Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] to be [adj] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a new product is introduced , such as a video-cassette recorder or a home computer , the price tends to be high on account of the initial development and marketing costs . |
| 2 | The functionalist approach seems to be inadequate on both counts . |
| 3 | Clearly , the Trust has to be satisfied on all these points before proceeding . |
| 4 | Under section 250 it is treated as dormant ‘ during a period in which … there is no transaction which is required by section 221 to be entered in the company 's accounting records ; and a company ceases to be dormant on the occurrence of such a transaction . ’ |
| 5 | The present consensus is that the behaviour of colorectal cancer seems to be dependent on the total number of genetic changes present in tumour tissue rather than their order , and that patient survival is inversely proportional to the number of allelic losses found in tumours . |
| 6 | ‘ Manufacturing excellence has to be high on everybody 's priorities . |
| 7 | An editorial declared that the change of name signified a " steady trend towards a wider outlook " and heralded the fact " that teaching technology appears to be advancing on separate fronts and that these fronts could well be brought more closely together . " |
| 8 | Mucosal pathology in gluten sensitivity seems to be dependent on T cel lmediated reactivity in genetically predisposed subjects . |