Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adv] on [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Interest expense , which is primarily on US dollar debt , was £672 million , compared with £723 million in 1991 .
2 Among the extra work which required a special piece of plant to be brought onto the site for one week and then returned 200 miles , there must be some extra work which just happens to be within the scope of a piece of plant which is already on site which would otherwise have been idle during the week in question .
3 The Sigma ( above ) has a 0.5ins higher roofline , and door pillars and window frames to European taste , unlike its sister Diamante model , which is already on sale in Japan where it has a six-month waiting list .
4 Not to mention our highly regarded free customer support service which is always on hand should you need advice or assistance .
5 Bill , also a Prenton resident , worked closely with the Boumphreys for about a month to produce the book which is now on sale in bookshops throughout Merseyside and newsagents in Wirral .
6 The Fitzwilliam Museum bought the study , which is now on display , with help from the National Art Collections Fund , and a regional purchase grant from the Museums and Galleries Commission ( administered by the Victoria & Albert Museum ) .
7 Exactly the same model as the Sir Samuel Kelly lifeboat , which for many years served Donaghadee , and which is now on display in the town , the 38-year-old Isles of Scilly lifeboat had an illustrious record of saving lives before her retirement in 1981 .
8 The Oxford and been a parts donor in the restoration of the RAF Museum 's Oxford l MP425 ( G–AITB ) which is now on show at the Newark Air Museum .
9 Raleigh 's Activator Two , the first mass-produced bicycle with full front and rear suspension for better handling and greater control , which is now on show in the museum , was voted the Best Bike of 1993 at the Harrogate Cycle Fair .
10 This had a direct impact on the problem-solving time which is now on average 8.5 times longer than in the 1980s .
11 Marine pollution specialists stressed that the diesel was likely to disperse — but an attempt will be made today to pump ashore 40 tonnes of fuel which is still on board .
12 She 's probably on holiday with a lot of people , having a good time . ’
13 Her former tutor at St Hugh 's is shocked by the news that she 's now on hunger strike .
14 Lucy Wedderburn , the young medical registrar , has been up all night inserting drains and carefully drawing out bloodstained fluid , and she 's still on duty , witty and vivacious through the exhaustion .
15 Of course , being down to earth is one of Pam 's greatest strengths , and it 's good to know she 's back on track and that we 'll still be able to laugh with her for a while yet .
16 I 've invited Martin Ward and another guy he 's met who 's here on holiday . ’
17 She is again on hands and knees . )
18 She is here on business , you understand ?
19 Gillian Mulcare is often very busy breeding Charolais sheep and growing vegetables , but despite this she is always on hand to assist her guests .
20 She is to me and many others , the best tennis player in the world today , even if she is No 2 it wo n't be long before she is back on top where she belongs .
21 He had a forged authority signed by one of the Commissioners who is away on holiday .
22 He will know the traditional way to announce titles , that Mr and Mrs John Smith are husband and wife , Mrs John Smith is without her husband John who is away on business , Mrs Anne Smith is a widow , or that Mr John Smith and Mrs Anne Smith are the elderly aunt and uncle , brother and sister , not married to each other .
23 The Scots had a visitor when they trained at Fort Stanley yesterday — their international stand-off , Craig Chalmers , who is here on holiday , a guest of a local architect , Jimmy Gibson , who hails from Ardrossan .
24 GROUP welfare officer , Sheila Redmond , who is always on hand to help and advise employees with all types of personal problems , announces an on-site breast screening programme .
25 Mr Todd , 73 , who is currently on tour with a new play , said : ‘ It is for good conduct and long service as far as I am concerned . ’
26 Ms Jean Cox , who is currently on placement with us one day each week from Telford College , has asked me if there is any chance of her being employed on a temporary basis in the Library during her Easter break , from 5th to 16th April ( 8 days work ) .
27 The concentration itself is solely on distance .
28 One is n't on offer
29 There 's also on page ten the motions regarding timing of congress which clearly concerns next year and I do believe that these should have priority .
30 and wondered if there 's anywhere on earth — Australasia
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