Example sentences of "in [adj] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearly one-third of domestic consumers in 1948 were on very high flat-rate tariffs designed for small users , but these were gradually induced by Area Boards to shift to ‘ two-part ’ or ‘ block ’ tariffs which had been adopted by most of the larger , progressive undertakings before nationalisation . |
| 2 | The company says earnings growth of 10% in 1993 is on target , excluding the accounting changes . |
| 3 | The company says earnings growth of 10% in 1993 is on target , excluding the accounting changes . |
| 4 | Mansell , whose usual spot in Formula One in 1992 was on pole , said qualifying for the Indy was much harder . |
| 5 | At the same time the council in England believed that the king 's familiares were exercising undue influence over him : the unity which Edward had been at such pains to build up in 1337 was on the point of fracturing . |
| 6 | Moreover , the distribution of workers is concentrated among the smaller farms — nearly a quarter of farm workers work on their own and nearly two-thirds work on farms employing four or less workers ; only one worker in twelve is on a farm with more than twenty employees . |
| 7 | The whole emphasis of the first Act in 1889 was on espionage and treason . |
| 8 | More particularly , Galileo used standard perspective procedures in accounting for the foreshortening of the spots which he claimed in 1613 were on the surface of the sun . |
| 9 | The first Cook 's tour to Switzerland in 1863 is on official record as an important contribution to the start of the Swiss tourist industry . |
| 10 | Anyone failing to pay the total amount shown on that account when they received it ( the end of the ‘ free credit ’ period ) would have to pay what he owed plus interest , which in 1990 was on average 2.2 per cent monthly or 29.8 Annual Percentage Rate ( risen from 23.1 per cent in 1988 ) . |