Example sentences of "[noun sg] on [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The selection will certainly give the Liverpool Competition a strong side on paper for a competition it 's representative side last won in 1974 when it was the Steiner Cup . |
| 2 | A DEFENDANT on trial for a horrifying knife murder was on the run last night after walking out of the Old Bailey . |
| 3 | He thought that he lost his hold on sanity for a time then ; he knew , later , that the black despair and the agony of loneliness had closed about him fully , and for an unmeasurable time while his reason spun wildly out of control . |
| 4 | Furthermore , Barker and Jourgensen are keen to begin work on material for a new collaborative C&W crossover project , Buck Satan And The 666 Shooters . |
| 5 | So that put the damper on gigs for a bit . |
| 6 | Opinion polls show Labour back in the lead on course for a nine seat John Major unveils the Tories ’ 39 steps to education reform claiming they will achieve higher Roy Hattersley , on a visit to Darlington , pledged to give Durham 's Chief Constable the number of extra bobbies he Darlington Tory candidate Michael Fallon claimed a Newcastle-based regional assembly , as proposed by Labour , would harm the town . |
| 7 | They leave town on Sunday for a ten-day exchange to Amiens , Darlington 's twin town in France . |
| 8 | Let's face it — with current monitor technology , the chances of burning an image into the screen phosphors by leaving the same picture on display for a while are very remote . |
| 9 | The only difference is that they now want to leave the skip on site for a week at a time . |
| 10 | The procedure on application for a new lease is similar to that to be followed in the Chancery Division ( see Chancery Practice and Orders , Blackford , Jaque and Quint ( Longman 1991 ) . |
| 11 | This led to the murder of a shop owner and the next thing that happened , was , Imamu found himself in court on trial for a murder he had not committed . |
| 12 | The highest price on record for a Picasso is £28.1m which was paid in May for his self-portrait , Yo Picasso , of 1901 ; the highest price for any picture at auction is the £30.9m paid in 1987 for Van Gogh 's Irises . |
| 13 | Leading 10-8 and within a frame of the title , Wattana had the sublime confidence of youth to go for the $100,000 jackpot prize on offer for a 147 , choosing reds more suitable for continuing the red-black sequence than those which offered maximum certainty of winning the title-clinching frame . |
| 14 | Cobbett indicates that , at least in Kent , the working class was not yet reconciled to exchanging a cottage on earth for a mansion in heaven : ‘ they appeared to me to be thinking much more about getting houses for themselves in this world first : just to see a little before they entered , or endeavoured to enter , or even thought much about , those ‘ houses ’ of which the parson was speaking ; houses with pig-styes and little snug gardens attached to them , together with all the other domestic and conjugal circumstances . ’ |
| 15 | Your lender and insurance company may put your endowment on ice for a few months . |
| 16 | Workington face mighty Wigan at Derwent Park on Sunday for a place in the Regal Trophy semi-finals , then take on neighbours Whitehaven on Boxing Day . |
| 17 | It is annoying to have to spend extra money on postage for a small order , but even more annoying to experience considerable delay in obtaining the book for our customer . |
| 18 | These are effectively IOUs certifying that there is a sum of money on deposit for a stated period and at the end of the period the holder of the CD will have title to the principal and interest . |
| 19 | CDs , as they are known , are paper assets issued by banks , building societies and finance houses to depositors who are willing to leave their money on deposit for a specified period of time . |
| 20 | Commentators are also pressing for a staggered implementation , with companies being allowed to report progress on compliance for a given period of time . |
| 21 | GCC Interior Ministers met in Kuwait on Nov. 21 and 22 , and Finance Ministers met on Nov. 22 but apparently failed to make progress on proposals for a customs union — a step towards creation of a common market by the year 2000 which had been set as an objective earlier in the year [ see p. 38985 ] . |
| 22 | If planning permission is refused by the Secretary of State on appeal for a Part II application , the owner is entitled to compensation for the difference between his interest with and without the consent . |
| 23 | The Halifax 's chairman , Jon Foulds , while urging caution on prospects for a recovery , said the society stuck by its forecast of a gentle recovery in house prices towards the end of the year . |
| 24 | Well , you 'll just have to put your overwhelming sex drive on hold for a while , wo n't you , because you need n't expect me to cater for your needs . ’ |
| 25 | She 'd told him she wanted a break from her own very successful career — that had been bending the truth more than a little , but taking over the club , putting her own life on hold for a little while , had seemed a small price to pay for her father 's health . |
| 26 | In Sarajevo , 15 people were killed and 80 wounded in the worst attack on civilians for a year . |
| 27 | Firm on track for a record success |
| 28 | It can take up to 30 days , dependant on temperature for a biological filter to become established . |
| 29 | Astra does not expect to make a profit on omeprazole for a few years yet , and — unfortunately for Astra — Glaxo has the resources to continue the scientific tussle . |
| 30 | FOR years French drivers have had the reputation of being the most frightening thing on earth for a British tourist — except for a plate of garlic-covered snails . |