Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [be] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE National Rivers Authority and Warrington Borough Council are on a collision course over the authority 's £156,780 rate bill . |
| 2 | THE National Rivers Authority and Warrington Borough Council are on a collision course over the authority 's £156,780 rate bill . |
| 3 | The ‘ playfulness ’ of arranging sticks and shells in the desert sand is on a par with the fun of trying out new gadgets and recipes in a modern Western kitchen . |
| 4 | A player who began his career with Billingham Town is on a short-list of six which , surprisingly , includes three other defenders . |
| 5 | The neck joins the body at the sixteenth fret and top fret access is on a par with any Strat-bodied instrument . |
| 6 | The most convenient time for this routine servicing was on a Sunday and the three men soon became familiar with the sophisticated equipment . |
| 7 | The Dalek Killer was on a balcony — a flat , unwalled slab that projected from a wide opening just below the top of the wall . |
| 8 | The Crystal Palace tram terminus was on a gradient and it was ruled that if the crew wanted to take their break there , in the busmen 's canteen round the corner on the Parade , they must go one at a time and not leave the car unattended . |
| 9 | Murray said : ‘ Each Rangers player is on a £70,000 bonus to win the European Cup , and I would happily sign the cheques today if we were guaranteed winning it . |
| 10 | The parcels office was on a walkway , about one storey high , approached by iron lattice-work stairs . |
| 11 | The control layout is on a par with ART 's tried and tested formula , and on the face of it should be fairly simple to understand . |
| 12 | Although it was difficult to pretend that a former member of the Rhodesian Special Air Service was on a par in purely military terms with a goat-herd from Bolivia , the fact that both were starting afresh made administration that much easier . |
| 13 | Our first midweek fixture was on a Thursday , the second on a Wednesday and the third on a Tuesday . |
| 14 | A CHILEAN boxing champion is on a hunger strike and an Argentinian doctor is being taken to court as a result of an attempt by doctors to put an end to professional boxing in Chile . |
| 15 | Yorkshireman George Duffield , whose previous St Leger ride was on a pacemaker 12 years ago , said : ‘ She just quickened up alongside them , and then left them for dead . ’ |
| 16 | Another possible Hydra scene is on a collection of four non-joining enigmatic sherds from Plants Farm , Maxey , Cambs . |
| 17 | For example , in the following sentence : Since the last time we met when we had that huge dinner Ive been on a diet the first two tone-units present information which is relevant to what the speaker is saying , but which is not something new and unknown to the listener . |