Example sentences of "on for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Overall we are more than pleased as the aim was to bring young players on for the 1995 World Cup , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Of course not , they 've been elected for a period , they serve to the end of that period , whether they 're made redundant or not , so they go on for the four year term . |
| 3 | Well if you remember that the Jarrow marches and the general strike were n't very many years erm you know be behind the preparations that were going on for the second world war . |
| 4 | Now the search is on for the best container display in Britain . |
| 5 | In Guatemala too , the 1980s marked a high point of repression in a political conflict which has been going on for the best part of thirty years . |
| 6 | They talked on for the best part of an hour , ending in agreement that there was no solution to this problem , short of the mass emigration of millions . |
| 7 | The search is on for the best pancake tosser in the North . |
| 8 | He came on for the injured Mumby and headed in a perfect Measham cross to score his first goal for the club . |
| 9 | The 29-year-old Scot , a £225,000 summer capture from Millwall , has struggled to find his form on Wearside but all that changed when he came on for the injured Don Goodman after just 12 minutes of Saturday 's game against Barnsley . |
| 10 | And a battle is on for the divided loyalties of the younger McCloskey brothers , Jonathon and Martin . |
| 11 | Waqar , relieved after only one over with the new ball , came on for the 17th over and soon caused umpire Shepherd to scowl as he bounced the ball into Atherton 's left arm and Smith 's helmet . |
| 12 | The rotary input gain control can be set to the optimum level so that the overload light flashes momentarily on for the loudest peaks of signal . |
| 13 | It seemed that the Bangor girl had timed her late surge to perfection , but Martin held on for the closest of wins . |
| 14 | The race is on for the spare hand-outs |
| 15 | Some Swiss wonder whether a family responsibility will perhaps work the other way , and he will stay on for the 1992 Olympics . |
| 16 | Some Swiss wonder whether a family responsibility will perhaps work the other way , and he will stay on for the 1992 Olympics . |
| 17 | They had fetched him for Christmas and he was staying on for the New Year . |
| 18 | And so it went on for the first 14 years of their friendship . |
| 19 | The specifications of November 1939 became a reality just 43 years ago , when a CW pump evacuated model with sealing wax joints was switched on for the first time at the end of February 1940 , and operated successfully . |
| 20 | As a climax , you could arrange for some of the room lights to be switched off one by one before the tree-lights are switched on for the first time ( test them first ! ) . |
| 21 | They come round at the interval and say , ‘ Was Ruby on for the first half ? ’ and I say , ‘ Yes . ’ |
| 22 | For instance , a LAN operating system like NetWare or an appropriate environment like Windows for Workgroups can be largely pre-installed at the factory , with the remaining configuration being done via a fill-in-the-blanks , sign-on display when the thing 's switched on for the first time . |
| 23 | I was operated on for the first time when I was two or three weeks old . |
| 24 | Andy Mutch has been trying his new kit on for the first time today . |
| 25 | There was one in this show when Charity Barnum 's understudy went on for the first time . |
| 26 | on for the first time yesterday |
| 27 | ‘ I came on for the final five minutes of that match and got 45 minutes in the second half of the second leg which we won 1–0 . |
| 28 | And I take it erm the commission structure is just the same if I am continuing a contract on for the following year . |
| 29 | If you attempt to pass the SPR on for the seventh time or to the same user twice , LIFESPAN will display an error message and you will not be allowed to pass it on . |
| 30 | Somatostatin infusion ( Somatostatine UCB 250 µg/h ) was given to reduced pancreatic secretion and elective surgical intervention was decided on for the seventh day . |