Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] is on " in BNC.

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1 Where you want scholarship is on the inside , not on the boards .
2 Secondly , legislation could provide that evidence of resistance need not be adduced by the prosecution in order to establish lack of consent and that in those cases where the evidential burden of establishing consent is on the defence , evidence of lack of resistance should not suffice .
3 A gliding club which lost its home to a new car plant says business is on the up and up .
4 Crash site is on mudflats that are exposed at low tide some 150 yards seaward of The Old Neptune public house , Whitstable , North Kent , and part of the aircraft 's bomb load was destroyed by an Ordnance Disposal team in November 1991 .
5 Clause 17 in the model agreement in Appendix 1 sets out a basic scheme which avoids any system of voting by proxy , putting the onus on individual partners to attend and vote in person ( with only a limited exception ( Clause 17.10.1 ) where a matter requiring unanimity is on the table ) .
6 Right to die dilemma is on agenda
7 Everybody seems to be producing food , wherever you go food is on offer , food is for sale .
8 This well run hotel is on a side-street close to the Karlsplatz with plenty of restaurants nearby .
9 They all agree violence is on the increase .
10 Malting trade is on course for a quality harvest
11 The cheapest way to fatten beef is on grass , and for this rather special conditions are required .
12 Old fashioned alimony can be justified on these grounds , and a new fashioned proposal is on the table in Australia that divorce settlements include a lump-sum compensation for sacrificed earning potential ( Macdonald , 1986 ) .
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