Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun sg] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos I had studied the chart to k know something about er and I I presume I was one of the few people in New York , who knew the damn thing was on 's Island you see . |
| 2 | When it was time to go home again , at the hospital gates the friendly porter was on duty , sitting inside the cosy little wooden porters ' hut . |
| 3 | Numerous demonstrations were held as war approached and after it broke out , the largest protest being on Jan. 12 when 40,000 attended two rallies in Paris . |
| 4 | The clearest demonstration is on a big calyx-krater from Orvieto , by an artist known as the Niobid Painter after the picture on the back of this vase . |
| 5 | It was n't much , and they would take it in their stride , no doubt , but apart from the fact these revenge raids certainly did upset his Tormentors a little , making life and their cruel purpose just that little bit less easy for them , the greatest effect was on him . |
| 6 | The technical college was on the outskirts of town , miles away from the cinema . |
| 7 | Whereas in the 1980s the reforming emphasis was on market economics without political openness ( perestroika without glasnost ) , the China of the mid-to-late 1990s was driven by a concern for political openness for the first time in its history . |
| 8 | The right hand is on the breast under the mantle . |
| 9 | They 're thinking now that whoever uncoupled the private car was on it when the train left Cartier . ’ |
| 10 | The Labour leader is on his way to launch his party 's manifesto for London , ‘ A World Class Capital ’ . |
| 11 | The regimental police secure the buildings , and as dusk falls the Orderly Officer is on her rounds again to check the NAFFI . |
| 12 | At the same time , a number of leading liberal church leaders in Northern Ireland became involved in negotiations with the IRA to establish a cease-fire.s Thus the conservative Protestant critic of the ecumenical movement can equate ecumenism and terrorism and , given that the ecumenical movement is on the road to Rome , Rome can be equated with the IRA . |
| 13 | With Puddephat out of the way , the English faculty were on the spot . |
| 14 | The emphasis in the first two years in the English classroom is on consolidating basic linguistic competence and ensuring that the pupils can read , comprehend and write effectively for a variety of purposes , including imaginative , argumentative and reflective writing . |
| 15 | Details of the 1993 Award are on page 3 . |
| 16 | A PAY squeeze on the public sector is on the way , Chancellor Lamont warned last night . |
| 17 | The public meeting is on the tenth at , here , the Town Hall at eight o'clock . |
| 18 | The historical emphasis is on the way in which the present labour market in Kirkcaldy and the behaviour and attitudes of employers and labour force are shaped by historical forces . |
| 19 | The charming receptionist was on duty when he approached the desk at half-past eight . |
| 20 | So that the the good bit 's on the bottom the buttered bread 's on the bottom . |
| 21 | Conversely , if the Part button nearest the knitting is out , or the Empty control is on the opposite side to the knitting , or the side lever nearest the knitting is back , the next row will knit . |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman is on an important point . |
| 23 | The next time the hon. Gentleman is on the train for Newcastle he should get off at Darlington and I will arrange a guided tour of that project for him . |
| 24 | The hon. Gentleman is on record in the House as describing ballots before strikes as ’ a scandalous and undemocratic measure against the trade union movement ’ . |
| 25 | THE BRITISH economy is on the brink of a ‘ major slowdown ’ in the fourth quarter as the Government 's high interest rate policy produces a dramatic downturn in business confidence , the latest Dun and Bradstreet survey of UK business says . |
| 26 | Well , the British economy is on its knees , thanks to the recession and , with nearly three million out of work , people like Angela — who are over 35 and whose CVs , as far as employers are concerned , have large gaps — are n't exactly in demand . |
| 27 | On the economic front , the latest Dun and Bradstreet survey of UK business , carried out before last week 's increase in interest rates to 15 per cent , warned that the British economy was on the brink of a ‘ major slowdown ’ as high-interest policies produced a dramatic downturn in confidence . |
| 28 | The stripping action was on a par with other smaller models . |
| 29 | Bevin and the Foreign Office were on occasion more sensitive to this issue — but in Bevin 's case this produced the bizarre proposal to hang on in the Middle East from a base in inhospitable ( but British ) territory 2,000 miles from the Suez Canal , Even Bullock is forced to concede that Bevin was ‘ obsessed ’ with the Middle East , an obsession he never seems to have lost . |
| 30 | The stage hands thought she looked like a vulture waiting to pounce and would mutter that the old girl was on the sidelines again . |