Example sentences of "[be] [adj] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is evidence that species which wholly abandon sex are short-lived on an evolutionary time-scale . |
| 2 | Unless stated to the contrary , all rotary generations in these examples are clockwise on a rectilinear grid . |
| 3 | Dogs are high on a wild leopard 's list of favourite foods . |
| 4 | Some foreign children are residential on a permanent basis . |
| 5 | entry and training are controlled by the profession itself and are dependent on a formalized system of education and training ; |
| 6 | The microcomputer will print out reminders for all items which are overdue on a particular date and the reminders can be sent to pupils via the form or year tutor . |
| 7 | For a start ‘ Standard rate food charges are payable on a continuous basis by people in Marital Categories 3 , 4 or 5 when they are occupying single accommodation , and also by personnel who are in receipt of Special Messing Allowance , Retail Messing Allowance or are accommodated under the Approved Board and Lodging Scheme . |
| 8 | I feel great , the team 's done really well , we 're all on a high |
| 9 | Occasionally , things get a little confusing — Ride and the pixies are hardly baggy faves — but the presence of the seminal ‘ Taste ’ and ‘ Velouria ’ gives the LP more variety than would have been present on a groove-only affair . |
| 10 | Occasionally , things get a little confusing — Ride and the pixies are hardly baggy faves — but the presence of the seminal ‘ Taste ’ and ‘ Velouria ’ gives the LP more variety than would have been present on a groove-only affair . |
| 11 | I am alone on a desolate plain , and I am cold and I am lonely thought Jay , chanted Jay , she could find no comfort . |
| 12 | She says it was an old building and someone could have been stuck on an upper floor . |
| 13 | But such theories are parasitic on an implicit understanding that law is a type of instrument adapted to specific important purposes , and such theories are of little guidance in thinking through the role of international law in controlling force for they can suggest no more than a mimicking of the institutions of municipal law without regard to the purposes of having such or similar institutions in the international context . |
| 14 | Butterflies are numerous on a warm day — including peacock , small tortoiseshell and brimstone . |
| 15 | Similar variations are evident on a national scale . |
| 16 | This linking should be possible on a stand-alone desktop or across a network . |
| 17 | This linking should be possible on a stand-alone desktop or across a network . |
| 18 | If such estimates are correct , then offset schemes would be impractical on a large scale . |
| 19 | ‘ We expect to complete the turn-round in the first half of 1993 , ’ says Shah , ‘ and to be profitable on a global basis in the second half . ’ |
| 20 | Instead I 'm marooned on a magical island with a knackered boat , a missing cat and a very sore bum ! |
| 21 | A break-clause may be exercisable on a specified date ; for example " at the expiry of the seventh year of the term " . |
| 22 | In other words , they would still be dependent on a means-tested housing benefit in order to ensure that their income was paid at the minimum level laid down by Parliament . |
| 23 | Of course in order to be effective anti-viral agents they must at some stage be dependent on a viral enzyme to convert them into their active form , or they must selectively inhibit viral enzymes directly . |
| 24 | By the time of his explorations in South America ( 1799–1804 ) , von Humboldt 's suggestion that the Amazon should be deforested on a large scale to improve agriculture was part of the European view of how tropical territories might be developed . |
| 25 | Deficiencies which are unacceptable on a car sold as new might be acceptable on a second-hand car . |
| 26 | PAYE on salaries will be payable on a current basis so that on the bulk of the Corporation 's former partnership profits tax will be accelerated by some 28 months . |
| 27 | By setting them to different scales harmonic progressions which would be unplayable on a single harp are made possible . |
| 28 | The cottage is rather cosy , and I 'm busy on a new story , so I 'll have plenty to do even if the weather 's bad . |
| 29 | I happen to be married but things would be tough on a single income ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ Then again , if we were to split the feature into 51 parts , the joke could be written-off on a week-by-week basis and any potential liability , laughter-wise , might be spread across two tax periods . |