Example sentences of "[indef pn] [is] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Someone 's on my side . ’ |
| 2 | Nobody is on it . |
| 3 | Somebody 's on his way over , he was told . |
| 4 | And somebody 's on |
| 5 | somebody 's on duty little bit like that so I 'm told just wo n't walk in shoes . |
| 6 | None is on offer . |
| 7 | She ca n't reach the shelves , that 's why everything is on the table . ’ |
| 8 | It 's a bird 's eye view as to where everything is on the spreadsheet . |
| 9 | According to the Middle East Economic Digest ( MEED ) of Feb. 2 , a United States official confirmed on Jan. 29 that the USA had cut its grant aid to Yemen for fiscal 1990/91 from US$20,500,000 to $2,900,000 , and that " everything is on hold " . |
| 10 | Buildings , freeways and bridges — everything is on a grand scale . |
| 11 | ‘ So everything is on course , then ? ’ |
| 12 | Everything is on course for Bruce Springsteen to open the National Bowl at Milton Keynes tomorrow . |
| 13 | Our final visit is to Miserden Park , where everything is on a grand scale ; from the borders , which are 100 yards long and 22 yards wide , to the Yew hedges , which take 8 weeks to cut . |
| 14 | ‘ We 'll be talking again early next week and until then everything is on hold . |
| 15 | Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear said : ‘ Everything 's on ice at the moment . |
| 16 | We 'll see how long the libertarian principles last once everything 's on microfilm . ’ |
| 17 | everything 's on top . |
| 18 | Linda Cullen asserts that her first book will not be her last , good I hope the next one is on the way . |
| 19 | Titled ‘ U2 — The Unforgettable Demos ’ , Volume One is on blue vinyl and contains ‘ Into The Light ’ , ‘ Another Time Another Place ’ , ‘ The Dream Is Over ’ and ‘ Shadows And Tall Trees ’ , while Volume Two is on orange vinyl and features ‘ Out Of The Living World ’ , ‘ A Day Without Me ’ , ‘ Silent Planet ’ and ‘ Dream Vision ’ . |
| 20 | If one has to resort to such an intentional framework in order to make sense of the behaviour , in order to explain what the creatures are doing and why , and has so to resort after exhausting all possibilities of more austere , less anthropomorphic frameworks of explanation , then one is on the route to linguistic meanings . |
| 21 | wean their foals abruptly and completely ( generally a foal is gradually discouraged from suckling as the next one is on the way , but wo n't leave its mother until it is two or three ) ; |
| 22 | One is on slightly firmer ground when considering the relationship between the undergraduate curriculum and the ‘ economic sub-system ’ . |
| 23 | Er the Newark one is on a road called Middlegate which those of you who know Newark will know is not far from Newark Market Square . |
| 24 | Er the Nottingham one is on a road called Middle Pavement . |
| 25 | An especially good short term one is on offer from the Yorkshire building society . |
| 26 | Starting from the geosynclinal phase , there is the eugeosynclinal trough filled with turbidites , greywackes or flysch ( according to where one is on earth and in the stratigraphical column ) , and there is the Steinmann trinity of serpentines , spilitic pillow lavas and chert ( which we now are taught to call the " ophiolite suite " ) . |
| 27 | ‘ One is on the general treatment of poor women , the other is more particular . |
| 28 | One is on the parents charter , one on further and higher education in England and one on further and higher education in Scotland . |
| 29 | Right , Lot one is on the screen now , yes , there it is , Lot one fifty pounds for this , fifty pounds anyone ? |
| 30 | The first one is on pr is on proportional representation for all elections . |