Example sentences of "is [pron] on " in BNC.

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1 Retiring in 1961 , there is no-one on the current staff who worked closely with Ralph but to give a flavour of his long life two articles are recreated below .
2 Many schools would like to offer drama lessons , but often there is no-one on the staff to take them .
3 If you find that the list of ‘ do n't likes ’ is very long and there is nothing on the other side to counteract it , you are not telling the truth .
4 But there is nothing on land that can prepare you for the profusion of shapes and colours of the corals themselves .
5 There is nothing on the face of section 76(2) ( b ) to indicate that it is exclusively concerned with confessions obtained by police misconduct .
6 There is nothing on record to show that he and Coward discussed the affliction at the time of their Coliseum meeting , but they probably did .
7 WHEN the future of the country is uncertain , when your football team is going down , when half the nation 's cricket eleven is injured , when there is nothing on the television positive thinking is required .
8 The importance of organising a maintenance and repairs service has already been mentioned in Chapter I. The knowledge that there is someone on call if the machine is n't working is very reassuring .
9 Should you not suspend the sitting until there is someone on the Tory Benches who is capable of walking over and picking up the notes to the Minister ?
10 This wealth of history , beauty and tranquillity is yours on a Waterbike . ’
11 There is plenty on television , in magazines , and in books to encourage you to alter your health-related habits .
12 Well I do n't think and nobody will turn this you know this he nobody would , he 'd put his mind to something and there is nobody on earth that could turn him .
13 There is a good deal of evidence to show , however , that industrial capitalism places women on the periphery of the economy , and for women in a Third World country which is itself on the periphery of a world economy , the situation is even more difficult .
14 WHAT PLANET IS SHE ON ?
15 What planet is she on ?
16 Nancy L. Which side is she on ?
17 Nancy L. Which side is she on ?
18 Nancy L. Which side is she on ?
19 Is she on her own up there ? ’
20 Is she on any drugs ? ’
21 On the razz is she on the pull ?
22 oh good , is she on her way home then ?
23 Weather is everything on a long alpine route .
24 The input/central distinction is something on which I shall be heavily reliant when I come to my positive thesis .
25 There the post is something on the erratic side , which explains the delay .
26 This , however , it will be evident from the foregoing , is something on which no one should count in the future .
27 This is something on which you will need legal advice , from a lawyer familiar with the law in that country .
28 How far this is appropriate is something on which DCSLs themselves do not agree .
29 It seems to me that this is something on which er not en passant but within the flow of his report Dr Stuart mentioned something of great importance and I was jotting down for myself , by way of aide memoire , membership , Madagascar , ministry of the whole people of God , three Ms as it were .
30 Erm again this is something on which we 've already advised ministers and in the context of the , the report on ritual abuse , specifically refers to the as , a as , as the context in which it 's offered , to the c erm report on , on child abuse .
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