Example sentences of "and the [noun sg] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | New measures have been introduced to counter the effects of the recession on training , and the board is on schedule to create national vocational qualifications for all major occupations by September 1992 . |
| 2 | You 're on one side of the road , and the child 's on the other . |
| 3 | The difficulty is simply that as a co-heir Seia is owner of an undivided share of the whole estate , and the question is on what basis she can recover from her coheir the quarter of the gardens which she does not own qua heir . |
| 4 | It 's free to have a go and the Centre is on Queens Walk in the Meadows in Nottingham that 's from one until three today if you want to go there . |
| 5 | Anyway , , the old shed looks well there er , I du n no why I started to look out and the cat was on his back legs with his feet like that and he was looking up at me like that ! |
| 6 | By the end of the year the country had become a republic and the king was on trial for his life ; the Girondins were losing their command of the situation , and some critics have seen Wordsworth 's departure from the scene at this point as evidence that he foresaw their fall from power ( which took place in the summer of 1793 ) . |
| 7 | If you are acting for a builder-seller selling a new dwelling and the builder is on the National House-Building Council 's register ( Chapter 13 ) , you may not , unless the property is completed some time before completion of the sale , have received the standard notice of insurance cover to hand over , in which case you will give an undertaking to do so as soon as it comes to hand . |
| 8 | Turn right ( steeper uphill ) and the pub is on the left at the brow of the hill . |
| 9 | Turn right ( steeper uphill ) and the pub is on the left at the brow of the hill . |
| 10 | Pre-ban export deals raised prices overall , registrations increased and the breed was on a high . |
| 11 | The back light from the day 's end made them even more dramatic and the sea was on fire . |
| 12 | You 've seen the advert for KitKat have n't you where they have a little break sitting in the back of the van and the settee 's on the floor and the carpet 's on the floor and there 's a a lamp in there and there 's a piece of furni to one side . |
| 13 | Well if you did i if you only did the two nights you 'd be co and the sailing is on |
| 14 | Ax * on ( x , A ) ∘ Ax * on ( x , C ) and the goal is on ( A , B ) ∘ on ( B , C ) ∘ on ( C , table ) ∘ Ax * on ( x , A ) . |
| 15 | At times I was on the way down and the ball was on the way up . |
| 16 | A final look , two practice swings with the putter and the ball was on its way . |
| 17 | The mission of Waltham , Massachusetts-based Kendall Square Research Corp is to bring what it sees as the benefits of highly parallel computing to the commercial market , and the company is on its way with the signing of its first two customers , airline operator AMR Corp and direct marketing services company Neodata Inc . |
| 18 | The mission of Waltham , Massachusetts-based Kendall Square Research Corp is to bring what it sees as the benefits of highly parallel computing to the commercial market , and the company is on its way with the signing of its first two customers , airline operator AMR Corp and direct marketing services company Neodata Inc . |
| 19 | On a Sunday , and the company 's on strike , where the hell am I going to get steel ? ’ |
| 20 | Matthew Evans was to split his role and that the hunt was on for a new m.d. , rumours that Mr Evans was ‘ bailing out ’ and the company was on the block were fanned by the trade 's more supportive friends at Private Eye and pounced on by publishers overexcited at the prospect of getting their hands on , if not the company , then at least some of its authors . |
| 21 | However , it has been subjected to a most rigorous French testing and evaluation scheme since its formation in the 1960s and the emphasis is on fast growth rates , lean meat , a high proportion of meat to bone and ease of calving . |
| 22 | But as he says : ‘ At the moment , the air freight business is new to electronic trading , and the emphasis is on the movement of goods . |
| 23 | There is an intensity and brilliance not usually seen in pastel ranges and the emphasis is on a clear cut , ordered and resonant scale of colours , rather than a clutter of derivative shades and tints . |
| 24 | Budget surpluses are now the norm and the emphasis is on repaying government debt rather than borrowing . |
| 25 | Their military advisors ' group consists , we believe , of 300 and the emphasis is on ‘ advisory ’ . |
| 26 | By contrast , in poetic language referentiality is irrelevant and the emphasis is on the means of expression itself . |
| 27 | The following description of the two forms of right is thus necessarily brief and the emphasis is on computer equipment rather than attempting to give a detailed account of design law . |
| 28 | It 's a vital thread running through all our business development activities and the emphasis is on applications technology — designing new products for individual customers . |
| 29 | His speech of 1 November 1962 made references to ’ some differences ' between the two governments , but it was asserted that ‘ Nothing shall come between the Soviet Union and Cuba ’ , and the emphasis was on the Soviet arms which had not been withdrawn rather than on the missiles which had ( Cuba Socialista , no. 16 , Dec. 1962 , pp. 28–30 , in Clissold : 1970 , p. 276 ) . |
| 30 | Vic and the crew were on the bank , Matt and I were on the raft with about a dozen Indians paddling and poling . |