Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Large scale drug smuggling was on the increase , and a more professional approach to combat this was being used by the law-enforcement teams . |
| 2 | Last year branch income was on target at seven point eight million pounds , a massive increase on the plateau of five to five and half million pounds we were on before Skip Lunch . |
| 3 | A THREE-NIGHT , B&B break is on offer for £69 from 20 Premier House properties until January 31 . |
| 4 | Even knitting wool was on ration , but for a time a keen knitter could go into a shop and buy up hanks of thin darning wool ( un-rationed ) and use that to knit with , until some spoilsport in the Government ruined that idea by decreeing that all darning wool should be cut into approximately twenty inch lengths before it was put into the shops . |
| 5 | The Cherry and Whites first division future is on the line tomorrow … having lost four of their opening five matches defeat against the saracens could prove fatal … |
| 6 | Until the regionalisation of local government in 1975 , the papingo trophy was on display in Kilwinning Town Chambers but when the local council ceased to exist , the piece of historic silverware was placed in safe-keeping to await the selection of a new home . |
| 7 | By the turn of the century , alignment research was on the increase , although it was being carried on by individuals working in isolation from each other . |
| 8 | Irrespective of the fact that many , perhaps most of these jobs are low paid , dirty ( even the gleaming electronics industry is on the defensive against charges of health and safety problems for its workforce ) and monotonous , they are very widely sought after and they carry high prestige . |
| 9 | In this respect , the opinions of the parliamentary leadership were not dissimilar to those of the majority of Labour supporters , but this congruence does not invalidate the claim that Labour 's substantive and definite electoral support bloc was on the decline , and was being replaced , at least at the margin , by a more conditional and circumspect form of popular support . |
| 10 | His cheque card was on the table . |
| 11 | Five minutes later the midget ex-chauvinist was on his way . |
| 12 | First division football is on offer at Aston Villa and rugby , speedway and greyhound racing are also regularly staged . |
| 13 | Tonight , tonight , West Side Story 's on tonight |
| 14 | There is evidence that the Old Testament text is on the whole marvellously well preserved . |
| 15 | The main focus of the current phase of the Unit 's research programme is on management behaviour and its impact on industrial relations . |
| 16 | and do n't forget first football action is on Goals Extra tomorrow tea time … the action now comes from as many as x different sports … its round-up time |
| 17 | Royal snooker boost is on cue |
| 18 | The Euro Horse Trophy was on time from the start and Rozier just held off Austrian Hugo Simon , who won the first World Cup final in this arena in 1979 , on Amaretto . |
| 19 | Luke 's wedding ring was on the table , close to her hand , and her eyes were wide open , like the eyes of someone who has just woken up . |
| 20 | Police say this year overall car crime 's on the wane in the county … but they admit there 's a long way to go |
| 21 | The agreed plan for a postgraduate institute was on the basis that it would be partly financed by National Health Service funds — a commitment made in writing at the time by the then Scottish health minister , Michael Forsyth . |
| 22 | The remains of a sandwich lunch were on the side table . |
| 23 | Passing over the parish boundary at Sunderlandwick , the old toll bar is on the right , and Bar Farm opposite . |
| 24 | THE National Rivers Authority and Warrington Borough Council are on a collision course over the authority 's £156,780 rate bill . |
| 25 | THE National Rivers Authority and Warrington Borough Council are on a collision course over the authority 's £156,780 rate bill . |
| 26 | In any case , the HSLO initiative was on a very small scale . |
| 27 | THE Gambia 's national youth football team is on a 12 day tour of the UK . |
| 28 | Her sitting room is on the fourth floor , but there is a lift . |
| 29 | The sitting room was on a at the stage . |
| 30 | When the blood haze was on him , he could not stop killing and might turn on his friends once his enemies had been slaughtered . |