Example sentences of "it [verb] [prep] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It needs to be on the agenda , both formal and informal , of most if not all staffrooms . |
| 2 | Erm in t the second most important criterion I would have thought is that it needs to be on a public transport corridor . |
| 3 | Under international rules , if a championship is to be held it has to be on a lap course . |
| 4 | This wo n't be any good for the official one cos it has to be on an original form |
| 5 | Yeah , it has to be on a day when I 'm ready for it |
| 6 | Oh it has to be on all the time has it ? |
| 7 | Clinvest avoids firms in which other banks hold a stake : it wants to be on its own , so that it can be more influential . |
| 8 | Er , when you 've finished with it , all I want is the token off the corner of the page it happens to be on the reverse side |
| 9 | It came into being on the groundswell of the earlier federalist enthusiasm , while still being sufficiently limited and pragmatic to be deemed feasible by senior politicians who themselves were keenly interested in fostering moves towards greater and effective cooperation . |
| 10 | Or has it got ta be on this line here ? |
| 11 | Has it got to be on the ferry has it ? |
| 12 | The optimistic , structuring of an art form until it appears to be on tiptoe in defiance and compliance with gravity … or whatever the dominant forcefield may be . |
| 13 | Now it appears to be on the ‘ at risk ’ register , its reputation battered and bruised , part of it under review before it has even reached its first birthday . |
| 14 | The whole clause is not qualified , as it appears to be on first reading , by the opening words ‘ with intent . ’ |
| 15 | Why does it have to be on a Thursday ? |
| 16 | Did it have to be on this evening that Kate , that notorious hedgerow flirt , should have come in early to steal his mission of mercy and love ? |
| 17 | Aye , the lepers and beggars must have somewhere to go , but why does it have to be on my front doorstep ? |
| 18 | Slater has a lot of style , even if most of it seems to be on loan from Jack Nicholson ( by way of Peter Falk ) . |
| 19 | It seems to be on the same lines do n't it ? |
| 20 | When the company won its provisional licence last year it looked to be on the brink of success , but now the Department says that it is ‘ still considering how to move forward with the company on its application ’ . |
| 21 | It was about time he learned how it felt to be on the receiving end for a change . |
| 22 | I know how it feels to be on the receiving end of that . |
| 23 | ‘ This historic loco is just the attraction and boost we need in a recession , and I 'm confident it 'll be just as popular with the public in Devon as it proved to be on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway in Cornwall . ’ |
| 24 | So it proved to be on this occasion . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , how did it get to be on Earth ? |
| 26 | And to cap it all , it had to be on a case as weird as this that they sent him a Substitute Prosecutor who watched his performance with amused detachment . |
| 27 | I think it must of been , it had to be on a Saturday I believe |
| 28 | He said : ‘ It was a battling performance , which it had to be on the day . |