Example sentences of "[be] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the delicacy of the pigments and potential damage if exposed for too long to light , the papyrus will not be on continuous show . |
| 2 | a bad scene that it 's only gon na be on certain jobs . |
| 3 | The second bid issue is the careers service branch development fund which is the one that 's available every year , but we originally had Jane 's project , the F E project and so , erm now this year the bids have been asked to be on certain subject areas . |
| 4 | They will be without Durie , who has a twisted ankle and Bergsson , who will be on international duty with Iceland in Israel . |
| 5 | Ronny will be on international duty when Liverpool play Sheffield United on Wednesday and Anfield will be a duller place for his enforced absence . |
| 6 | But there is some danger where co-operatives are created out of economic adversity , for the situation is then one of commercial crisis and , important though the rescue may be on general grounds , it is far from an ideal basis on which to promote the reputation of co-operatives generally , or of Co-operation as an alternative form of organisation . |
| 7 | During October , Columbia Tri-Star 's film " The Bear " , directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud , will be on general release in the UK . |
| 8 | The emphasis will be on real situations , real problems and real solutions . |
| 9 | He opened the door of the basket and Endill climbed out shaking , but glad to be on solid ground . |
| 10 | Dulles had warned ministers in Paris on 11 December 1956 that Nato " must have a measure of flexibility although our main reliance [ about 90 per cent of cases ] must be on atomic weapons in the event of a major attack " . |
| 11 | He says the project appears to be on indefinite hold . |
| 12 | Sun Microsystems Inc has confirmed formation of the wholly-owned personal communicator unit FirstPerson Inc ( CI No 2,118 ) and says that its key focus will be on developing software that enables different types of digital devices to swap data and work together — it has in mind televisions , radios , satellites and computers — and to license the software and technology to other companies for use in their electronics products , putting it in direct competition with General Magic Inc , while mirroring some of the concepts of the Echelon Corp Local Operating Network ; boss of the new company Wayne Rosen said that FirstPerson has not ruled out collaborating with General Magic . |
| 13 | The emphasis must be on total patient care , whereby the learner has responsibility for particular patients . |
| 14 | He quickly came to be on close terms both with Edward himself , in whose Scottish wars he regularly served , and with his heir . |
| 15 | A high proportion were repeat visitors who appeared to be on good terms with the reception and service staff . |
| 16 | The phrase conveys a sense of the desired relationship between elderly people and their relatives , especially their children : they want to be on good terms with them , and to have regular contact with them , but they do not want to rely on them too directly . |
| 17 | Macnab went on holiday to Berlin with a letter from Joyce to Christian Bauer , a contact whom they had made in London and who was said to be on good terms with Goebbels . |
| 18 | Despite the essential superficiality of much of this contact , the traditional empathy between the nations has assisted the Japanese to be on good terms with a regime whose political ideology is the antithesis of their own . |
| 19 | This immobility also makes it essential for him to be on good terms with his neighbours , as they are likely to be there , for better or worse , for most of his life . |
| 20 | It was said that Arkhina was among the most influential women of the Kha-Khan 's court , but she was too like her sister-in-law , his father 's wife , for him to be on good terms with her . |
| 21 | In one matter only had she determined to have her own way : she was going to be on good terms with the neighbours for the sake of her sanity . |
| 22 | He seemed to be on good terms with the people behind the bar . |
| 23 | Ulf , the bishop whose capabilities had so little impressed Bishop Ealdred , had disappeared from view and been replaced at Dorchester by a Saxon , Wulfwig , who was known to be on good terms with Leofric of Mercia . |
| 24 | It must have pleased the powerful church of Canterbury , with which he seems to have wished to be on good terms , and been gratifyingly displeasing to that of London . |
| 25 | ‘ OK , you can afford to hire a nanny and you may have contacts with the legal profession here , be on good terms with judges and such . |
| 26 | I 'm not demanding we spend the entire weekend locked in a clinch , ’ Vitor said impatiently when she started to protest , ‘ but we should appear to be on good terms . |
| 27 | The 23-year-old Nortumbrian went off hard with South Shields Harrier Dave Beris and looked to be on record-breaking pace . |
| 28 | The salary will be on Civil Service Scientific Officer/Higher Scientific Officer scale which rises to a maximum of £ per annum ( starting salary is dependent on experience ) inclusive of London Weighting with the possibility of additional increments awarded on the basis of performance . |
| 29 | Research topics do not need to be immediately related to BP Chemicals operations but they must be on environmental matters . |
| 30 | WORKERS at the giant Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port could be on short-time working early next year , a motor industry watchdog has warned . |