Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [is] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally , part-timers work in low-status , low-wage occupations because that 's all that 's on offer at the hours they can work . |
| 2 | So now we set the EQ , which is always in the same position at soundchecks , and he puts black gaffer tape over the entire parametric box so all that 's on view is the volume knob . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , if that 's all that 's on offer , ’ Polly retorted , ‘ I 'll pass , thanks all the same . |
| 4 | For the refugee crisis , all that is on offer is the Asylum Bill again , and somewhere down the line , identity cards — with no thought about how to alleviate the pressures that cause migration . |
| 5 | All that is on top of the emergency accommodation to which I have just referred and about which we are talking to Single Homeless in London . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | All this is on top of it 's infamous repression of half the country 's population — the women . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course , ’ she continued , avoiding his eye , ‘ all this is on the assumption that he 's going to be charged . ’ |
| 9 | And I saw your mother and I was going on saying all your virtues and how she 's been a good girl , how does that , how er , how erm self discipline she was and all this is on the tape |