Example sentences of "in the [noun sg] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , as you drive in the bungalow 's on the left . |
| 2 | The White Warrior 's Union ( UGB ) , one of the most notorious paramilitary groups , declared that all Jesuit priests in the country were on their death list and anonymous leaflets were put into circulation which suggested : " Be a Patriot — Kill a Priest " . |
| 3 | The £4,000 All England Champion Hurdle , second only in importance to the Grand National , got underway at Brough Park last night , when some of the best jumpers in the country were on view . |
| 4 | The girl in the courtyard was on her back when she lost the sun entirely . |
| 5 | But the most important point was that the emphasis in the syllabus was on the skills relating to the communication of information rather than retrieval from information sources . |
| 6 | Everything in the kitchen is on wheels for ease of cleaning , there are 22 drains in the floor and the stainless steel ceiling tiles can be put through the dishwasher . |
| 7 | Much of the development of industry in the north was on a very small scale and occurred in large villages or small towns often very close to the areas where coal was mined . |
| 8 | Anyway when I went in the phone was on the hook , and I said who was on the phone ? |
| 9 | The importance of Calke was that ( as at Erddig in North Wales ) everything in the house was on offer . |
| 10 | All the animals that were out when it flooded had been taken inside the house and the furniture in the house was on bricks . |
| 11 | Perhaps it was also something to do with the fact that this tall , blond Government man had corroborated his story about what had happened in the jeweller 's on that night . |
| 12 | Work on such problems in the adolescent is on a par with that with the adult . |
| 13 | A glass I 'd left in the kitchen in the morning was on the bedside table — with a drop of wine in it . |
| 14 | A PRO-LIFE group has dismissed as ‘ rubbish ’ claims that support for legalising abortion in the province is on the increase . |
| 15 | Newcastle Polytechnic 's plans to expand in the North-West are on the verge of a housing crisis months before the first students move into its £1m Carlisle campus . |
| 16 | Now several people in the audience were on their feet and waving in an attempt to attract the attention of Gerrard , who left the dais and walked up the narrow central aisle , holding a hand microphone high in the air . |
| 17 | Responses to the Likert-type items in the questionnaire were on a five point scale , ranging from ‘ strongly agree ’ , to ‘ strongly disagree ’ , with ‘ uncertain' as the mid-point . |
| 18 | Responses to the Likert-type attitude items in the questionnaire were on a five point scale , ranging from ‘ strongly agree ’ , to ‘ strongly disagree ’ , with ‘ uncertain' as the mid-point . |
| 19 | Eventually Stephen committed suicide in a Sydney hotel , leaving a note that stated , ‘ All the means I have in the world is on the table , 23/6d , and this I have borrowed ’ . |
| 20 | The fastest railway wheels in the world are on a new bogie developed by the German company Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm . |
| 21 | On the London and Southampton line sixteen million cubic feet of earth were moved in making the cuttings and embankments , mostly between Basingstoke and Winchester : some of the most extensive cuttings in the world are on this stretch of line . |
| 22 | The most dangerous clause in the draft is on self-provision for museums , under which any museum can be closed by the authorities if it can not finance itself . |
| 23 | But most of my work in the bakery was on the the small side scones and pancakes and crumpets and er little cakes . |
| 24 | it 's the first time you drove in the dark was on your driving test was n't it ? |