Example sentences of "[prep] be on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The solution seems only to be on a practical level , no attempt is being made to attack the root causes of widespread unhappiness within the community . |
| 2 | In the second-half he appeared to be on a mental walkabout , at one point kicking direct into touch from a free-kick , forgetting that he would get no territorial gain . |
| 3 | Timisoara and Arad were reported to be on a general strike . |
| 4 | Perhaps because Henry VIII , founder of Trinity College , was a larger-than-life character everything about the college seems to be on a grand scale . |
| 5 | It was a magical place to be on a hot Majorcan night . |
| 6 | Where the due diligence is to be on a major scale , then along with the accountants and solicitors involved , there may be other professionals , including insurance brokers , chartered surveyors , management consultants , patent and trade-mark agents , environmental consultants , actuaries , credit reference agencies , and even a merchant banker . |
| 7 | Management in the West tends to be on a collective basis ; in the East by individuals appointed by the party or the central government . |
| 8 | ‘ James likes everything to be on a personal basis . |
| 9 | It did not have to be on a vast scale , dazzling or absolute . |
| 10 | These two guys are meant to be on a Gipsy Working Party , finding somewhere for the gipsies to live , and all they can do is argue about it . |
| 11 | CODEFF , a local affiliate of Friends of the Earth , is calling for forest development to be on a sustainable basis . |
| 12 | It was to be on a new site and act as a combined station for suburban and express services . |
| 13 | They discussed the pros and cons of S & M , which was felt to be on a sliding scale ranging from harmless to violent . |
| 14 | The state should give substantial financial inducements to mothers of pre-school children to care for them at home ; because of the economic situation , this may , to begin with , have to be on a sliding scale according to need . |
| 15 | And you want , well I mean , each A four sheet needs to be on a particular subject . |
| 16 | Erm in t the second most important criterion I would have thought is that it needs to be on a public transport corridor . |
| 17 | I I give very great weight to the need for the new settlement to be on a public transport corridor . |
| 18 | A few men will not get the message during the flight , and will land believing themselves to be on a different drop zone . |
| 19 | The contention was that a co-ordinated approach was needed towards the treatment of offenders , and that it was not appropriate for the Home Secretary 's responsibilities for prisoners to be on a different basis from his other responsibilities . |
| 20 | Any one " event " is likely to be on a different scale from the one preceding or succeeding it and there are likely to be gaps between events . |
| 21 | For example , if you realise that you want your presentation to be on a different medium then you can do so — and see at a glance the effect of changing the underlying presentation style . |
| 22 | If Offline is being conducted because a disk is nearly full , therefore , the work directory may need to be on a different disk , where more space is available . |
| 23 | They will certainly need to be on a direct access device . |
| 24 | Because deep meditation can be likened in many ways to the altered state of hypnosis , and because those who have a profound interest in such forms of meditation are likely to be on a deliberate spiritual voyage of discovery , they may be able to pass more easily through those barriers of protection normally erected by the subconscious mind . |
| 25 | Scabies , which is spread by physical contact and is particularly prevalent in institutions and schools , happens to be on a periodic upturn at the moment . |
| 26 | You had always to be on a level piece of ground , you see , with no rise whatsoever and we always had that ; we had an excellent stretch of green sward a short distance from the school , and we gathered there . |
| 27 | This was not altogether an exaggeration as he had lost much of his stomach in his operation and was supposed to be on a rigid diet . |
| 28 | National pay agreements and conditions of service of non-teaching staff will continue to be on a non-statutory basis . |
| 29 | Right , well you 're not going to be on a constant training course otherwise we 'd never get you out there selling . |
| 30 | Business people are usually travelling at the company 's expense and are unlikely to be on a strict budget . |