Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] a [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | WASHINGTON , D.C. Mr Frohnmayer , the former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts ( NEA ) forced to resign earlier this year by President Bush for the NEA 's support of risqué art in the past ( The Art Newspaper No. 17 , April 1992 , p. 1 ) , has received a slap on the other cheek now . |
| 2 | But Kernaghan has to wear a brace on his right leg for another five weeks after his knee locked against Tranmere Rovers . |
| 3 | His arm is weak , and he has to wear a splint on his leg . |
| 4 | It may take several releases and many months before the company starts to see a return on its investments , so it is essential for an indie to have a relatively solid financial base to see it through the difficult early stages and to sustain the levels of promotion until an act on the label breaks . |
| 5 | SCOTVEC supports developments which allow greatly flexibility in the achievement of qualifications and has formulated a policy on APL which states the criteria which centres have to satisfy before they can be approved to offer an APL service . |
| 6 | The economic boom in the south east has led to increasing demands for new types of industrial site , and the growth in high tech and service industries has placed a premium on high quality sites in pleasant surroundings and with good communications . |
| 7 | For centuries therefore , statute has placed a limit on the time after which a claimant to an interest in land may bring an action to establish it in the face of the possession of another person holding under a later title … |
| 8 | Technically that offers no problem , as there is no border in the accepted sense between Norway , Sweden or Finland , but rabies has reached southern Finland and Norway has placed a restriction on dogs coming back . |
| 9 | Bradford , in particular , has given a lead on this and there is ample evidence to show how the department 's profile was raised considerably and more positively . |
| 10 | Sculptor and ceramic artist Maggie Humphry has completed a mural on the wall of Plas Meddyg , a new medical centre at Ruthin . |
| 11 | Certainly , any academic who wants to write a book on a canonical author , topic , or period , is likely to get a contract without very much formality ( particularly if it has to do with ‘ women ’ or ‘ theory ’ , or ideally both ) . |
| 12 | In the latter case the policewoman has to write a report on the child for the superintendent to determine whether or not prosecution should follow . |
| 13 | School ceilidh : The Hurworth School Parent Teacher Association has organised a ceilidh on Saturday night at the school hall . |
| 14 | — DURHAM CIU branch has organised a lecture on club management on June 10 at the Miners Hall in Durham . |
| 15 | The Biotechnology Group has organised a conference on Intellectual Property and confidentiality in biotechnology research , which will be held on 30 April 1992 at the Scientific Society , Savile Row , London . |
| 16 | CONFERENCE : The Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of Greenwich has organised a conference on construction opportunities in Russia . |
| 17 | Erm , the agency has considered a paper on this as is referred to in the final paragraph , what it 's basically suggesting to the Department of the Environment and the Home Office is , is that a formula is based upon the supply factors er , such as the , the number of fire stations and standard crew levels etcetera . |
| 18 | THE MAGAZINE Private Eye will have to wait two to three weeks to find out whether it has won a retrial on libel damages of £600,000 awarded against it to Sonia Sutcliffe , wife of the Yorkshire Ripper . |
| 19 | Now Affleck , who turned pro as a teenager , has won a place on next year 's European Tour following his outstanding season as he finished top of the European Challenge Tour , winning £39,769 official prize money . |
| 20 | On conviction , the court has to set a value on the drug assets earned during the previous six years , and a confiscation order . |
| 21 | Kathleen Kinder has written a book on Mosaic Knitting which is a particular form of striped slip . |
| 22 | Given the commonality of objectives with EFAH and encouraged by the Commission , HCIMA has accepted a place on the Board of Governors of the Foundation and has begun work on the development of a pan-European accreditation system . |
| 23 | But before deciding not to co-operate , you should bear in mind that this could mean the company has to reach a decision on the basis of inadequate information . |
| 24 | Following concerns expressed by the Visiting Group , a consultant has made a report on environmental conditions in the Library . |
| 25 | Yet it is likely that he has imposed a colour-filter on Derrida , which lets through the rational elements and occludes the irrational ones . |
| 26 | This expansion has imposed a strain on the control of fraud . |
| 27 | The problem is that the researcher has imposed a limit on the possible answers that the respondent may give , and this may cast doubt on the validity of the data collected . |
| 28 | The French Government has imposed a tax on the use of waste disposal sites . |
| 29 | I note that , in addition to the party 's moratorium on the roads programme , the shadow Secretary of State for Transport has imposed a moratorium on his own presence in the Chamber . |
| 30 | INDIA has imposed a curfew on the capitals of states of Meghalaya and Mizoram . |