Example sentences of "on [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 17th annual conference of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions , held in London in October , endorsed the use of international standards on auditing for cross-border offerings and continuous reporting by foreign issuers . |
| 2 | Income as of right has been replaced by income conditional on qualifying for means-tested support . |
| 3 | Well , one of the first things I did on applying for this job was to announce my intention to end the repellent Billy Bullshit column . |
| 4 | In late November Mr Clarke outlined three options that Parliament would be invited to consider in a free vote : total deregulation ( as in Scotland ) ; deregulation for small shops and partial deregulation for larger shops ( as proposed by the Shopping Hours Reform Council ) ; and exemption from the general prohibition on trading for certain classes of shop — recreation , emergencies , social gatherings and travel ( proposed by the Keep Sunday Special Campaign ) . |
| 5 | The judges ' tariff is now publicly available , from the law reports ( including in particular guideline cases on sentencing for particular crimes ) , and the Encyclopaedia of Current Sentencing Practice . |
| 6 | Is still intent on looking for another job do you know ? |
| 7 | He has concentrated on writing for some years , but says he will go back into court when , and if , he finds a case that appeals to him . |
| 8 | Decisions on the propriety of stocking a particular publication must depend very much on his or her own judgment and good sense , rather than on waiting for legal counsel . |
| 9 | Why she stayed on waiting for that phone call Leith could n't have said , though she thought her very large concern about paying her mortgage had something to do with it . |
| 10 | not too keen on paying for another year . |
| 11 | I insist on paying for this interview , although there 's nothing further for you to do at present . ’ |
| 12 | Greek Cypriot anti-terrorist squads meanwhile concentrated their minds on rehearsing for any hostile threat to security here . |
| 13 | Heaven knows who it was who set their mind on heading for that pointy wee soul but , like most hill-walkers , once a route is planned we would sooner see the laws of physics change before our itinerary did . |
| 14 | It is from this stance that there has been much recent emphasis on subject depth in the training of teachers , and a virtual embargo on teaching for those with degrees in subjects ‘ not on the school timetable ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ Supported by Training Department he has already run a session on coaching for 20 people or so from across all sections of the brewery . |
| 16 | The Accounting Standards Board 's Urgent Issues Task Force has issued Abstract 6 on accounting for post-retirement benefits other than pensions , and the ASB has issued FRED 2 , Amendment to SSAP 15 Accounting for Deferred Tax . |
| 17 | It is here that one can trace the foundations of public service broadcasting with its emphasis on public duty , on providing for all and on informing , educating , and not simply entertaining . |
| 18 | But one thing seems clear : during the past decade the Government has been more intent on reducing the powers of local authorities than on providing for fundamental changes in the social conditions of the inner cities . |
| 19 | I never really planned on feeding for this long — it just happened . |
| 20 | One even insisted on continuing for longer . |
| 21 | This insistence on knowing for sure and examining the facts of the matter is particularly important in dealing with the doubts which arise because of the many misrepresentations of Christianity today . |
| 22 | A number of executive members agreed that the newly formed Coalition for Scottish Democracy would take the lead on campaigning for constitutional change and be the main co-ordinator of future events . |
| 23 | Translation of policy into practice would mean acting upon specifics , such as the recommendations made in the recently-issued NUT Guidelines on Negotiating for Special Needs ( 1988 ) : |
| 24 | Mr. Ibrahim Sadek , an Egyptian engineering consultant , lays the blame on the lack of unleaded fuel and to state production of outdated car engines : ‘ We are producing Fiats with engines designed back in the Forties ’ , he told the World Conference on Preparing for Climatic Change which ended in Cairo yesterday . |
| 25 | Fritz H Schröder 's editorial on screening for prostatic cancer makes the point that the specificity and positive predictive value are too low for any of the available screening tests to be recommended . |
| 26 | The Czechoslovak federal government on June 27 submitted to the Federal Assembly a bill on screening for past collaboration with the Statni Bezpecnost ( StB — State Security ) , the secret police under the previous communist regime . |
| 27 | In June 1991 the government submitted a bill on screening for past collaboration with the StB [ see pp. 38018 ; 38107 ; 38304 ] . |
| 28 | Editor , — We wish to focus on two issues raised by the editorial on screening for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy . |
| 29 | They sat on arguing for three hours while Ella went into the other end of the house and sang quietly to the baby and wee Alex came home filthy from playing and sat drowsily beside the fire , chewing at the bones of the fowl . |
| 30 | The report suggested making finance available from current revenue expenditure or by the government lifting restrictions on borrowing for self-financing schemes such as water investment schemes , paid for by charges levied on consumers . |