Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [be] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burks & Hare are on the road with the Addams Family and the cast of Macbeth — all the funeral of the fair ! — and you 're stuck with the Inspiral Carpets , The Real People and Family Gotown . |
| 2 | Ginny bought some milk from Mr Ahmet 's Corner Emporium & Newsagent 's on the corner . |
| 3 | Marriage , or engagement is on the cards for next February . |
| 4 | The contents of her handbag and briefcase were on the table beside him , the Pan Am ticket conspicuous . |
| 5 | The president cares , and money is on the way . |
| 6 | The association 's concerns have been backed by the National Rivers Authority who said in a letter : ‘ The site and building is on the flood plane of the River Eden and the flooding of the area and the building can not be discounted . ’ |
| 7 | In a country where teenage rape and murder are on the increase , do we really need this salaciousness and is it responsible to show a programme which lingers over the grisly reminiscences of a psychotic serial murderer ? |
| 8 | Nor will notions of contagion and susceptibility be on the agenda when we meet them . |
| 9 | Politics and sport are on the menu . |
| 10 | ‘ The economic circumstances are right and recovery is on the way . |
| 11 | Mahmud and Sheikh were on the floor . |
| 12 | For days afterwards anxiety and guilt were on the table for lunch and self-contempt at my own cowardice in avoiding him provided supper . |
| 13 | Although two thirds of the children born out of wedlock are registered by both parents , and illegitimacy is on the increase , we in Britain have not reached the position arrived at in Sweden where , since I January 1988 , partners who live together outside marriage are afforded the same legal rights as those who are married . |
| 14 | Peach leaves being unavailable in my strip of London back garden , I used instead a few drops of real almond essence , towards the end of the cooking , when the juice and sugar are on the boil . |
| 15 | Social work departments were facing even greater demands , unemployment was rising , the economy was weak and poverty and homelessness were on the increase . |
| 16 | The U.K. passport we all know and love is on the way out . |
| 17 | Handing it to him , she told him , ‘ My name and address are on the front . |
| 18 | Lilliput 's preference is shown on the left in each outcome , and Blefuscu 's on the right . |
| 19 | In other cases the senses fail as a result of old age — so the number of deaf and blind is on the increase as more people lie longer . |
| 20 | But however essential a modern cutter service was considered to be , building costs had rocketted and pressure was on the Treasury for economy in all departments . |
| 21 | When I started in the Preliminary Training School two and a half years ago my aunt had passed Little Ben on to me and had my name engraved beneath hers and grandfather 's on the back . |
| 22 | go from your mum and dad 's on the Sunday morning , where would she catch a bus for the Sunday morning ? |
| 23 | Mum and Dad were on the beach — I told them I was having a siesta . ’ |
| 24 | By the eve of the Reformation , the English monarchy had firmly subordinated papal authority to its own secular power , and relations between crown and papacy were on the whole productive and harmonious . |
| 25 | But progress is on the march in Normandy , and in a big way . |
| 26 | Caersws station , Llanidloes road level crossing and one crossing up near Criccieth remain semaphore operated ; Machynlleth new station plus staff facilities very nice — old station disintegrating ; Aberystwyth station yard tidied up after several interesting fires but station is on the whole hardly inspiring and platform staff have been working under considerable uncertainty about their futures . |
| 27 | There were n't sufficient entries to make a tournament viable in Athens , but cricket was on the programme four years later . |