Example sentences of "be on [noun sg] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or they 're on sale for a hundred pounds each . |
| 2 | Cardiff are top of the Heineken league and , if they beat Whitley at the Sheffield Arena , they will be on course for a grand slam of domestic titles . |
| 3 | As from 1st March , all Chivers titles will be on display in a dedicated area at Askews in Preston , to make selection easier for librarians from the north of England and Scotland . |
| 4 | AGRICULTURE Minister John Gummer had an abortive trip to America to be on hand for a vain attempt to resolve differences leading to a settlement on the GATT-trade talks . |
| 5 | However , we think that Club Couples should be more than slightly special , and to this end our Couples Clubreps will be on hand with a few ideas , designed with a slightly more subdued mood in mind . |
| 6 | North Tees Health Macmillan Nurses will be on hand during a mobile exhibition next week to discuss all aspects of living with cancer . |
| 7 | A mini dental surgery will be set up in the office and toothbrushes and toothpaste will be on sale at a third of normal price until Friday . |
| 8 | Anyone wishing to know more about the society is invited to attend its annual meeting at Stockton Town Hall next Thursday at 7pm , when tickets will be on sale for a French wine-tasting . |
| 9 | In the current market , availability of funds presents no problem for house purchase ; many fixed rate mortgages are on offer from a wide range of lending institutions enabling prospective purchasers to stabilise their out-goings for the next one to two years . |
| 10 | A rapid turnaround in fortunes has meant that at least 100 jobs are on offer from a dozen Hawick companies facing a skills shortage . |
| 11 | Scores of them are on show in a unique exhibition . |
| 12 | If we have only been on cover for a short time and it is clear that the majority of the damage occurred before we came on cover , the claim should be referred to the previous insurers . |
| 13 | It is well known that the plastic used on original Fenders used to fade from white to a sort of greenish grey , and this type of scratchplate has been on offer as a cosmetic retro-fit for some time . |
| 14 | It is perhaps like being on top of a big wave in a canoe or on a surfboard , but to try to describe it is to fail . |
| 15 | And anti-riot police were on standby as a huge security ring was thrown around Loyalist ghettos . |
| 16 | The back-channel reports on DEA operations that he had transmitted twice a week from his arrival in Cyprus were on file in a classified computer data bank , codenamed EMERALD , at Bolling Airforce Base , near Washington , and the first order of business upon his return was a systematic debriefing at a hotel near Fort Meade to fill in the gaps . |
| 17 | CHOCOLATE Flake bars up to five years old were on sale in a rural Co Down shop , it was disclosed today . |
| 18 | Powergen 's shares brightened 2p to 273p after a 0.3p interim dividend increase to 3.35p and is on course for a full-year profits hike to £395m ( £359m ) . |
| 19 | BRITAIN is on course for a hung Parliament after Thursday 's general election . |
| 20 | In many countries there has been a phased reduction in the lead content of petrol and in the UK , for example , lead-free petrol is on sale at a lower price , at selected petrol stations ( the engine requires a minor adjustment to use it ) and there are indications of a move towards the obligatory use of lead-free petrol for all vehicles . |
| 21 | Where the object is on loan to a public collection , the Inland Revenue considers that the owner or his or her agent should provide the curator 's address or telephone number . |
| 22 | In fact , the composite shot , which is on screen for a mere fraction of a second , was to include several other elements , including the ever-present acid rain — the creation of which ( as described in fascinating detail in Cinefantastique , vol 12 , no 5/6,1982 ) was a saga in itself . |
| 23 | Once in Montrose , Colorado , when he was on location for a small role in John Wayne 's True Grit , he was standing in a bar , scruffy and long-haired , and for no reason at all , one of the locals took a swing at him . |
| 24 | In the fourth frame of their third-round match , Wattana was on course for a maximum but missed the 12th black with the rest after potting the first 12 reds and 11 blacks . |
| 25 | It was on top of a white wave . |
| 26 | At the time he infiltrated the organisation , he was on parole for a serious sex offence against a mentally retarded man . |
| 27 | Twenty-two years on , a social worker was on duty with a new colleague . |
| 28 | She wanted an indication that she was on target for a good performance in the London Marathon on April 21 . |