Example sentences of "to [be] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cash Asmussen is likely to be on board the unbeaten colt . |
| 2 | Our cask-conditioned party could all agree on one thing , we 'd love to be on board the Champagne Express when it sets fullsteam-ahead for Reims this August . |
| 3 | The Act therefore laid down a " statement of particulars " to be included in any contract — the nature and length of the voyage , the time to be on board , the capacity in which the seaman was to serve , the amount of wages and scale of provisions to be provided and any disciplinary rules or penalties to be applied while on board — thus anticipating by 122 years the detailing of terms universally required by the Contracts of Employment Act 1972 . |
| 4 | It 's going to be on board a small boat called The Sandhopper . |
| 5 | No one seems to be on board and all machinery lies mummified in preserving fat . |
| 6 | Add to this the development in artificial lighting where the emphasis tends to be on cost saving and it is not surprising to find that this preference has more to do with the building professional 's training than satisfying the needs of the occupants . |
| 7 | The Brazilian , reckoned to be on £10 million a year with McLaren Honda but wanting to get away , has been ruthless in setting his sights on getting the best car in the business for next season . |
| 8 | This girl 's dream to be on T.V. |
| 9 | I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them . |
| 10 | Thus between 1965 and 1971 there were 56 records from the coast of birds presumed to be on passage , between 9 August and 17 December , and 32 similar spring records between 23 February and 30 April . |
| 11 | Costs — Taxation — Costs on indemnity basis — Mortgagee contractually entitled to full indemnity for all costs , charges and expenses — Costs in litigation to be taxed on standard basis — Mortgagor objecting to items in account as being unreasonable — Whether contractual charges to be taxed — Whether basis of taxation for all charges and legal costs to be on indemnity basis — R.S.C. , Ord. 62 , r. 12(2) |
| 12 | Yeah my job Marje it 's , it 's it 's er one of the cushiest jobs to be on camp really because this er where we are , we 're the people who dish out the furniture for the quarters . |
| 13 | With little enthusiasm for the day , Fabia got out of bed and , mulling over her problems and the fact that anywhere she went from now on would have to be on foot , she pattered to the bathroom to take a shower . |
| 14 | ‘ Just remember , ’ he shot a look in her direction as he set aside his half-empty cup and strode towards the door , ‘ that we 're supposed to be on parade , Dr Blake , not enjoying ourselves . ’ |
| 15 | This situation went against the grain , as the top brass always needed to be on top of every situation and on top of every executive if they were to do their jobs to their own satisfaction ; not necessarily in the best interests of the Corporation , that is to say , but in their own best interests . |
| 16 | You still have to be on top of your stuff , though — judges expect a certain level of competence to staging a little-girl-lost act in court will do no good whatsoever . |
| 17 | I mean you 're never going to control , you 're never going to be on top of it but I mean |
| 18 | In routine work the field man must display himself as competent in other , subtler ways , showing himself to be on top of his job . |
| 19 | 2 The base line of the protractor has to be on top of the bottom edge of the angle . |
| 20 | They were all grins and seemed to be on top of the world . |
| 21 | Tod and I seem to be on top of the work , and nobody has complained so far . |
| 22 | At any time you can draw one card from below any pile , that is to say it does n't have to be on top of the pile . |
| 23 | As a result , when it comes to his turn to be on top of his wife again , he falls down backwards on to her ( 4281 ) , the wrong way around for sexual intercourse , as she sleeps with John after their night-time labours . |
| 24 | We were most anxious to keep the full informed of what 's happening and we seem to be on top of the job as it were . |
| 25 | At least , Sara was ostensibly pushing it , but Dr Kent 's hand seemed to be on top of hers , helping her to guide it along the passage between the rooms . |
| 26 | Yeah , well you do n't expect him to be on top of the world do you ? |
| 27 | Such approaches have always seen the complexity of design activity with its range of apparently contradictory impulses and antitheses ; is the emphasis to be on questions of form or of function or on solving technical or aesthetic desires and needs ? |
| 28 | The County Sites and Monuments Records , now likely to be on computer , give details of all archaeological sites . |
| 29 | They will want to be on committees and subcommittees where they can advance the interests of both their sponsors — those who have contributed to the costs of their , usually expensive , election campaigns and , it is hoped , will contribute to those of the next as well — and their constituents ; to some extent , these will be the same . |
| 30 | So it hardly matters that Connery lives mostly in Marbella , that his residence for tax purposes , used to be on Paradise Island in the Bahamas and is now an apartment in Monte Carlo , although he still has the place in the Bahamas . |