Sentence examples for on a lump from inspiring English sources

Several minutes earlier the sledge I was towing, bulging with my share of the food and fuel for our 40-day expedition across Antarctica, had jammed on a lump of ice and stopped me in my tracks.

Just squeeze on a lump of the phosphate- and boron-free cream, leave for 10 minutes, and wash.   5.

But the sheen may be fading, as on a lump of steel left out in the rain.

Everybody knows it is crazy, spending £20 on a lump of plastic, so vouchers have become de rigueur.

She compared Mexican men to "hungry but well-bred dogs" and the Chinese to "a crowd of ants on a lump of sugar".

By the mid-1950s, Sabin was ready to test his oral vaccine, which was made from live viruses and administered on a lump of sugar.

If your employer insists on a lump-sum distribution, you can mitigate the damage by rolling your 401(k) into an individual retirement account.

The Prime Minister is facing calls from military figures, medical experts and politicians to close a loophole that means dozens of dying former soldiers will miss out on a lump-sum payouts.

Contracts can also be arranged on a lump-sum basis, when an owner agrees to ship a given quantity of a stated cargo from one port to another for a stated sum of money.

Toyo Engineering Corp and Toyo Thai Corp Ltd have won the supply contract (offshore service) and the supply and construction contract (onshore service) respectively on a lump-sum basis for the linear low density polyethylene plant at Map Ta Phut, Rayong in Thailand.

Instead, the negotiations to end Charles and Diana's marriage have focused on a lump-sum settlement and on what sort of public role Diana -- who is far more popular than her reserved husband -- would continue to play after the end of her marriage.