Example sentences of "[verb] on [noun sg] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | US Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady denied reports that Treasury officials had sought an accord on currency " target zones " in an effort to bring international pressure to bear on fluctuation ranges for the German mark . |
| 2 | Working-class parents whose children are missing or have been murdered will appear on television asking for help . |
| 3 | Whilst the ATB has run courses on sheep fank design , more needs to be done on work planning for livestock handling so that each individual can adapt his own buildings to make the work easier . |
| 4 | A further £300m is going on pension increases for widows and an improved scheme for current workers but they are getting nothing . |
| 5 | ‘ You are calling on Moray to fight for you , ’ Groa said . |
| 6 | The production of the symbols of sanctity , majesty and varying degrees of status needed for the effective running of societies based on hierarchy called for highly skilled designers and artificers who must as specialists have been immune from the common round of everyday labour . |
| 7 | Ms Ilana Cravitz , a spokeswoman for the group , said that £10 out of every £65 spent on shopping paid for packaging . |
| 8 | In other words , there will always be a tendency for , probably for the offspring to want the mother to go on breast- feeding for that little bit longer tha tha the mother may . |
| 9 | Joseph Elliot , who 's admitted stabbing a music teacher to death , has appeared on television to apologise for his actions . |
| 10 | It was clear after the war that Japan could no longer rely on textile exports for most of its foreign exchange earnings ( chapter 2 ) . |
| 11 | First of all , you have to ascertain whether your strategy up the first part of the beat will make you want to carry on sailing on starboard tack for some time after the starting signal , or to tack onto port as soon as possible after the start . |
| 12 | Khasbulatov later appeared on television to apologize for having caused offence . |
| 13 | On April 30 President Bush appeared on television to appeal for " calm and tolerance " , but the violence continued to spread into new areas of the city . |
| 14 | Trainee dealers put on debt collecting for more than a day or two at a stretch would often walk out of Harvard from sheer boredom and frustration . |
| 15 | There must also be enough samples put on test to allow for duplicate examinations and for the proper investigations of special problems . |
| 16 | In addition , the impact that strikes have on production tends for numerous reasons to be exaggerated . |
| 17 | FRANCE remained on course to qualify for the World Cup finals when they beat Finland 2–0 in |