Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [be] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lou talked about Pat being on holiday in Greece . |
| 2 | A new woodturning system specifically developed for schools is on test in Scottish schools . |
| 3 | We decided that the the otential the action potential of course are on Editor A look at control , we can look at single channel currents . |
| 4 | Polymers tend to be left late in chemical education , since for example the synthesis of PVC is on paper much more complicated than that of vinyl chloride . |
| 5 | The pages of NME are on fire with angsty exchanges between trad jazzers and the ‘ hep-cats ’ . |
| 6 | An exhibition of some of the work and research carried out by the University of Stirling was on display in the crush hall . |
| 7 | This increase in value is the equivalent of the return or interest that could , for example , be expected on a bank deposit for each day that the relevant sum of money is on deposit . |
| 8 | The normal eighteenth century division of labour is on trial in this passage and , to a lesser extent , in the others quoted above . |
| 9 | At the bottom , a trio of guards were on duty , armed with flamers . |
| 10 | ‘ But the following Tuesday , British Coal 's area director visited Point of Ayr and said the second phase would not go ahead during the review period , which effectively means development plans at Point of Ayr are on ice . ’ |
| 11 | From the time of Mr Bush 's speech to the UN General Assembly in October to the last-minute pleas of Javier Perez de Cuellar , the UN secretary-general , an array of sweeteners was on offer . |
| 12 | The radio reported that when the back-up unit had arrived the block of shops was on fire . |
| 13 | Wilson , whose rejection of religion was on account of its encouragement of so much evil . |
| 14 | … the hounds of spring are on winter 's traces … |
| 15 | ‘ ECT is usually left to junior members of the staff … with little training and guidance ’ , A leading psychiatrist in the field told New Scientist that ‘ the commonest misuse of ECT is on people who are really unhappy , distressed or sad , rather than ill with a depressive illness . ’ |
| 16 | Meanwhile , police of the Gipton Urban Crime Unit , whose job is to improve the quality of life in an area where as many as 60 per cent of families are on income support , are concerned that special Government funding for the unit will stop on March 31st . |
| 17 | Some of the most famous … and romantic … images of Paris are on show in an exhibition in the region . |
| 18 | The length of service is on record at Walworth Road and it would not be of a great cost if you look at retaining membership who are real stalwarts of the Party . |
| 19 | ‘ A visit to the city of dreams is on offer from the Northern Sinfonia on their next visit to Middlesbrough , ’ it discloses . |
| 20 | Ringbinders with ‘ George Heriot 's School ’ printed on the cover and A4 pads of paper are on sale in the School at advantageous prices . |
| 21 | A lot of people are on streptomycin now and there are new operations . |
| 22 | A new kind of documentary was on offer for viewers in Beijing : populist , slightly Wilcocksy people shows . |
| 23 | But in Edinburgh , the mixed system meant that a large number of compositors were on piece-work , while the machinemen were virtually all " on time " . |
| 24 | Hon. Members could easily have been misled by referring to a previous Hansard which shows that a substantial number of ships are on order but fails to reflect the Government 's commitment to naval shipbuilding . |
| 25 | Culham is only six miles from Harwell ; for many years a model of ZETA was on display in its entrance hall as a reminder of Britain 's heritage in this field . |
| 26 | It is an orderly transition , reinforcing the impression , as it is intended to , that the social-democratic ship of state is on course , its institutions well-oiled and in working order , even though last month 's general election left the country with a hung Storting ( parliament ) . |
| 27 | Mr. Simon Hughes As the Minister 's first answer made it clear that a price differential has been a major cause of the substantial increase in sales of unleaded petrol , and as the Secretary of State is on record as saying that the market has a role to play in cutting the use of petrol across the market in the United Kingdom , by what figures does the Department currently estimate that petrol prices will increase over the next few years ? |
| 28 | Visit two or three different types of retail outlets and find out which varieties of potato are on sale . |
| 29 | During the years of the Occupation of Japan relations with the rest of Asia were on ice . |
| 30 | It 's only about a ten to fifteen minute stroll to the excellent sandy beach where a brilliant variety of watersports are on offer including water skiing , windsurfing , boat-hire , wet-biked etc . |