Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [adj] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There had been a good relationship on the whole between the management and myself and it has been supportive on both sides . ’ |
| 2 | Since then , he has been late on numerous occasions and we believe his alcohol consumption has increased . |
| 3 | It has been profitable on annual turnover of about £180m — $270m — over the past few years . |
| 4 | Yes indeed , Bob Giles , the membership has been quiet on this issue . |
| 5 | If all this had to be summed up in one sentence I suppose it would have to be that Wittgenstein 's treatment of the ‘ Other Minds ’ problem is an extended illustration of a point in philosophical logic : namely , that the meaningfulness of some of the things we say is dependent on contingent facts of nature — such as that the Earth revolves on its axis , and that we moan with pain and react as we do to others who moan . |
| 6 | LET was mandatory on early versions of BASIC . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | However , it might be that psychiatric opinion would have been helpful on that aspect of the case . |
| 9 | No real consultation would have been necessary on that score . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The pie parade , which included about fifty floats which had started from the neighbouring village of Scissett , arrived late at the pie field , having been stuck on various sections of the route , including the entrance to the field itself . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ Was that why you told Danny she shaved ? ’ asked Camille , who had been present on that occasion . |
| 14 | A substantial proportion of the population , the refugees , had been dependent on international help since 1949 . |
| 15 | The rural sector had been dependent on external aid to support these people , and was in any case unable to employ all of them . |
| 16 | It was simply too demeaning to believe that the experience we had shared had been dependent on such things as the amount of booze Dennis put away that lunchtime . |
| 17 | The building society claimed repayment of interest under the provisions of section 35A of the Supreme Court Act 1981from the three dates on which the payments were made , on the ground that the principal had been repayable on those dates as sums paid pursuant to an unlawful demand . |
| 18 | And she had been pretty on that slab , all the influences of birth and upbringing cancelled out . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been busy on another plan . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | Two authors , at least , have been explicit on this subject . |
| 22 | Others have been half-trained on slippery floors , where they worry about keeping their feet , yet are yelled at for failing to respond quickly enough to commands . |
| 23 | Lotus 1–2–3 , the current business standard for spreadsheets , has a counterpart in Jazz on the Macintosh while Microsoft 's Excel is available on both systems . |