Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] be on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HEARTH : Shelving for CDs is on each side |
| 2 | The focus of analyses is on relative valuations at different points in the life cycle using scaling techniques developed within social psychology . |
| 3 | Thus , while Corporal Weatherall and a growing force of commandos were on interminable training exercises , or standing by for operations that were cancelled before they got afloat , very few slipped the mesh of authority . |
| 4 | Following the Glanrhyd tragedy BR is safety conscious and a firm of divers is on national contract to BR to inspect affected bridges . |
| 5 | Mr Mel Russ , editor of Sea Angler magazine , said : ‘ A lot of anglers are on low incomes and many are unemployed . |
| 6 | Thirdly , there is a group of institutions where only a minority of students are on advanced courses . |
| 7 | And the other thing of course was that one movement , which took about one second , right and you would n't have a loom , one movement of this machine where the needles go up , take the yarn , knitted a hundred stitches , two hundred stitches , what whatever number of stitches were on that particular piece of fabric , the width . |
| 8 | The Norman conquerors , in attempting to establish rights to land in England , undermined indigenous oral criteria for proof of ownership , by which they as newcomers were on weaker ground than native land owners , and set up centralised , bureaucratic procedures with emphasis on written documentation , records , cross-referencing etc. over which they could exercise greater control . |
| 9 | Her first run over fences was on 1 November 1984 , in the Nobber Chase at Navan . |