Example sentences of "[adj] the [noun sg] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | No erm it 's , it 's more recent than that I think in nineteen fifty the election was on a Tuesday . |
| 2 | In section 2.4 the focus is on explanation at the level of the individual firm . |
| 3 | In all this the emphasis is on the prices and quantities and , in particular , on these prices and quantities as they would emerge under equilibrium conditions . |
| 4 | The day after the story graced the front page of the Derry Journal one well-placed local moron assured me that ‘ half the school 's on heroin ’ and that a number of pupils were presently ‘ dying from AIDS ’ … |
| 5 | Although the final decision was with Cabinet , it would be most unlikely that they would overturn the views of a committee which had spent a number of weeks going through the proposals almost line by line — particularly given that half the Cabinet were on the committee and the Prime Minister was in the chair . |
| 6 | I think half the crowd were on their way home , down Headington Hill , down Lime Walk , bemoaning United not scoring for the second week in succession , then up steps Andy Melville . |
| 7 | A government appeal in July to the Supreme Court , increased in size by presidential decree in April 1990 , allowed the privatization of the state airline Aeorolíneas Argentinas to proceed , although by March 1991 the sale was on the verge of collapse [ see pp. 37529 ; 37608 ; 37773 ; 38096 ] . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose we should be glad the fire-eater is on our side , and not the Germans ’ . ' |
| 9 | In relation to PSD aims , level one competences are achieved with a high degree of tutor support and close supervision , level two with limited support and supervision , and at level three the emphasis is on the responsibility of the student to organise his/her activities — the tutor 's role is one of stimulating and monitoring progress and being available on a consultative basis . |
| 10 | For doors with both full nylon and full mesh panels , make sure the mesh is on the outside so that you can open the weatherproof door without letting any of the baddies in . |
| 11 | The Headmaster was very pleased with himself and made sure the specialist was on his way . |
| 12 | This was fortunate for us , as the car with four large occupants and all the luggage was on the verge of overload . |
| 13 | All the cab was on fire . |
| 14 | ‘ All the work is on an individual basis . |
| 15 | All the furniture was on a mammoth scale ; luxurious sofas the length of ocean liners , and billiard tables the size of cricket pitches . |
| 16 | The pendulum then swung back to the other extreme where almost no grammar was taught , but all the emphasis was on talking , using conversations in which grammatical structures occurred in an uncontrolled way . |
| 17 | claiming for damages for breach of contract and your negligence against their former solicitors in relation to their handling of the purchase of a business by the plaintiff in late nineteen eighty five but all the say is on the nineteenth of October of nineteen eighty nine er my Lord the matter is complex . |
| 18 | It all becomes a matter of working out how to get something done in the company , and this in itself is a matter of finding the right lever to pull , since all the concentration is on political in-fighting , and only the bare minimum on the actual achievement of a competitive advantage in the real world outside . |
| 19 | Soon the subordinate zones shrink to narrow pattern-borders and all the concentration is on the figure-scenes , executed in a variety of techniques : outline , outline filled with white , a mixture of black and white silhouette , and sometimes black-figure , used with more colour than is common at Corinth and seldom for the main figures . |
| 20 | All the information 's on our fact sheet . |
| 21 | I 'm going to ask you to fill in that application form as regards John and Mary as your fictitious clients , all the information is on page twenty one . |
| 22 | there 're no games this weekend for Hereford United or Gloucester rugby club … all the action 's on Central … there 's Goals Extra tomorrow teatime … the live match on Sunday afternoon … |
| 23 | When fitting 8 spokes all the load is on the studs as it is with RR wheels and should only be used with the larger studs . |
| 24 | I reckoned St Andrews was a hooker 's course , as well , all the trouble is on the right . |
| 25 | All the weight is on the right foot , using well-bent knees that enable the upper body to remain in a stable upright position . |
| 26 | If all the weight is on one side and being lugged along , it will upset the natural poise and balance of the body . |
| 27 | All the heat is on Madonna who stars as Breathless Mahoney , the quintessential good/bad girl in yet another bid for Hollywood stardom . |
| 28 | You must admit , it makes all the difference being on our own . ’ |
| 29 | The in-fighting was considerable and not all the fault was on Auer 's side . |
| 30 | By 8.30 the hospital was on red alert , with doctors ready in the accident and emergency receiving area and medical teams on the way to the scene . |