Example sentences of "it be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | That it was a Saturday morning had made his presence possible — he would not have accepted the invitation had it been on some date in the week — and carriages had already piled behind one another in the main street ; evidently it was to be a large party . |
| 2 | And meanwhile , next year 's potatoes will not be planted because the men who should be doing it are on the public works instead — and they are on the public works because that is the only place they can get money to buy the meal they need to replace the potato that failed . ’ |
| 3 | If ROI , should it be on an historic or current cost-accounting basis ? |
| 4 | Wo n't it be on this lot ? |
| 5 | Well would n't it be on the reverse bearing . |
| 6 | Should n't it be on the floor ? |
| 7 | When the Alternative Service Book was threatening the absolutism of the Book of Common Prayer a few years ago , the Book of Common Prayer was being spoken of as if it were on a par with Holy Writ . |
| 8 | It was obvious that Austria-Hungary would not allow the Russians to invade Bulgaria ; a year before she had disliked the possibility of a united and strengthened Bulgaria , even if it were on bad terms with Russia , and the prospect of one under Russia 's thumb was even worse . |
| 9 | In such a case the impression is given that Jesus is , as it were on his own , and with no reference needing to be made to the other persons of the trinity , God . |
| 10 | The Labour leadership was sceptical about workers ' control , indeed Cripps is reported as having said ‘ I think it would be almost impossible to have worker-controlled industry in Britain even if it were on the whole desirable ’ ( Coates & Topham , 1975 , p. 60 ) . |
| 11 | If it were on the very fringe of his area he might not be back until lunch-time . |
| 12 | I , er first of all I was a kind of shy wee laddie as it were on the council . |
| 13 | Erm , it was not possible to get your views in , as it were , personnel terms rather than financial terms on that er report , but er as it were on your behalf , we supported the Treasurer 's er recommendation for reasons set out in paragraph one four , and if I can er explain that for you a little little more , de-regulation could mean , that each employing authority has it 's own scheme of superannuation , or not , and if not would simply leave employees in a position of taking them off the state scheme S E R P S or going for a personal pension . |
| 14 | Her fresh-faced expression gazing as it were on the threshold of life is a poignant reminder of the passing of time and finite nature of dreams . |
| 15 | When the job is over , I then write a brief summary appraisal , as it were on his performance . |
| 16 | It were on here , yeah . |
| 17 | And , no it were all bloody big grey streaks and that on me , it were on the sheets . |
| 18 | It were on windowsill in corner . |
| 19 | To get well he en , insisted on driving all the way up the drive , I said if it were on there would be a |
| 20 | When the cup was broken , they would remember it being on the table , but when it was on the table , they would not remember it being on the floor . |
| 21 | When the cup was broken , they would remember it being on the table , but when it was on the table , they would not remember it being on the floor . |
| 22 | The potash mine is by far the biggest employer in the Whitby and Loftus areas and all local authorities have been considerate in their handling of problems caused by it being on the edge of a national park . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's on its way out , I think . |
| 24 | It 's on ordinary policing . |
| 25 | It 's an old established set-up , but I reckon it 's on its last legs now . |
| 26 | It 's on their clothes . |
| 27 | No , it 's no bother , it 's on my way home . |
| 28 | Perhaps it 's on the house . ’ |
| 29 | The clowning begins right from the start , with him snatching up the Sony the minute it 's on the table , talking into it conspiratorially for the next hour in his trademark , Looney Toons drawl , playing dumb , hijacking questions and spinning them into semantic hyperspace , treating any attempt at conversation as one big word association game ( ’ No , I 'm not a geek ; I 'm a geek orthodox ’ ) . |
| 30 | As a replacement for the angular Bluebird , it 's on another planet . |