternoon . |
| 9 | No doubt he himself would have difficulties : but he thought that the Conservatives , without entering into any general undertaking , would support his Government , which would not embark upon any extravagant legislation ; and in this way the King 's Government might be carried on for another Session or even longer . |
| 10 | Those that you think are worth persevering with can be grown on for another year , getting a second chance to bloom . |
| 11 | A client is not easily detached from a solicitor who has been handling his affairs over a period of years , but a comparatively mild solicitation may deprive an insurance broker of valuable business which otherwise might safely be reckoned on for a period . |
| 12 | However , Byron Nelson , 79 , has a new hip and may be called on for duty . |
| 13 | Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5-micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all due to arrive next year . |
| 14 | Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5 micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all of which are due to arrive next year . |
| 15 | Can I just say that in getting them , I think erm the er Lands Charity trustees are not actually obliged to report to us , and Kevin 's doing this as a matter of sort of courtesy really , because we appointed him , erm but erm erm I think it 's a subject that could well be called on for one of these sort of regular , little , important at the A G M , erm |
| 16 | Further culinary delights await Kate and her husband when they visit the French capital a special dinner will be laid on for them at La Maison Androuet , the city 's speciality cheese restaurant . |
| 17 | It can be walked on for access if required . |
| 18 | The light will be left on for the whole time . |
| 19 | Lice can be cleared best with special lotions which evaporate on contact with the scalp and should be left on for 12 hours before shampooing away . |
| 20 | At least two departments in France will be focussed on for the detailed investigation of home owners . |
| 21 | You are also far less likely to be taken on for training . |
| 22 | It is here in the tiny , pumping heart of Europe 's ready-to-wear industry that hundreds of sans-papiers , immigrants without work permits , come to be taken on for errands that could last half an hour or a day . |
| 23 | He 'd known perfectly well how she 'd react when he 'd arranged for her to be taken on for this play . |
| 24 | Pétain , he recommended , should now be put in command not only of the Left Bank , but of the Right Bank as well ; the ‘ fatigued ’ General Herr should be kept on for a while as Pétain 's adviser , then quietly ‘ limogé ’ . |
| 25 | It seems self-evident that war , and the authority of the military and security men , have rendered most of us mere passive spectators because we are powerless to change the course of the story ; but also because in the end the war , like national public life , has been put on for our benefit . |
| 26 | The underlying attitude is perhaps that most people accept mentally handicapped people and are sympathetic towards them , but remain inwardly glad that it has not happened to them or to their children — ‘ there but for the grace of God , go I. ’ They also continue to believe the many myths surrounding the handicapped which have been passed on for decades . |
| 27 | Indeed , apart from workers in holiday camps who , because they are taken on for periods expected to be in excess of 13 weeks , qualify for statutory sickness pay , most seasonal workers are not entitled to any income replacement in case of absence . |
| 28 | As a climax , you could arrange for some of the room lights to be switched off one by one before the tree-lights are switched on for the first time ( test them first ! ) . |
| 29 | Extra midwives had been taken on for the same reason . |
| 30 | Sixty extra Scottish Office staff have been taken on for the agriculture department 's area offices , plus a further 30 at its Edinburgh headquarters . |