Example sentences of "[be] on [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ First , we want promotion this season and we 're on course for that . |
| 2 | No they do n't , when they 're , when when they 're on top of all the others and you just turn them over more gently . |
| 3 | And really , Sizewell B is really a reprovation because it gives you an idea what the technology 's like and how we 're on top of that new technology itself . |
| 4 | Well if you 're on game at three then you 've got three minutes . |
| 5 | I 'm on top of this situation and it 's under control . |
| 6 | I 'm on holiday in three weeks , this , fortnight this Friday . |
| 7 | For those reasons as I , have I , hoped made plain , it seems to me that the general scheme provided by Mrs is the one that ought to be adopted , however in my view when Mrs also makes provision for a second carer for some three hours a day that is well over egging the pudding , if I may adopt a phrase used by Mr at one stage during the case , I feel sure that in practice the two resident carers would not simply say well I 'm on duty from eight am on Monday till twelve midday on Thursday and I shall do nothing during the rest of the week , I think that living in the household for , at |
| 8 | Unfortunately he will be on leave at that time but will be represented by Mr P S Young his Senior Deputy Director who will be delighted to attend the presentation and the lunch which follows . |
| 9 | It was n't bad at all , but I doubt it 'll be on budget until some time next year . |
| 10 | Sinclair , still only 21 , is a son of a past captain of the Knock club and will be on vacation until late August . |
| 11 | It was the John and a very big factory in it 's day , in as much as it was er four storeys high , rather high in those days for heavy machinery to be on level like that . |
| 12 | Even if he is not frightened , he will still have to be on guard at all times — just in case you jump out and attack . |
| 13 | The public and police have to be on guard against all these tactics . |
| 14 | Government should always be on guard against that danger . |
| 15 | The Chief Executive had been notified that her lawyer would be on holiday on 11 July so this date should be avoided . |
| 16 | It had been arranged that she should make a regular weekly visit in order to vaccinate all new puppies , do an inspection of all the animals already there , and be on call for any emergency . |
| 17 | Junior hospital doctors may be on call for extended periods and on occasions have to manage with little or no sleep . |
| 18 | All the fans should be on board for that one . |
| 19 | ‘ All the crew must be on board by four o'clock this afternoon , ’ Trelawney told Long John . |
| 20 | PREMIER John Major will be on trial at next week 's Tory conference , leading Euro rebel Lord Ridley warned last night . |
| 21 | The gallery 's present director , Nicholas Serota , is facing up to the fact that today , excluding the Turners , only one-fifth of the collections can be on display at any time . |
| 22 | Preceding Schipper 's adventure in Innenarchitektur is a group show of drawings by Los Angeles artist Paul McCarthy , small drawings and terracotta heads by New Yorker Sean Landers , and still photographs of video ‘ surveillance ’ by Julia Scher ( also from New York ) will be on display until 15 May . |
| 23 | A nine month design study is now under way , and the station could be on line by 1986 . |
| 24 | A doctor will be on hand at both occasions to answer any queries about transplants and the work of the Anthony Nolan Trust . |
| 25 | At each of the Clubs featured in this brochure an HCI Representative will be on hand with regular visiting hours . |
| 26 | Maggie 's feet seemed to be on fire with each stone she encountered . |
| 27 | Their new gas plants will not be on stream for several years ; they need a secure , well-priced coal contract for a long time to come . |
| 28 | Although the focus will be on control of governmental activities , the definition of this term is by no means a straightforward matter , as we will see in Chapter Two . |
| 29 | New sculptures and drawings of hers will be on view until 13 March . |
| 30 | ‘ Giuseppe Santomaso : Letters to Palladio ’ will be on view until 29 March . |