Example sentences of "[be] [conj] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may have been that on his original appearance this condition would not have been satisfied , as it could not have been said that only a custodial sentence was adequate to protect the public from serious harm from him , if the alternative of a probation order requiring residence at a hostel specialising in sexual offenders was available . |
| 2 | The basis of the Good Friday belief appears to have been that on that day the soil is redeemed from the power of Satan — the old chthonic god of the pre-Christian religion — and for this brief time he has no influence on it at all . |
| 3 | In fact one of the things that 's most disturbed me about some of the recent discussions that have taken place in the great debate has been that on the one hand people have talked about educating people for adult life and learning more about the way people earn their living , learning more about industry , more about productive things , and on the other hand they 've been talking about maintaining standards . |
| 4 | And I think that the argument has been that on the whole discipline the use of discipline simply to punish drinking is n't going to be appropriate , although there may be forms of behaviour produced by excessive drinking that it 's appropriate to act against . |
| 5 | Even the same person reacts differently on different occasions , depending on how fit they are and on other circumstances at that time . |
| 6 | Leopards are after all quite as at home in the treetops as they are and on occasion are partial to monkey . |
| 7 | The most appropriate way to reverse the stress cycle depends not only on who you are but on how bad the stress is . |
| 8 | His intention , quite clearly , must be that on her death she should be succeeded by her intestate heir . |
| 9 | But it would n't even be that on a system with the facility for multicurrency sales ledgers . |
| 10 | Deep down inside , our belief may be that on the whole we 're a bad lot . |
| 11 | Indeed , it may be that on occasion physical ill-treatment is a consequence of the tension this sort of situation produces . |
| 12 | The Pope is the Vicar of Christ on earth , and it may be that on the basis of Freud 's analysis there is an important difference between those who are loved by the Pope as well as , and on behalf of , Christ , and those who are not loved by the Pope , and may indeed be actively hostile to him or his representatives . |
| 13 | It may be that on such a consultation the Lord Chief Justice will take a different view from that of the trial judge , but under the present procedure the prisoner will be unaware of any variation of the trial judge 's original advice . |
| 14 | It may be that on the facts of our problem the death of the leader is certain , hot merely probable , if the rope is not cut . |
| 15 | Erm now it may be that on a particular site erm conditions could be laid down to ensure and secure that there were significant employment benefits accruing from the development of that site . |
| 16 | An example would be if on a door to a storeroom which contained high-voltage electrical equipment involved in the supply of electricity to the hotel there was a notice which said ‘ Danger : Keep Out : High Voltage ’ . |
| 17 | How would he be if on one of those Saturday mornings when he 'd hung around the rectory she 'd recognized herself the bitterness beneath his grin ? |
| 18 | Thereafter the choice of acupuncture , homoeopathic or Bach remedies , neural therapy , hypnotherapy , ego-strengthening or whatever will very much depend on what the background of the illness appears to be and on the patient 's response to the chosen therapy . |
| 19 | The relative narrowness of focus of particular modules , and the way this corresponds with the need for cross-reference to make explicit the common denominator of principle , are matters which can not be determined in advance but depend on what teachers conceive their problems to be and on the actual experience of designing and using such modules . |
| 20 | The total cost is unknowable : it will depend , for instance , on how clean the sites have to be and on whether clean-up technologies improve in future . |
| 21 | We never used to go Here we used to be and on the beach there . |
| 22 | Yet where else could he be but on deck ? |
| 23 | If I do n't do well , then it will be because on the day I was not capable of doing so . |
| 24 | However , the money market exemption does not apply to : ( 1 ) Investment management services ( whether discretionary or non-discretionary ) ; or ( 2 ) Arguably , advisory services , although the SIB has indicated that it does apply to them ; or ( 3 ) Transactions on , or expressed to be as on , an RIE . |
| 25 | The material facts of that case , in so far as they relate to the present appeal , were that on the application of the Crown Prosecution Service , McCullough J. made a restraint order pursuant to section 77 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 in respect of the assets held by the applicants , a husband and wife . |
| 26 | A common feeling among Tory MPs is that on matters such as the resurrection of Christ , on which the Bishops should be certain , they are full of doubt ; but on matters such as the precise level of the public sector borrowing requirement , they are vociferous in their certainty . |
| 27 | The burden of many studies , subject to such qualifications , is that on balance political factors like party or ideology or electoral competitiveness do not matter much , compared to a country 's level of economic development . |
| 28 | What is certain is that on the bright and sunny morning of 4 June 1913 the forty-year-old Emily Davison called at the offices of the WSPU in London and asked for two of the union 's white , green and purple flags . |
| 29 | My hope is that on May 19 , when the full Board vote , they will go instead for eight four-day games , the remainder to be played over three days on uncovered pitches and run-ups , thus restoring life to pitches , variety to bowling attacks and a priceless education to batsmen . |
| 30 | What they do not say is that on this ‘ best ’ measure , police performance has in fact improved marginally , not declined ( from 7.9 in 1972 to 9.6 in 1986 . ) |