Example sentences of "[noun] be on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In France referees take the stick when one side is on the losing end , and feels , rightly or wrongly , that they could have won . |
| 32 | Instead , his mind is on the great frosts of his youth , when the snow lay so deep on The Crown Green that they had to dig a trench to the shop door . |
| 33 | If your mind is on the new member of the family you 're probably less likely to concentrate on your own aches and pains , regardless of whether they are physical or psychological . |
| 34 | Her mind is on the young people . ’ |
| 35 | Whether the aircraft is on the required track within the acceptable limits depends on the number of dots deflection of the L/R pointer . |
| 36 | The neck is on the narrow side for a fingerpicking guitar , with a soft rounded profile . |
| 37 | All the weight is on the right foot , using well-bent knees that enable the upper body to remain in a stable upright position . |
| 38 | The weight is on the left side . |
| 39 | The weight is on the left leg , the loose right bent at the knee , so the plane of the hips is not horizontal . |
| 40 | The weight is on the left leg , and the bent right knee breaks the folds of the skirt , but over the left leg in front and the right behind the heavy stuff falls in broadly spaced columnar verticals . |
| 41 | It is one of the few places ( in this book ) where a car is not an absolute necessity : Alnmouth is on the main London-Edinburgh rail line and the village has an excellent local bus service . |
| 42 | the quiz is on the second of February , Wednesday , if anyone here is interested in coming they only had about two people attend from this village . |
| 43 | Though Barney is on the capacious constituency 's right wing , its friendliness is both non-political and rain resistant . |
| 44 | The enemy is on the other side , shut within the walls of Jericho , and the Israelites are ready for war . |
| 45 | I like it being a passenger oh I do n't like driving and the wheel 's on the wrong side . |
| 46 | The reporting of the crime is on the one hand an excuse for sexual titillation and on the other a misleading warning to women as to the circumstances in which they will be raped and how to avoid it . |
| 47 | the only statistically reliable effect is on the Overall difference between combining conditions . |
| 48 | The effect is on the autonomic or unconscious nervous system and sets in motion a process which influences the brain to respond in a high degree to the desires of the heart . |
| 49 | Also , if the cut is on the far side of the ball as you address it , the ball will tend to slide , so aim left to compensate . |
| 50 | Europe 's hotel industry is on the bumpy road to re-establishing its pre-Gulf War position but full recovery is not expected until at least the end of 1991 , according to a report from analyst Salomon Brothers . |
| 51 | Irrespective of the fact that many , perhaps most of these jobs are low paid , dirty ( even the gleaming electronics industry is on the defensive against charges of health and safety problems for its workforce ) and monotonous , they are very widely sought after and they carry high prestige . |
| 52 | So the rules for moving the point cams are , firstly , only move the point cam when the carriage is on the opposite side and secondly , if you break rule one while the N1 cam is outside the point cams , move one of the point cams so that the N1 cam lies between the point cams and then read the cam positions . |
| 53 | According to information received from usually reliable sources , ‘ Sunny Jim ’ Hawkins is on the other side of that door with a whole room full of white powder . |
| 54 | Quite apart from these constraints there are more familiar problems associated with compound growth calculations : the weighting of capital and labour is on the crude basis of their respective shares in gross domestic income ; the technique of weighting from year to year is , as always , a compromise between different types of index ; compound rates of change are constant over a given period and , therefore , may not adequately reflect sharp movements within the period . |
| 55 | in my notes is that , as I said , the A G M is on the eleventh of er , of November . |
| 56 | In the upper panel , the small green figure is on the left , and a matching probe is illustrated . |
| 57 | Erm my initial talk is on the actual breakdown of the costing for this exercise . |
| 58 | Over the years most of the stations and lines in the region have been dismantled but Wainfleet is on the main ‘ trippers ’ line to Skegness . |
| 59 | But the entrance is on the other side of the keep , ’ she added worriedly . |
| 60 | Mo was on the defensive here . |