Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] be on " in BNC.
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| 31 | In fact , the whole face was expressionless , the only feature with mobility being the mouth , which was broad and thick , always seeming to be on the point of making a statement without actually saying anything . |
| 32 | War-risk premiums were repeatedly reported to be on the rise for both hulls and cargoes . |
| 33 | As long as the ball is quite clearly seen to be on the move through the maul , then the ref will not blow , even if the maul itself is stationary . |
| 34 | Allied-Lyons was also said to be on the Goldsmith hit list . |
| 35 | I was clearly going to be on the phone for a long time . |
| 36 | The incidence of schizophrenia is also thought to be on the decline in Australia . |
| 37 | It was a rare study ; most precipitation analyses of late have concentrated on a sexier topic , acid rain ( which also appears to be on the rise over the Chesapeake ) . |
| 38 | Yet does a patient really want to be on medication all his life ? |
| 39 | On construction costs , plant performance and construction time the focus for estimates is now intended to be on the most likely outcome rather than , as before , on a highly optimistic , ‘ target ’ . |
| 40 | A shot at next month 's Carling Black Label Stakes at Cleveland Park next month , now looks to be on the agenda . |
| 41 | Digital Equipment Corp chief executive Robert Palmer expects to see some ‘ modest reductions ’ in the company 's workforce next fiscal , adding that the company could conceivably downsize to 85,000 to 90,000 employees — but ‘ The emphasis right now has to be on growing the business ; ’ DEC now employs some 98,000 , down from 137,000 at peak . |
| 42 | The local emphasis more often needs to be on the candidate , getting his name , face , personality and position known in the community and introducing him to key groups of people . |
| 43 | Of the British playwrights , Pinter is often thought to be on the edges of ‘ absurdism ’ and you could also read N.F. Simpson 's One Way Pendulum and Cresta Run . |
| 44 | Anne Pennick in an essay on the tunnels of Glastonbury claims that larger tunnels follow ley lines ( originally straight alignments of assorted ancient historic sites , now credited to be on lines of mystic energy ) , and that they reflect the ‘ mystery and sanctity attaching to places of paramount geomantic importance in the topographical interrelation of religious sites ’ . |
| 45 | I do n't want to do something just for the sake of it , I do n't really care about being on the Council , it 's just that I wanted to do something about those wretched caravans . |
| 46 | decide whether or not they really need to be on that site for fourteen hours or can they do what they need to do in four ? |
| 47 | And besides , she thought irritably , did she even want to be on speaking terms with him after the way he had treated her ? |
| 48 | The schools market is an area where booksellers and publishers increasingly seem to be on opposing teams , playing on that all too familiar unlevel playing field . |
| 49 | The amount of energy associated with this ( usually unobserved ) background is conservatively estimated to be on the order of nuclear energy densities or greater . |
| 50 | At least the British players demonstrated that they fully deserved to be on the same court — much against many people 's expectations . |
| 51 | Anyway , granny did n't survive the war — her heart gave out one night and there was a big family funeral to which I did not go , having conveniently arranged to be on duty that day . |
| 52 | ‘ Let's face it , every man has the dilemma of wanting to be with someone and yet wanting to be on his own . |
| 53 | Across the nation aristocratic backwoodsmen , a tribe previously thought to be on the verge of extinction , tottered off to the nearest railway station to obey the summons . |
| 54 | The Oxford Saints certainly appear to be on the right track . |
| 55 | They will certainly need to be on a direct access device . |
| 56 | Age had given Norman Lamont a faintly oriental look ; the sound had been turned off , but it was plain from the speaker 's gestures that jam , or whatever was its Japanese equivalent , if it were not on today 's bill of fare , was certainly expected to be on the morrow 's . |
| 57 | I mean you 're never going to control , you 're never going to be on top of it but I mean |
| 58 | Well then , I thought , if I believed in such a being which I had to confess I once did but no more — He ( She or It ) would certainly have to be on my side now , the game working out as it had . |
| 59 | Matter of fact Dad , he agreed with the management for er er er You see the management never wanted anybody on the minimum wage , never wanted to be on the min , so he agreed with 'em f for a special price for our coal we got out . |