Example sentences of "[verb] be on [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British Library Research and Development Department , which , along with the National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales and the Schools Council , has funded most of this research , is aware of that problem , and using a standing committee called the Discussion Group on User Education in Schools , it is endeavouring to bring the research into general practice , and even to extend the influence of the work into other levels of education , eg primary schools ( the concentration has been on secondary education so far ) . |
| 2 | after leading Sunderland to the FA Cup final last May.But he appears to have been on borrowed time ever since . |
| 3 | But he appears to have been on borrowed time ever since . |
| 4 | But Karen had been on these holidays before . |
| 5 | It is now recognized that people who have been on weight-reducing diets subsequently have a lower calorie requirement than they previously had . |
| 6 | It 's been on several days recently . |