Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [noun pl] [be] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enjoying what I had heard so much , I started asking questions , only to realise that the equipment in these cars alone was worth about £3500 , and installation costs were on top of that ! |
| 2 | An isolated section of rail line on the Herefordshire Welsh border was washed out by flash floods and snow ploughs were on standby on main roads in the county in case the snow persisted . |
| 3 | May flies and caddis flies were on the wing . |
| 4 | The dealers and auction houses are on the other side , saying that any national droit de suite in the United States would create a huge administrative morass for the benefit of a few already-wealthy artists that would help drive the US art market overseas or underground . |
| 5 | Reductions in food , fashion and home furnishings are on the cards this autumn . |
| 6 | The company flats and rehearsal studios were on short leaseholds . |
| 7 | In the third and fourth quarters of 1978 the annualised rate of increase of the Retail Prices Index was only 6.8 per cent and real incomes were rising again following the sharp falls of 1976 and 77 ; unemployment , while still very high by post-war standards , was beginning to fall from its peak in 1977 and job vacancies were on the increase ; the balance of payments current account showed a substantial surplus . |
| 8 | The correlation between the two sets of risk ratings is of comparable magnitude to the correlations when a subset of the data from Studies 2 and 3 was compared with data from a similar rating scales study ( Groeger & Chapman 1992 , in preparation a ) , r(22)=0.66 for risk ratings , r(22)=0.71 for accident estimates and r(22)=0.83 for speed ratings ( though risk and accident estimates are on a 20 point scale in one case and a 7 point scale in the other ) . |
| 9 | Restored steam and diesel locomotives are on view , together with historic rolling stock . |
| 10 | A full-size figure of Queen Victoria , moving and speaking , comes to life in our Royalty Room , where her nightdress , chemise and silk stockings are on display , along with other items of clothing once owned by members of the Royal Family . |
| 11 | Another thirty Health and Safety proposals are on the way such as that on working time in the news last week and another to restore the protection for young people at work which we 've lost over the last decade , and just as important the union has just n not just reacting to what 's coming out of Brussels , it 's actually helping set the agenda . |
| 12 | Existing management structures and knowledge bases are on the one hand inappropriate , and on the other largely inadequate , for this task and these inadequacies are very serious constraints ; of the two , the lack of adequate knowledge bases for evaluation in a process sense is probably more important but it is also the point at which the greatest development could take place . |
| 13 | CUSTOMS and Excise officials are on the look-out for cross-border diesel smugglers . |
| 14 | Jars of boiled sweets , rusks , biscuit tins and chocolate boxes are on view . |
| 15 | The main market for industrial and farm products is on the mainland . |
| 16 | Three days of rioting by Miami 's black community followed the killing , and police and city officials were on full alert yesterday for a resumption of the riots if the jury acquitted the Hispanic-American policeman . |
| 17 | Three days of rioting by Miami 's black community followed the killing , and police and city officials were on full alert yesterday for a resumption of the riots if the jury acquitted the Hispanic-American policeman . |
| 18 | Water and electricity shares were on the skids . |
| 19 | Home and family matters are on your mind now , Aries and love and home life will be closely connected . |