Example sentences of "on [pron] [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I 've been on them Diodides for six year now . |
| 2 | But Smith said : ‘ It 's a burden that 's going to be on my shoulders for life . ’ |
| 3 | I think I took drugs to escape my problems , because I thought I had the world on my shoulders for a number of reasons . |
| 4 | She rests her head on my shoulders for a second her body shaking with sobs . |
| 5 | I would like to have been watching the expression on his face , having put the question to him so bluntly , but just at that moment I had to slam on my brakes for two gaudily painted trucks , one of them with La Resurrección elaborately painted in red . |
| 6 | I told you when I rote that it was impossible for me to pay anything , as he was allowed by the parish when he was at Muggerhanger , and I told you I had my daughter on my hands for over seven years , and I have been doctering her all the time so I think you will consider the matter over and no that I can not help in any way , and in any case 4s. is a lot of money to pay a week . |
| 7 | All over the world , as I had observed on my travels for Panorama and TRI , countries which had long been administered by others were hoisting their own colours ; everywhere the idea of new-born nationhood was in the air . |
| 8 | I put down five hundred on my lists for you to decide . |
| 9 | Like all other paving materials gravel depends on its foundations for its efficiency . |
| 10 | Over the next ten years it kept going by making a succession of calls on its shareholders for additional funds ; by 1708 it was fairly clearly insolvent , and after 1713 it almost completely ceased trading . |
| 11 | Metals trader Ferromet Group has received a heavily qualified audit report from Touche Ross on its accounts for the year ended 31 December 1991 . |
| 12 | Titaghur plc ( manufacturer of jute products in India ) has received a clean auditor 's report on its accounts for the year ended 31 March 1992 after changing its system of accounting and reporting . |
| 13 | JEB Fasteners had purchased all the shares in a private company having relied on its accounts for a period of about a year since incorporation . |
| 14 | Prior ( property trading and the retailing and wholesaling of architectural ironmongery ) has received a seriously qualified audit report on its accounts for the year ended 31 March 1992 from joint auditors Wilson Wright & Co and Coopers & Lybrand . |
| 15 | In the next five years NASA was expecting to spend a further $15 billion on its plans for space station Freedom . |
| 16 | Unisys Corp has been lifting the curtain a little on its plans for the Unix-based U6000 range , as it boosted the power of its 486-based 6000/35 model by adding a 66MHz chip last week . |
| 17 | Last year , German-owned Aldi supermarkets withdrew from purchase negotiations after failing to get assurances on its plans for a food store . |
| 18 | The Law Society is already claiming a part-victory in forcing the Scottish Office to backtrack on its plans for legal advice and assistance — the advice a solicitor offers on individual problems in civil or criminal law . |
| 19 | It was an irony that the incident came four days before the Jockey Club clamped down even further on its rules for the use of the whip . |
| 20 | Dell is selling it bundled on its machines for $500 for two users , $800 for unlimited . |
| 21 | Unionists may not be ready to judge the republic on its merits for years yet , and the hatred bred by three centuries of religious animosity is not going to be bartered away by any group of politicians . |
| 22 | Both here and abroad , most research on child care has focused on the service offered rather than on its consequences for individual children ( see Hudson and Galaway , 1989 ) . |
| 23 | In the two months since the right 's crushing victory at the polls , Mr Mitterrand has only twice expressed ‘ reservations ’ about the government 's plans ( on its proposals for tightening up on law and order , and on its latest privatisation ideas ) . |
| 24 | Later this year the DTI will be issuing a consultative document on its proposals for implementing the Third Life Insurance Directive , which is due to come into operation by mid-1994 and which will enable an insurer to offer insurance anywhere in the Community on the basis of a single authorisation in the state where its head office is situated . |
| 25 | On Feb. 27 the EC Commission agreed on its proposals for agricultural support for the 1991/92 EC agricultural year starting on April 1 . |
| 26 | As effective leader of the Scottish Labour Party , he has to weld that frequently fissiparous organisation together , to set his stamp on its policies for Scotland , and to campaign against the Government , adopting a high profile for himself and the opposition . |
| 27 | This is a fantastic place for birdwatchers — puffin , falcon , raven , gannet , guillemot and cormorants , to name but a few , make their homes along the coastline and on its islands for part of the year . |
| 28 | Its importance is that the other parts depend on its results for their complete explanations . |
| 29 | The shake-up will result in a $170 million ( £114 million ) charge on its results for the final quarter of 1992 , Michael Brown , president of TTC , said yesterday . |
| 30 | Johnson Matthey has consistently placed high emphasis on its responsibilities for the environment and on the health and safety of its employees and the community . |