Example sentences of "[am/are] [art] [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am the Royal Commission on Kissing |
| 2 | ‘ Emigrants are the chief cargo on this ship . |
| 3 | In this country , it is often assumed that teachers are a law unto themselves once they are inside the classroom and that it is their professional training and sense of professional responsibility that are the chief influences on their practice . |
| 4 | No I 'm the only one , me and Kelly are the only ones on our table and I think it 's gon na be Kelly this week . |
| 5 | The staff of nine , with the help of a Mobile , cover North Uist , Benbecula and South Uist ( total population around 7000 ) albeit we are the only Bank on South Uist with the Bank of Scotland having branches on Benbecula and North Uist . |
| 6 | He can make you believe you are the only woman on earth for him , and only a Frenchman out of all the men in the world could look at me and tell me to my face that I am beautiful . |
| 7 | These are the new boys on the stylish restaurant scene — a few years ago they were few and far between . |
| 8 | The less education a woman has , the less important are the delayed costs on later rates of pay of current absence from the labour market , but the higher is the ‘ cost of being female ’ relatively speaking . |
| 9 | ESTATE agents ' boards are the unsightly flotsam on a rising tide of home ownership . |
| 10 | What are the likely effects on the Police Service of the extended Fixed Penalty system , introduced on 1 October 1986 under Part III of the Transport Act 1982 , whereby on-the-spot fines of 12 or 24 pounds may be levied by police officers for road traffic offences ? |
| 11 | Of especial interest are the exterior carvings on the north portal and the carved capitals inside ( 372 and PLATE 40 ) . |
| 12 | Age discrimination in retirement and social security are the main foundation on which discrimination against older people is based . |
| 13 | So those are the main frustrations on the phone . |
| 14 | What , then , are the main constraints on Soviet attempts to project its power into the sub-continent and to consolidate a strong economic presence there ? perhaps the most obvious and important factor to take into account is still the long-established and deeply entrenched socio-political and economic ascendancy of the United States of America . |
| 15 | What 's where are the interesting points on that ? |
| 16 | We 're the only ones on the floor dancing this way ! ’ |
| 17 | Yes you 're a seasoned traveller on these things Martin . |
| 18 | Welcome back : And if you 're a regular driver on the M-Five … good news ! |
| 19 | ‘ For the first time we 're a little bit on the sidelines and in some ways this will make the Government 's standpoint a bit stronger , ’ reckons Kern . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're a bad influence on my cousin , ’ he stated bluntly . |
| 21 | Yeah I mean I 'm not , I 'm not saying you 're a bad influence on her now , I think she 's just sort of jumping in at the chance for someone to victimize personally . |
| 22 | You 're an acknowledged expert on the I R A Tim Pat . |
| 23 | This involves a major change in shape , for the cells that will form the gut are a small patch on the outside and so must move inwards ; this infolding of the wall will move right across the hollow interior to meet the wall on the other side where the mouth will form . |
| 24 | Largely due to educational reorganisation , schools are a major drain on funds . |
| 25 | Erm erm do you d do you think that drugs and alcohol are a major problem on the flats ? |
| 26 | ‘ Sinn Fein councillors claim to be concerned about council spending , but in fact bomb attacks carried out by their IRA associates against council property are a major burden on Belfast ratepayers , ’ he said . |
| 27 | The suits are now double-breasted and more sleek , the ties more sophisticated , the hair more stylish and the fashionable loafers are a definite improvement on the old lace-ups . |
| 28 | At around 40 pence per portion , they are a prominent feature on any chip shop menu . |
| 29 | The P&O Roadtanks network of 13 depots around the UK , reaches from Grangemouth in Scotland to Pyle in South Wales and their shiny tankers are a regular sight on British motorways . |
| 30 | They are a crucial step on the road to democracy , but there are a lot of steps to go down that road yet . |