Example sentences of "the [noun sg] being on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Accent being on the Pain . |
| 2 | Just as a particle and an antiparticle will totally annihilate each other if placed in contact , there is no reason why pairs of particles and antiparticles can not abruptly spring into existence — the accent being on the word ‘ pairs ’ . |
| 3 | Even allowing for the pound being on home ground that is a sizeable difference . |
| 4 | No I 've never heard of the mill being on anywhere different from where |
| 5 | Whatever they say about the law being on the landlord 's side , if they wo n't go , the law wo n't make them . |
| 6 | You must admit , it makes all the difference being on our own . ’ |
| 7 | with the problem of hunger still in evidence in LDCs , some Third World governments have turned to other strategies to make the best use of resources and organise distribution , the onus being on distribution as much as production . |
| 8 | A sheet of rain had come down then , a hard , gusty shower , while they were laying the squares of turf back in place , and Adam had said something about the rain making the grass grow quickly , the rain being on their side . |
| 9 | The sense of humour , of the joke being on her , that was never far from Rose 's spirit , made her laugh . |
| 10 | Yes with with the membership being on the doorstep , we do get to know them a lot better . |
| 11 | The umbrella being on the upper deck . |
| 12 | Only once , in a fleeting reference to Matisse is there a sense of the boot being on the other foot , of art offering a sense of liberation from social ideology . |
| 13 | My hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin talked of the boot being on the other foot . |
| 14 | And in the pursuit he came up to King Yucef , and smote him three times : but the King escaped from under the sword , for the horse of the Cid passed on in his course , and when he turned , the King being on a fleet horse , was far off , so that he might not be overtaken ; and he got into a Castle called Guyera , for so far did the Christians pursue them , smiting and slaying , and giving them no respite , so that hardly fifteen thousand escaped of fifty that they were . |
| 15 | The child is in what is described as a position of ‘ transverse lie ; ’ with the elbow projecting through the cervix and the head being on the right side . |
| 16 | The stress being on sometimes . |
| 17 | Any good work was rewarded with the emphasis being on team rather than individual success . |
| 18 | Information about resources was collected in terms of money spent on training and staff committed to the organization of training , the emphasis being on how far authorities and libraries are committing resources directly . |
| 19 | The book is , as the title suggests , about using the sketchbook , the emphasis being on information gathering and aesthetic presentation . |
| 20 | In view of the lack of English success in the past years , the war was now being discussed in terms which suited the French , the emphasis being on the feudal interpretation of the treaty of Brétigny . |
| 21 | The emphasis being on ‘ was ’ , needless to say the game still has n't materialised , the macho ‘ men ’ keep finding excuses and adopting delaying tactics . |
| 22 | Oh yes , now if by any chanc chance you do have a question in the exam where you 're asked you know instead of the wound being on top of the scalp , some clever so and so decides that you 're good at improvising and you 've got a wound over the top of the eyebrow , the eyebrow 's split , okay , so there would n't be much good of me going a minute , pull that there , trying like this round there |
| 23 | Kaminski and crew were almost at the end of their tour , the pilot being on his 27th mission . |
| 24 | Such is the increasing popularity of the bay that the first two miles of the four-mile journey have now been made negotiable for cars , the rest of the journey being on a well-trodden path |
| 25 | Because in fact with the road being on the bend , cos , actual visibility |
| 26 | Where the proceedings are in respect of a statutory nuisance within s.92(1) ( c ) , it is a defence under s.94(4) to prove , on a balance of probabilities , ( the burden being on the defendant ) that the accumulation or deposit was necessary for the effectual carrying on of a business or manufacture , was not kept longer than necessary , and that best practicable means were used to prevent them from being prejudicial to health or a nuisance . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , Brabin , J. then introduced an element of uncertainty by continuing to say , ‘ If I am wrong and the defence does apply then I have to decide , have the defendants proved ( the burden being on them ) that the best practicable means has been taken ? ’ |
| 28 | Continue for a while , and Mayfair Road can be found on the right hand side , with the property being on the same side . |
| 29 | Take a right into Kiln Lane and continue for ¼ mile and Netherwoods Close can be found on the right hand side with the property being on the same side . |
| 30 | The tank looked rather one-level , with most of the activity being on the substrate so I added six Silver Hatchets and six Spotted Headstanders , Chilodus punctatus . |