Example sentences of "to be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the British playwrights , Pinter is often thought to be on the edges of ‘ absurdism ’ and you could also read N.F. Simpson 's One Way Pendulum and Cresta Run . |
| 2 | Everyone on the audition panel is prepared to be on your side and supportive . |
| 3 | The new emphasis was to be on dining rather than drinking , and the design was as sensitive as it could have been . |
| 4 | ‘ OK , we 'll make it half-eight just to be on the safe side . ’ |
| 5 | However , to be on the safe side , it is better to take cuttings in August to overwinter under glass . |
| 6 | The emphasis of this ‘ directed ’ ( or controlled ? ) research , it was announced , ‘ is to be on pragmatic , problem-solving enquiries ’ ( i.e. policy-orientated research ) , which , it was explained , ‘ would be of cost-effective advantage to the force ’ . |
| 7 | The internal phone system springs into life and the moves are analysed or colleagues contacted to speculate on who has ‘ blotted his copy book ’ , or who seems to be on his way up the hierarchical tree in the mad scramble for position and preference . |
| 8 | Now I had to be on my guard against AIDS and the Devil . |
| 9 | You do not need to be on income support to get a crisis loan but you must be able to show that it is the only means of preventing serious risk to you or your partner 's health and safety . |
| 10 | Built in 1903 it has bronze and marble panels in an Art Nouveau style depicting the friars from the monastery that used to be on the site . |
| 11 | With the economy predicted to be on the upturn it is perhaps the right time for Allied to invest in the Firkin chain and cash in early on the next consumer boom . |
| 12 | We bought one ( a mistake , we should have got two ) to supplement an old ladle-handle type of thing dug out from my past , and a hammer and a few pegs to be on the safe side . |
| 13 | If the board is intended to be on view , it should be laid smooth side up , then finished with a paint or varnish coating . |
| 14 | And with these words he points towards an icon of the Saviour before which he has lighted a lamp — ‘ to be on the safe side , ’ Peter suggests . |
| 15 | With no traffic , both stations would put their send/receive switches to receive , so as to be on ‘ stand-by ’ to receive any incoming signals . |
| 16 | As Senna raced towards the victory he needed in Spain on Sunday , James Hunt , a driver familiar with the pressures of a late challenge for the championship , was saying Senna had no right to be on the track at all . |
| 17 | Cash Asmussen is likely to be on board the unbeaten colt . |
| 18 | Allied-Lyons was also said to be on the Goldsmith hit list . |
| 19 | However , the Lions believe British Isles rugby to be on the way up after their win in Australia and at least feel they have something to prove . |
| 20 | Mr Lenarduzzi endorses her view : ‘ If our concentration is going to be on testing , then that would not be welcome . |
| 21 | Our concentration has got to be on the teaching and on the stretching of children . |
| 22 | The subject is expected to be on the agenda when the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board , Alan Greenspan , becomes the first US central bank chief to visit Moscow this weekend . |
| 23 | You did n't have to be a client or a famous face to be on the receiving end . |
| 24 | With Ferranti needing to raise a minimum of £150m in new equity , the issue would have to be on the basis of one for two . |
| 25 | Southeastern Asset Management , a US group , was said to be on the verge of selling on its 10 per cent stake . |
| 26 | Sussex police have warned other female students on the campus to be on their guard after the attack on Sunday . |
| 27 | But just to be on the safe side Mrs Lawson was stationed in 11 Downing Street , giving her husband a convenient reason to visit the capital if circumstances took a sudden turn for the worse . |
| 28 | Ordinary stamps will continue to be on sale at the normal price . |
| 29 | Willis Faber , the insurance broker said to be on the verge of selling its 20.5 per cent shareholding in MG to a potential bidder , was unchanged at 242p . |
| 30 | Southgate ( 1980 : 33 ) has shown how British police have diffiulties in dealing with domestic disputes , but if anything the situation in Northern Ireland is easier for the police because they have a clearer knowledge of their role : to be on hand to prevent serious crime . |