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 | The vocational profession of Alpine shepherd is on the wane , an arduous life with unreliable income . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 … |
| 7 | An adjunct to the London Film Festival , the British retrospective of Multi Screen is on view throughout November at 42 Gloucester Avenue , London NW1 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Cups of half-finished tea were on the floor beside their chairs . |
| 10 | In Wellington Road is Monks Hall Museum , where an interesting collection of industrial machinery is on display — in particular machines invented by James Nasmyth , the Scottish engineer who set up his works in Manchester . |
| 11 | A bottle of passable claret is on its way to you , and here is the toadstool cartoon : |
| 12 | Of particular importance are on the one hand , the implications of the ‘ reintroduction ’ of the market to Russia and Eastern European societies and the impact of strengthened relations of private property and , on the other , the changing relationship of the state and market in Britain . |
| 13 | The lure of big money was on the way and director Bob Rafelson had fortunately obtained Jack 's signature for another BBS film before the price went up and put him back on track as a counter-culture player , a route which Nicholson analysed in terms of the way he wanted his career to go . |
| 14 | Suddenly the urgency of new building was on the national agenda and the question was double-edged : what sort of dwellings , and where would they be built ? |
| 15 | A sort of pollinated bloom was on them of dust and sun . |
| 16 | As with the censored Christian argument in Notes from Underground , I believe an unfathomable good luck wearing the face of bad luck was on his side at the start . |
| 17 | These conditions of the possibility of Christian theology were on the one hand the actuality of the revelation in Jesus , and on the other the reception of that revelation in faith empowered by the Holy Spirit . |
| 18 | Montgomery 's air of massive restraint was on a par for provocation with his kindly tolerance . |