Example sentences of "[adv] be a [noun] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spain under her last Habsburg kings , it was pointed out , had controlled far more territory than any other European country and had none the less been a victim-State on the point of internal collapse . |
| 2 | If the issue was not taken head on , he said , and the movement towards unification became precipitate or unorganised , it would not merely be a blot on the landscape , it would ‘ rock the continent . ’ |
| 3 | It will no longer be a country on the edge . |
| 4 | In words such as building graduating and nothing it would just be an N on the end like buildin graduatin . |
| 5 | I think there must be a period for a start when the office or elsewhere is a bit on the nervous and inefficient side as smokers are deprived , but he does not mention this . |
| 6 | The quietest place today will be the busiest place tomorrow … the jockey 's room was deserted … who 's names will be scrawled on the winners wall this year … well the first big race is the Champion Hurdle … and a fairy tale winner would be a seven year old mare called Flakey Dove … home is a farm on the outskirts of Leominster in Herefordshire … along with the ducks … chickens … sheep and cattle the Price family have 12 race horses … |
| 7 | Support for loss-making state enterprises had also been a drain on the budget , with over 50,000 million yuan spent on subsidies . |
| 8 | There has also been a Regulation on the status of the European Limited Liability Company , first drafted in 1970 , and the " Vredeling Directive " ( 1980 ) . |
| 9 | There will also be a limit on the rights of the old person to stay there if the costs , in social and emotional terms , are too high for others . |
| 10 | There should also be a limitation on the time during which the landlord can require the tenant to procure a new guarantor and the following amendment is suggested : … and if so required by the Landlord by notice to the Tenant given within 28 days of receipt of the Tenant 's notice at the expense of the Tenant within 56 days to procure some other person reasonably acceptable to the Landlord such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed … 5.24 Landlord 's rights To permit the Landlord at all times during the Term to exercise without interruption or interference any of the rights granted to [ it ] by virtue of the provisions of this Lease The point here is to ensure that the landlord 's rights contained in the lease are not such as to cause unreasonable interference with the business being carried on at the premises . |
| 11 | They may also be a witness on the local authority 's behalf . |
| 12 | There will also be an indicator on the B two to say how those days should be treated . |
| 13 | The prison officers can not afford accommodation in both places — in fact , they can not afford accommodation in either — and they are contemplating leaving the prison service for what will probably be a life on the dole . |
| 14 | We must accept that most data collection exercises will inevitably be a compromise on the grounds of cost and hence less than perfect data sets will be produced ; |
| 15 | It may also often be a step on the way to judicial appointment in the High Court . |
| 16 | Whatever the findings on relocation , there may well be an impact on the level of unleaded petrol sales in Scotland and thus in the United Kingdom . |
| 17 | Willy put the sauce in and here , here Willy here 's a cup on the hearth , two cups . |
| 18 | and here 's a recap on the draw for the fifth round … |
| 19 | Here is an update on the cases in the 1991 Series : |
| 20 | At first I thought it had maybe been a cat on the roof , then possibly some inept burglar . |
| 21 | Erm , immediately as we went in it was er a very poorly furnished room erm I 'm going in there 's a window on the far side and there was a small single bed erm which to all intents and purposes appeared un-made at the time and there was a duvet covering it |
| 22 | Come out and go these go right just down there is a postbox on the left hand side . |
| 23 | What they often get instead is a pat on the back , a stack of reading matter , an order form and a two-day pep talk . |
| 24 | One alternative is to order decaffeinated coffee , which certainly is an improvement on the original version . |