Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] to be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're not going to have people are not going to have the choice about whether they buy a house or rent privately or wish to be on the council housing list , we 're going to force them off . |
| 2 | This ( ’ Breakthrough 2000 ’ ) is the kind of project that needs to be on every denomination 's agenda . |
| 3 | The reason , quite simply , is that architects find work where the market for their skill is most lucrative , and in Britain that tends to be on sites where intensive development has taken place for generations , particularly the commercial centres and inner suburbs of big cities . |
| 4 | But I think that er this er Centenary Sports Ground gon na be large enough for the public to see and this and wants to be on a smaller metal er edition that 's there for er ever and a day . |
| 5 | PC John Timms , the local constable , was contacted and told to be on the look-out . |
| 6 | They were all grins and seemed to be on top of the world . |
| 7 | Maidstone had the best of the early exchanges but the Seasiders were under little real threat and seemed to be on course for at least a draw . |
| 8 | If you 're wearing the ear defenders when the supervisor comes round and happens to be on the token dishing out tour and you 're wearing them , you get your token , okay ? |
| 9 | Hugh grinned , thanked him , and went back to the hospital gates where he warned Ranulf and Maltote to be on their guard . |
| 10 | In practice , democracy was restricted and seems to be on the decline . |
| 11 | Murphy knocked in a break of 136 and looked to be on target for the £1000 prize which goes to the highest break in the Blackpool stage of the tournament . |
| 12 | Kernaghan suffered the agony or relegation and looked to be on the way out of Ayresome Park when he joined Charlton Athletic on loan last season . |
| 13 | The 23-year-old Nortumbrian went off hard with South Shields Harrier Dave Beris and looked to be on record-breaking pace . |