Example sentences of "[adj] [be] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the 31 pits on British Coal 's hit list is Point of Ayr , near Prestatyn , where the jobs of 478 are on the line . |
| 2 | Currently , records back to 1986 are on the system , and retrospective cataloguing will be carried out from data picked up at the loans desk when books are issued , so that we will have records for all material in current use . |
| 3 | PAYOUTS of up to £1 million each are on the way for survivors of the M1 air crash . |
| 4 | Many of the traditional monopolies applicable in the legal profession are under attack and some are on the point of disappearing . |
| 5 | Of full-time professionals playing for a major club like Sheffield United in 1934–5 only four out of twenty-one were on the maximum wage . |
| 6 | As there is only one fixing point , this being on the base , it would have had to have been fastened to a stable item , such as furniture . |
| 7 | A few days later an Englishman had spoken to him on the phone , saying an envelope of pictures Manningham might find interesting were on the way by express registered post . |
| 8 | The , admittedly the French and the British were on the right side , they won the war , but France er was er battered in the war , lost an awful lot of people , it 's a common and although this country , although , you know , fighting in Britain , the er , British economy was also badly damaged . |
| 9 | But what does seem clear is on the one hand the absence of any straightforward link between sexual activity per se and social morality ; and on the other , the inability and sometimes unwillingness of the ecclesiastical authorities to enforce stricter single standards . |
| 10 | This is on the understanding that it is you personally who will be preparing the material . |
| 11 | Whilst this is on the screen , you will also hear the disk spinning in the disk drive . |
| 12 | I imagine this is on the grounds that there can be no profitable reclamation of the goods in default of settlement ! |
| 13 | ‘ I presume this is on the itinerary for the royal tour . ’ |
| 14 | However , this is on the way to casting doubt on Butler 's whole tendency to divide the person , along lines rather similar to Plato 's , into different faculties . |
| 15 | This is on the grounds that people who value services ‘ will consume as much as they are willing to pay for ’ . |
| 16 | You can connect your spur cable into the circuit at any existing conveniently-sited socket , so long as this is on the main circuit and is not already supplying a spur ( see ADDING EXTRA SOCKETS ) . |
| 17 | Perhaps the most interesting example of this is on the Burroughs B6700 , illustrated in Figure 2.10 . |
| 18 | This is on the motion of a minister but can be prevented if 20 members object . |
| 19 | 16 ) of the evacuation of Attica that the Athenians took it so badly because it was like leaving one 's polis ; this is on the face of it a paradox because they were going from their country demes to the polis . |
| 20 | This is on the house . ’ |
| 21 | All this is on the assumption that the proposed issue is exclusively for cash ; when it is proposed to allot shares as consideration payable to the vendor on the acquisition of a business or real property it would be impossible to make an offer to the existing shareholders on the same terms . |
| 22 | This is on the project quality plan now is it ? |
| 23 | This is on the grounds that there are no high-temperature incineration facilities in sub-Saharan Africa and no plans to build any . |
| 24 | This is on the basis that the acquirer is entitled to profits and responsible for losses . |
| 25 | ‘ Of course , ’ she continued , avoiding his eye , ‘ all this is on the assumption that he 's going to be charged . ’ |
| 26 | Often , the applicants are recommended to re-contact their unions formally to seek access to accounts , stating that this is on the recommendation of the Commissioner , and access has been provided . |
| 27 | This is a letter er submitted by on behalf of who I believe is and this is on the question of the absence of an agricultural appraisal so we will be carrying that out prior to the decision of the Planning Committee . |
| 28 | This is on the assumption that everything is going ahead all right ? |
| 29 | Er the account of contribution towards cost of the installation of two new footpath lights , this is on the footpath that runs between the School , Church Street side and the minster . |
| 30 | This is on the tape . |