Example sentences of "on [noun sg] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One fishing vessel that we had been watching for a long period had more than one narrow escape from detection by British controls , but was finally turned back by Dutch customs patrols shortly after leaving a Continental port with a cargo of immigrants on board bound for the UK . |
| 2 | At Anderson 's a Georgian inlaid mahogany chest on chest went for the princely price of £1,300 while A Victorian 4 foot 6 inc bed with raised back made £1,100 and a Georgian inlaid mahogany serpentine front library table realised £1,050 . |
| 3 | Victory by four points or more will put them on course to qualify for the European Championship finals in Germany in 1993 — England 's first appearance in the tournament since 1981 . |
| 4 | Now we have to beat Portugal and Italy at Ibrox before the end of the year to get ourselves back on course to qualify for the World Cup finals . |
| 5 | FRANCE remained on course to qualify for the World Cup finals when they beat Finland 2–0 in |
| 6 | The Barclay and Cumberledge reports on social work and nursing respectively laid strong emphasis on patch-based working for the 1980s . |
| 7 | The area on disk allocated for the file is well used — very critical for large files . |
| 8 | But also by 1967 , expenditure on education had for the first time in history equalled that on defence . |
| 9 | The government on Aug. 18 approved a bill on privatization providing for the establishment of approximately 20 investment funds in the form of joint stock companies to manage some 400 enterprises . |
| 10 | The government on Aug. 18 approved a bill on privatization providing for the establishment of approximately 20 investment funds in the form of joint stock companies to manage some 400 enterprises . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | A key section on trade called for the EC and Japan to have " equitable access to their respective markets and to remove obstacles , whether structural or other , impeding the expansion of trade , on the basis of comparable opportunities " . |
| 13 | IBM Corp is to begin distributing AIX/6000 on CD-ROM , making the product easier to install , it says : IBM has also announced price reductions on memory upgrades for the RS/6000 of up to 41% . |