Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the mainstream of economic analysis is on the whole silent about preference formation ( see Lewis and Cullis 1988 ) , these connections between economic policies and preferences are important . |
| 2 | This type of grave-marker , however , now gave place to marble monuments , and the masterpieces of sixth-century black-figure are on a more modest scale . |
| 3 | Place the snakes on the game board , making sure that the head and tail of each snake are on squares of the same colour . |
| 4 | The rental of each office is on a month 's licence the fee for which includes the cost of a receptionist , rates , water and electricity , heating , lighting , insurance , cleaning maintenance , security , 24-hour access and secure parking . |
| 5 | This marks a contrast with HP and other retail credit , where the ‘ life ’ of each loan is on average roughly a year : for example , the £7,281 million extended on new agreements during 1979 ( see p. 23 ) left a total debt outstanding at the end of that year of £7,818 million . |
| 6 | The vocational profession of Alpine shepherd is on the wane , an arduous life with unreliable income . |
| 7 | Carson Buchanan , Alf Jacobson and I had been in charge of the arrangements and a liberal supply of liquid refreshment was on hand to demonstrate our hospitality as ‘ The Friendly City ’ . |
| 8 | They were entitled in my judgment to take into account the actual use by the defendant company and the previous owner in determining what the ordinary use of that vehicle was on the road so far as it is relevant to the question they had to answer . |
| 9 | Its documents , its photographs , dictate its theme : that the Holocaust produced the state of Israel and that anyone who opposed the creation of that state is on the level of the Nazis . |
| 10 | ‘ Pick up a piece of chicken and all the flavours of that dish are on that piece of chicken . |
| 11 | Eliot and Sgt. Bamberger of 261 Squadron were on a night readiness and were both ordered off . |
| 12 | In general there appears little to challenge the important conclusion of Mathias and O'Brien that the main economic incidence of British taxation was on the level of effective demand , for the majority of the taxpayers were not savers . |
| 13 | The best of british waterski-ing is on show this weekend at Kirtons Farm just off the M4 … over the years we 've produced 5 world records … 6 world champions … 8 european records … 55 european champions and 21 team golds … some success story which should continue in the masters competition which takes off tomorrow and reaches the finals on sunday afternoon … |
| 14 | The reports drifting out of Baghdad suggest that an accord of some sort is on the way . |
| 15 | 1.1 The emphasis of this work is on quantum but even the biggest case will fail at trial if the plaintiff can not establish the defendant 's liability . |
| 16 | Much of this support is on a self-help basis . |
| 17 | Some of this support was on a substantial scale : a large cheque given to enable the parents to ‘ buy things for the baby ’ ; a capital sum to enable a young architect to buy into a new firm ; paying the wages of a home help to assist a family with several young children ( pp. 92–4 ) . |
| 18 | But I would like to clarify exactly what the effect of this amendment is on the question of erm council 's policy on the items already on the list . |
| 19 | It is legal in Britain to inflict the indefensible cruelty of hounding defenceless animals to death and therefore the terrible stain of this brutality is on all our hands . |
| 20 | ‘ without lawful authority or reasonable excuse ’ The proof of this point is on the defence and they must prove on the balance of probabilities that the accused had it with him with lawful authority or reasonable excuse . |
| 21 | The focus of this chapter is on the government side of the equations . |
| 22 | Although we shall return to unit costs briefly , the main focus of this chapter is on the use ( and abuse ) of demographic and related data , which feature in population estimates and in the derivation of specific deprivation indicators and of estimates of risk groups or client populations . |
| 23 | Add credit and debit sides of the trial balance , take one from the other , halve the difference and check if any item of this amount is on the wrong side . |
| 24 | The focus of this paper is on knowledge based diagnostic systems and their potential within avionic components fault finding . |
| 25 | Indeed , if anything , the incidence of this need is on the increase . |
| 26 | Most of this industry was on the coalfield at Coatbridge and in the Clyde valley from Motherwell to Glasgow . |
| 27 | To identify more universal models , the focus of this effort is on general competitive patterns , processes that can be duplicated in other countries . |
| 28 | An adjunct to the London Film Festival , the British retrospective of Multi Screen is on view throughout November at 42 Gloucester Avenue , London NW1 . |
| 29 | Eighty-eight codices of extraordinary quality are on show until 10 January , ranging from a sixth-century codex purpureus to an Antiphonal belonging to the Medici pope Clement VII . |
| 30 | Cups of half-finished tea were on the floor beside their chairs . |