Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've had a few copies made to be on the safe side : solicitors , banks … you know . |
| 2 | Thus between 1965 and 1971 there were 56 records from the coast of birds presumed to be on passage , between 9 August and 17 December , and 32 similar spring records between 23 February and 30 April . |
| 3 | Most people , he finds , positively enjoy having one or two large grand rooms and , since the main staterooms in these houses tend to be on one floor , they can be apportioned between the individual houses . |
| 4 | Now , since somebody killed Albie , the smart money has to be on Richardson or Carmichael . |
| 5 | Battery back-up units tend to be on the big side , but Emerson Computer Power also makes an internal version which comes with autosaving . |
| 6 | Roads to Ruin , responded the Green Alliance , which estimates that parking alone for all the new cars expected to be on the road in 2025 would require an area larger than Berkshire . |
| 7 | Agricultural trade unions have described the system as ‘ feudal ’ and ‘ legalized serfdom ’ , while farmers have defended tied housing as being essential to farming ( especially livestock farming ) where labour needs to be on immediate call , an aid to labour mobility within the industry and a considerable tax-free perquisite . |
| 8 | With violence appearing to be on the wane at the moment , he may well be right that the future looks bright . |
| 9 | Her eyes seemed to be on the ceiling , watching them . |
| 10 | Much of the recorded research seemed to be on the ability ( or non-ability ) to distinguish different sounds or single words through the tactile sense , mainly with deaf children in mind . |
| 11 | The only one who was less than whole-hearted in his support was George Birkitt , whose mind seemed to be on something else ( no doubt whether his billing would be affected by Michael Banks 's demise , and whether it was really appropriate for him to stay -in the show and play a smaller part than Charles Paris ) . |
| 12 | The whole Brigade seemed to be on deck admiring the coastline in front of us . |
| 13 | BR has rightly refused to speculate on how the animals came to be on the line in the first place . |
| 14 | It had been an indifferent season for the New York Yankees , the team he had followed faithfully for thirty years , and , at 4-I down to the Detroit Tigers with two innings left , defeat seemed to be on the cards for a third successive game . |
| 15 | University-led research tends to be on a smaller scale , and on a much shorter time-span , with the average Ph D taking just over three years to complete . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , the emphasis of current initiatives on waiting lists tends to be on reducing the wait for surgery rather than the waiting time for an appointment at an outpatient clinic . |
| 17 | Well , I suggest that Toby arranges to be on the trip and that you go with him , either as his close friend or in your professional capacity as a caddie , or a bit of both . ’ |
| 18 | The downside to registering might be that you get unsolicited mail every so often , but that practice seems to be on the decrease , and only genuine upgrades seem to be notified . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | With plenty of stock said to be on offer , the market price quickly dropped back 36 to £11.05 in the wake of Wall Street 's decline . |
| 21 | The swank sounded to be on a knife edge , barely controlling himself . |
| 22 | Even when he was resting the horseman had to be on the alert for incidents like this to see that nothing untoward happened to his team . |
| 23 | At night a light had to be on all the time and Blake 's prison clothes had to be placed outside his cell while , during the day , the clothes he wore had distinctive patches of coloured cloth on them to show that he was on the escape list . |
| 24 | Most units need to be on an outside wall or ducted to vent outdoors but others can be bought which are ventless , recirculating the air through activated charcoal filters which should be changed regularly . |
| 25 | Within the Conservative party , aspiring candidates have to be on a candidates list maintained by the party 's national headquarters . |
| 26 | I had flashes of recall so many times seemed to be on the verge of knowing who I really was . |
| 27 | Maggie 's feet seemed to be on fire with each stone she encountered . |
| 28 | Earlier in the trial , the prosecution alleged that Gilfoyle claimed to be on a course at work specialising in suicide and attempted suicide cases . |
| 29 | Sir , — Last week a Liphook Junior School parent claimed to be on neither ‘ one side or the other ’ in the current debate over education standards . |
| 30 | Few homes have nearly enough socket outlets to cope with all the electrical appliances the average household now owns , and at Christmas the demand rises to a peak as seldom-used appliances are pressed into duty , and every item of home entertainment equipment seems to be on at once . |