Example sentences of "on the [noun] [pron] [am/are] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I do n't think the stars on the diagram itself are as I see it are particularly important . |
| 2 | If the Oracle is asked about Drachenfels , his reply depends on the adventure you are running . |
| 3 | There does not appear to have been an account taken of the of the factors that may reduce traffic on the A sixty one er and ways of ameliorating the current problems on the road which are not just a question of the volumes , but in fact the timescale it takes in fact to clear that road in the mornings . |
| 4 | ‘ On the morrow I am to leave Westminster — I learned of the fact only this morning . ’ |
| 5 | but if the elderly pensioner does n't read all the solicitor 's correspondence or the solicitor does n't communicate every fact of the correspondence but relies solely on the brochure they 're carrying in their pocket or their handbag the brochure taken in isolation might mislead might it not ? |
| 6 | That 's lined up North , make sure that 's right on the angle you 're measuring , now it 's about there . |
| 7 | They are busily employed ‘ teaching the financiers how to do what they want within the law , advising on the chances they are taking and how to best cover themselves ’ . |
| 8 | These results suggest that any sleep is enough to prevent the failures of attention which worsen performance on the tasks which are most sensitive to the effects of loss of sleep . |
| 9 | The most amusing commentary on the limitations which are inherent in this type of research , however , is perhaps that enshrined in the Indonesian concept of a ‘ statistical Muslim ’ ( or Islam statistique ) , a person who , while not actively practising the faith , so records his identity for census and other purposes . |
| 10 | Ogden and Richards , in contrast , stress that words are used to ‘ point to ’ things , and that their meaning does in the last analysis depend on the things they are used to point to , their referents ; language may be different from reality , therefore , but it nonetheless reflects it . |
| 11 | Now what is God saying to me through this passage ? … and you find yourself ruminating on the things you are anxious about , and you start to relate this to the person you are . |
| 12 | Depending on the system you 're using , the sender can be told when ( and if ) the message was received . |
| 13 | I think it is erm Greater York that has been seen as an area with special problems because of its er historic character , erm which we spent many hours debating at the York greenbelt local plan inquiry , and I think most participants there accepted that the er what was being protected was not just the historic core , but also the setting of York and its surrounding ring of villages , and the way which it is proposed to protect that setting and character is by a greenbelt , now it follows that if you are imposing extremely severe restrictions on new development in an area around a settlement , then you have to meet the legitimate development needs for that settlement in another location , the further away that new settlement or other policy response is located it seems to me the less likely it is to meet the er needs of that settlement , and that will give rise to erm , you know , additional pressures on the settlement you are proposing to protect and maybe those pressures could not be resisted , and I think that 's why there is this requirement that erm the development which might otherwise be built on the edge of York , but which is not proposed to be so built because of the greenbelt needs to be located close , as close to York as is consistent with the original environmental objectives greenbelt objectives for the greenbelt . |
| 14 | These fast-changing times should cause all of us to reflect on the lives we are leading and how we can better them for ourselves and those around us . |
| 15 | ‘ On the surface you 're going , ‘ oh well , it was really nice knowing you ’ , but actually inside you 're going ‘ UUURGH ’ ’ he explains , philosophically . |
| 16 | committee , if you go downstairs you will see on the notice there a display of various things that we do , and on the windowsills there are various pieces of information free sheets that you can pick up and take away it will tell you about all sorts of issues ! |
| 17 | However the main focus is on the Honours which are now on display in the Crown Room . |
| 18 | to assess the impact of these new powers on the citizens who are the object their exercise . |
| 19 | Simply order them a couple of days in advance and pick them up the night before or on the day they are required . |
| 20 | For those of you who still want the real thing on the day there are a number of champagnes available for under £10 . |
| 21 | Even on the mainland there are marked variations . |
| 22 | Well , first of all how kind of bright and on the ball they are . |
| 23 | Subsidence — on the scale we are concerned with here — is generally a quite different matter and must he involved with the internal processes of the earth . |
| 24 | No matter where on the scale you are , you almost certainly share experiences with the other folk trying to change their shape and their health . |
| 25 | The length of time spent stretching depends on the sport you are training for and the degree of flexibility you wish to attain . |
| 26 | On the single I 'm actually shouting it . ’ |
| 27 | Anyway , when I got on the scales I 'm ten stone three . |
| 28 | There are ships on the river which are used as prisons . |
| 29 | South African permission is also required to land on the islands which are nature reserves . |
| 30 | The net effect of these transactions is to establish a long position of $180 000 in a synthetic index future which comprises the thousand smaller shares quoted on the NYSE which are not in the S&P500 index . |