Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we 're trying to encourage the equipment suppliers now to look again at what they have won on business for Eurofighter and perhaps allocate the work between themselves a lot more efficiently so that instead of each one of the four members building a given percentage of the five items , they say right we 'll take this one , all of it and we 'll build all of it , you take that one , all of it and build that one and so on an and in that way we might be able to er er improve considerably on the costs of production . |
| 2 | But to return to the run of the mill accident , the team will be occupied on average for about a week following which they will report back to the Chief Inspector . |
| 3 | The prospect of being marooned on Gullholm for days with a Heathcliff bereft of his Cathy gave her the creeps . |
| 4 | The River Nene around Peterborough has really come on form for roach in the last few months , despite the weather , with double-figure hauls of quality fish commonplace . |
| 5 | If the British people had voted on Thursday for a Labour government , they would have run counter to the swing away from socialist prescriptions across the whole of the rest of Europe ; more , they would have signalled the rejection of everything that has been so painfully achieved since 1979 in making Britain a competitive modern society founded upon the doctrine of personal responsibility and enterprise . |
| 6 | One train , the 15.4 hrs from Quainton and the 16.15 hrs from Aylesbury on Sunday was cancelled on Sunday for several reasons while the gauging run for King Edward was only carried out an hour prior to departure from Aylesbury of the first ACE . |
| 7 | Once upon a time Camille would have dipped her oar in here : she would have turned on Brian for attacking her mother or chided her mother in no uncertain terms for being a drunken slut . |
| 8 | Daph had decided on cream for the walls of the bedroom but when we went to the paint store she discovered that the word cream covered a multitude of shades . |
| 9 | To embark for the islands they will need Namibian permission to pass through a restricted coastal diamond area , risking being shot on sight for straying from the road ! |
| 10 | It will not be levied on fuels for export , non-fuel uses of fossil fuels , or renewable sources like solar , geothermal , wind or biomass energy . |
| 11 | Even now she 's frightened to be seen on television for fear of reprisals . |
| 12 | FRIDAY : UEFA halve the two-season ban imposed on Ajax for the crowd trouble against Austria Vienna last month . |
| 13 | This in turn stems from the quite understandable confidentiality on commercial grounds imposed on CSM for all the information supplied to it by a drug firm . |
| 14 | Like Holt , Harris believes that the so-called incompetence of children is an adult invention imposed on children for adults ' convenience . |
| 15 | The possibility of US trade sanctions being imposed on Norway for defying the international ban on commercial whaling have receded , after President Clinton stated that a delay would allow further time for negotiation . |
| 16 | A STRONG attack has been made on ministers for failing to deliver on promises made three years ago to build a new dental hospital in Edinburgh . |
| 17 | Talks on a post-war coalition concluded indecisively , but the Prime Minister had called for progress to be made on plans for full employment . |
| 18 | On the pre-trial review applications may be made on notice for reference to arbitration , albeit more than £1,000 is in issue ( Ord 19 , r 2(2) and ( 5 ) ) . |
| 19 | Increasing and conflicting demands made on funds for NHS use tends to focus media interest on the service 's shortcomings rather than its strengths . |
| 20 | I just know that I would n't sacrifice the experiences I 've had on drugs for anything . ’ |
| 21 | In March , 1990 , radiological consultants from the local hospitals in southern Norway and their colleagues from the National Radium Hospital agreed on procedures for adequate imaging in testicular cancer . |
| 22 | Meeting in Baghdad , Mr Hussein and the Kurdish leaders , all smiles and hugs , agreed on self-rule for the Kurds — and , less plausibly , on democracy for all Iraq . |
| 23 | The Wadeville killing , the bloodiest in recent months , came a day after political leaders from the Government , the African National Congress and other groups agreed on terms for a transitional executive council ( TEC ) which will give the black opposition a powerful voice in Government decisions . |
| 24 | A special loan so that , say , all the statues in Cairo can be cleaned on time for the Khedive 's birthday . |
| 25 | Wooden hoops used on casks for the home market were usually of hazel and were produced by local firms from local timber . |
| 26 | This is n't the first Selecta Fiat , the concept has been used on Unos for some years and Fiat assures me that these automatics are dramatically improved from the older designs still used by other manufacturers . |
| 27 | There is a large , narrow belt wheel on the front wall , used on occasions for driving such things as an apple crusher at cider-making time . |
| 28 | The hammer-beamed GREAT HALL was built by James IV in the sixteenth century and was used on occasions for meetings of the Scots parliament . |
| 29 | Masklin had stayed on guard for a while , but he was n't certain what he was guarding against . |
| 30 | 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 " . |