Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] was on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technical college was on the outskirts of town , miles away from the cinema . |
| 2 | The stage hands thought she looked like a vulture waiting to pounce and would mutter that the old girl was on the sidelines again . |
| 3 | In general there appears little to challenge the important conclusion of Mathias and O'Brien that the main economic incidence of British taxation was on the level of effective demand , for the majority of the taxpayers were not savers . |
| 4 | On the economic front , the latest Dun and Bradstreet survey of UK business , carried out before last week 's increase in interest rates to 15 per cent , warned that the British economy was on the brink of a ‘ major slowdown ’ as high-interest policies produced a dramatic downturn in confidence . |
| 5 | About the only occasion on which a question was put to Kinnock about foreign policy was on the election eve Spitting Image . |
| 6 | Gerald Scarfe 's simple drawing of an empty chair was on the front and inside were pictures of John , information about the campaign , even a ready-to-send letter to MPs which you could tear out . |
| 7 | public consultation was on the basis of a dual carriageway and it |
| 8 | New escape : A 22 year old prisoner was on the run today after escaping from Group 4 guards in Derby while being taken from court to jail . |
| 9 | Her outstretched hand disturbed a fragment of loose rock , sending it tumbling over the precipice ; for one hideous moment she fancied the entire ledge was on the move and about to hurl her into the chasm . |
| 10 | By 1914 the Liberal party was on the ropes and the Unionists could look forward confidently to the election that could not be long delayed . |
| 11 | By 1951 rural population was on the increase , a trend that has continued throughout the postwar period . |
| 12 | The proportion of the electorate having a strong partisan identification was on the decrease , and the electorate becoming more ‘ volatile ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ The message told the giving-out-food people that a strange little creature was on the flight deck , ’ said the Thing . |
| 14 | The chosen location was on the Shepton Mallet side of the tunnel , where he intended to record trains approaching the climb . |
| 15 | The Jews from Alsace , the intellectuals , were convinced that a separate Jewish identity was on the wane anyway . |
| 16 | And was the most modern station so it was obvious Street was on the way out . |
| 17 | By May 1968 this resilient Black was on the gate at Yeovilton and later taken into the FAAM 's fold . |
| 18 | Apart from the kitchen , the only other major work was on the bathroom , which was at the back of the house , through the third bedroom . |
| 19 | A few seasons ago , the much-travelled primary schoolteacher was on the verge of a full international appearance , but had to be satisfied with a B cap against Scotland in Galway . |
| 20 | Their primary emphasis was on the development of large-scale commercial agriculture — either through large , corporate-owned estates ( as with oil palm in Zaire , coffee , and bananas in Cameroun , and cotton in Sudan ) , through individual settlers ( as in Kenya , Zimbabwe and Zambia ) , or through both ( as in Tanzania and Cameroun ) . |
| 21 | The company said the major impact was on the UK brick company ‘ where a number of less effective manufacturing facilities are to be closed and production concentrated on the low-cost , high-quality plants ’ . |
| 22 | Barrister David Ashton , acting for the liquidators of the Isle of Man Savings and Investment Bank , told the court that good news was on the way for the mostly small depositors , many of whom lost their life savings when the Douglas-based bank collapsed seven years ago . |
| 23 | I could see now , in the better light , that a long mirror was on the wall directly over the bed . |
| 24 | A rape-alarm siren was on the ground nearby — but detectives were puzzled because the car was locked . |
| 25 | The great cavalcade was on the move . |
| 26 | Now his full weight was on the rope , but it held . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , it was feared , children in the cities were running wild like ‘ street arabs ’ ( as one official put it ) , without schooling or the protection of the school medical service ; there were fears that juvenile delinquency was on the increase as a result . |
| 28 | She had given the instruction more to get the hysterical woman out of her hair , since she already knew her medical bag was on the way . |
| 29 | He knew virtually nothing about European federalism , but here was Mrs Thatcher warning us that political union was on the cards . |
| 30 | However an X-ray at 38 weeks revealed I had an enormous pelvis so a relatively normal birth was on the cards . |