Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact remains that internment is on the statute book and is available to the Government to use . |
| 2 | But it says here should a tribunal require them to pay a basic award for compensation then that payment is on the basis that it 's offered and accepted in satisfaction er towards those payments . |
| 3 | Place the snakes on the game board , making sure that the head and tail of each snake are on squares of the same colour . |
| 4 | ‘ But that guitar was on all my Alligator records . |
| 5 | When it was time to go home again , at the hospital gates the friendly porter was on duty , sitting inside the cosy little wooden porters ' hut . |
| 6 | At two hundred and twenty pounds two forty two sixty , two eighty three hundred three hundred pounds , three twenty on the aisle three fifty three eighty three eighty on the aisle , bidding sir ? for three that bid 's on the aisle , three eighty , any more at three hundred , four hundred four hundred and twenty on the aisle at four twenty , now any more at four hundred and twenty pounds and I shall sell at four hundred and twenty pounds . |
| 7 | Do n't think cos that tape 's on you wo n't get a smack in the ear son |
| 8 | It was n't even recording on that tape was on there , why ? |
| 9 | The technical college was on the outskirts of town , miles away from the cinema . |
| 10 | They 're thinking now that whoever uncoupled the private car was on it when the train left Cartier . ’ |
| 11 | It was n't much , and they would take it in their stride , no doubt , but apart from the fact these revenge raids certainly did upset his Tormentors a little , making life and their cruel purpose just that little bit less easy for them , the greatest effect was on him . |
| 12 | The clearest demonstration is on a big calyx-krater from Orvieto , by an artist known as the Niobid Painter after the picture on the back of this vase . |
| 13 | So make sure that dot is on the centre there . |
| 14 | Only one entry is allowed per form , but a competitor may send in any number of entries providing each entry is on an entry form from Parents magazine . |
| 15 | The vocational profession of Alpine shepherd is on the wane , an arduous life with unreliable income . |
| 16 | WITH TWO days of campaigning left in the closest election for 20 years , the biggest opinion poll of the campaign indicated last night that Labour was on course to become the largest single party in a hung parliament . |
| 17 | Those who doubt it should consider these words of a club owner : ‘ Professional baseball is on the wane . |
| 18 | It was conceded by the court that this finding was on a strict view irrelevant , since there was a break between the clearing of the premises and the assault with which the appellant had been charged , which was a separate incident . |
| 19 | Much of this support is on a self-help basis . |
| 20 | Some of this support was on a substantial scale : a large cheque given to enable the parents to ‘ buy things for the baby ’ ; a capital sum to enable a young architect to buy into a new firm ; paying the wages of a home help to assist a family with several young children ( pp. 92–4 ) . |
| 21 | Eliot and Sgt. Bamberger of 261 Squadron were on a night readiness and were both ordered off . |
| 22 | This unity is on a level above anything else we can experience : it is Trinity unity . |
| 23 | For brush strokes of a different kind are on show at the city centre salon through paintings by Belfast artists Fiona Connolly and Donna McGarrigan . |
| 24 | A robot of a different kind is on hand every Wednesday teatime on Channel 4 . |
| 25 | I next attempted the third side to the pond , this part being on a slightly raised level to the pond itself . |
| 26 | Subjects like robotics and micro electronics are on the curriculum for a group of gifted ten year olds . |
| 27 | This building is on the typical Rumanian trefoil plan , with three apses round the square ( 236 ) . |
| 28 | It was too early to go to bed yet — though she 'd an idea that while this worry was on her mind she would n't be doing a lot of sleeping . |
| 29 | Further expertise was on hand from a member of the Regional Council 's cycle team , Rory Sumerling . |
| 30 | which is why I think a lot of things , places should be able to accommodate for shop owners and reduce their leases while this recession 's on |