Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [adj] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been profitable on annual turnover of about £180m — $270m — over the past few years . |
| 2 | Yes indeed , Bob Giles , the membership has been quiet on this issue . |
| 3 | The USA , which well within the memory of the majority of its inhabitants , was the world 's leading oil supplier , does not like being dependent on imported oil , particularly oil imported from areas of the world where political unrest means that a loss of supply — for instance through a closure of the Strait of Hormuz — is always a possibility . |
| 4 | However , it might be that psychiatric opinion would have been helpful on that aspect of the case . |
| 5 | No real consultation would have been necessary on that score . |
| 6 | Although the chemistry of modern Earth-bound life is all carbon-chemistry , this may not be true all over the universe , and it may not always have been true on this Earth . |
| 7 | Nurse Valerie Roper said she had spoken to Allitt after the first two or three arrests at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital and mentioned that she had been present on each occasion . |
| 8 | ‘ Was that why you told Danny she shaved ? ’ asked Camille , who had been present on that occasion . |
| 9 | A substantial proportion of the population , the refugees , had been dependent on international help since 1949 . |
| 10 | The rural sector had been dependent on external aid to support these people , and was in any case unable to employ all of them . |
| 11 | And she had been pretty on that slab , all the influences of birth and upbringing cancelled out . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been busy on another plan . |
| 13 | for three weeks now I 've been stuck on eleven stone , I got , I lost nearly a stone in first five or six weeks , now I 've stopped |
| 14 | Two authors , at least , have been explicit on this subject . |