Example sentences of "[be] on the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we 're on the subject of complaints , I might as well say that we 've had one from Naomi Marks . |
| 2 | Among featured reviewers will be on the psychology of interrogations , confessions and testimony ; on the works of and ; on polar mythology ; on Vincent van Gogh , chemicals and creativity ; and on chimpanzees and humans . |
| 3 | Sometimes I cough , as if I might be on the verge of tears . |
| 4 | I know booksellers who regard the written word with the utmost suspicion , profess that they do not understand it , and will have nothing to do with it ; dealers who specialise in autograph material , but will not touch books — unless , of course , they happen to be on the subject of autographs ; and many who maintain an ambivalent attitude , preferring to keep their options open and , if they can afford it , employing some eccentric especially to deal with this awkward material . |
| 5 | BSAD hopes national governing bodies will organise their own championships for disabled people and Darlington could be on the list of venues . |
| 6 | Alternatively if the process is highly complex the emphasis may be on the pattern of events as indicated by a network of blocks with a specialist symbol indicating the many points within the system for which information for the operator might appear and another symbol for points where he can interfere in the system dynamics ( Fig. 1.27 ) . |
| 7 | All those whose names are on the Register of nurses maintained by the UKCC are eligible to become a member of the RCN whether they are practising or not . |
| 8 | However , we believe that those who are determined to understand a phenomenon and to follow their research and their intuition wherever they may lead , are on the balance of probabilities , perhaps more likely to come up with new knowledge than those who are trying to solve a narrowly defined problem or to develop a product . |
| 9 | Since Ptolemy tried to solve this problem in the second century , it has been on the agenda of theorists of perception and is still , I understand , not fully resolved . |
| 10 | The biggest single chunk of the firm 's spending over the past four years has been on the development of Windows NT , due to be launched on May 24th and aimed at the large and fast-growing market for the software that can link together sprawling networks of PCs . |
| 11 | Currently , by virtue of being on the rota of solicitors , the advocate has undergone self-evaluation whereby he indicates publicly that he is competent to deal with criminal matters . |
| 12 | She had learnt long ago that Nahum 's chief interest in the Foundling Hospital was the boost it gave to his own ego being on the Board of Governors , a position acquired mainly through the generosity of his brother-in-law , John Bradford , who always supported the charity financially . |
| 13 | But , in the longer term , it promises to move the specialist closer to the levers of power , which have often eluded his or her grasp , leaving a sense of being on the periphery of events . |
| 14 | ‘ When is Derek coming ? ’ asked Lili , perhaps because we were on the subject of husbands . |
| 15 | He said later he had been unaware they were on the list of defaulters . |
| 16 | He was a thin , brown man with a brass stud at the neck of his striped shirt and a sad expression as if he were on the point of tears . |
| 17 | Socially they were on the fringe of things . |
| 18 | This is fighting talk , and suggests his fond memories of Maurras and the Action Française , but it was only talk — perhaps it was Eliot 's way of enlivening what he thought to be the muted tone of discussion in England ; perhaps it was also a method of inspiring his colleagues at the Moot whom he called " companions in affliction " , intellectuals or refugees who were on the periphery of events to which there was no foreseeable end . |
| 19 | It 's on the theme of families and you 'll be able to use it at Pack meetings . |
| 20 | Lazzards New York managed to maintain their figures of last year in dollar terms and if we take the Lazzard houses as a whole we 're second only to Goldman Sachs now in the erm in the M and A table internationally and that 's on the value of bids on which we 've advised . |
| 21 | The focus of the Bill is on the protection of children , and in particular it replaces the concept of parental rights with that of parental responsibilities in relation to the care of children . |
| 22 | To do this he must assure himself that , on the day he is nominated as a candidate , he is 21 years of age or over , a British subject or a citizen of the Irish Republic and either that his name is on the register of electors in the local government area for which he intends to stand as a candidate , or that he has resided in the area ( or , in the case of a parish or community , within three miles of the area ) for a period of one year , or that he has occupied as owner or tenant land in the area for one year , or that his principal or only place of work has been in the area for one year . |
| 23 | If this indeed is the pattern , it is clearly important to know whether or not regulation is effective in maintaining standards and what its impact is on the supply of services . |
| 24 | number of days per institution and then the weighting over and above that is on the number of pupils , mm . |
| 25 | But as he says : ‘ At the moment , the air freight business is new to electronic trading , and the emphasis is on the movement of goods . |
| 26 | The pressure then is on the balance of payments , via extra imports , as well as on private sector investment . |
| 27 | He said nothing , only grunted , and when he spoke again , it was on the subject of pigs . |
| 28 | If someone was making a confession about an unfaithful lover , and was on the edge of tears , people would often say , listen , darling , this woman knows what she is singing about . |
| 29 | She knew she was on the edge of tears . |
| 30 | Instead , he turned away to stare at the picture of her mother which was on the chest of drawers . |