Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun sg] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the general effect of their anti-Sandys offensive was on informed opinion in the country at large and in Whitehall in particular is not easy to judge . |
| 2 | The PSOE government at first tried to break the pattern by appointing a ‘ professional ’ businessman to the chairmanship in 1983 , and by purging those who had come to RENFE as a result of their political connections with earlier governments ( see Diario 16 , 4 , 5 February 1983 ) ; about twenty people who had held senior posts in the previous UCD administration were on RENFE 's pay roll when the PSOE came to power ( Cinco Días , 2 November 1983 ) . |
| 3 | Then Ted 's Blacksmiths shop was on the r corner . |
| 4 | DFDS TRANSPORT IS ON THE MOVE |
| 5 | Now a flurry of articles have suggested that the Sutherland mountain is on the point of being re-designated the 278th Munro . |
| 6 | the Adams family 's on |
| 7 | The opening meeting on the new surface at the Nottinghamshire track is on 1 November , two days after Lingfield stage their historic fixture . |
| 8 | The Scholtz act was on stage now , Rose on the saxophone and Bernie at the piano . |
| 9 | The Sussex youngster was on court for only 52 minutes for her 6-2 , 6-1 triumph . |
| 10 | Denis Law was on hand with a blanket and presented the shivering Johnstone with the commodity he least required : a glass of hot whisky . |
| 11 | The intriguing 13-storey Hampshire landmark is on offer from Fox & Sons jointly with Pavilions of Splendour , a new agency that deals exclusively in architectural follies — any building that serves no political purpose — and other unusual or exotic properties . |
| 12 | The Swan Inn was on the far side of the village from Fern Cottage , situated close to the bridge over the river Windrush . |
| 13 | THE JANUARY ISSUE IS ON SALE DECEMBER 14 |
| 14 | THE DECEMBER ISSUE IS ON SALE NOVEMBER 14 |
| 15 | A player who began his career with Billingham Town is on a short-list of six which , surprisingly , includes three other defenders . |
| 16 | Radio 5 's On Your Marks with TV presenter Ross King is on May 30 from 11am to 12noon , handing over to Jive Bunny at 12.15pm . |
| 17 | Suddenly the Ibrox revolution was on hold . |
| 18 | My last Washington flight was on March 27 when we flew to Cherbourg for a Fighter Affiliation exercise . |
| 19 | Huddled together in the large lounge u if for protection against the monster they had unwittingly unleashed by their programme , the members of the committee were fully aware of the literally sobering fact that Scotland Yard was on its way . |
| 20 | For cramp which wo n't seem to go away , Cuprum Met is on the menu for a week , taken twice a day . |
| 21 | The member for Worcester City was on this occasion one of the dozen or so gentlemen who , after most late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century general elections , as a sort of ritual but somewhat haphazard sacrifice to virtue made by an easy-going society , were unseated on petition for allegedly corrupt electoral practices . |
| 22 | We do have the Wolfe report but unfortunately not for the want of effort , the Wolfe report is turning out like the Black report and others and I do n't say that because there was a gentleman who done a report Black and it is gathering dust , the Wolfe report is on the same shelf , I believe . |
| 23 | Paradoxically , while CNV amplitude was on average lower after sleep deprivation , sleep-deprived subjects produced higher voltage CNVs before the 8 slowest responses out of 60 trials than the 8 fastest ones . |
| 24 | The Harvard dealer was on the sharp end of clients ' complaints . |
| 25 | One Harvard client is on record as saying : " I still hold 10000 shares in the Harvard quoted company BURAD Holdings , and , since I have lost all confidence in the dealing room at Harvard , I am still puzzling over how to dispose of the shares without an inordinate amount of emotional effort . " |
| 26 | TVS take-over is on the cards |
| 27 | His blue Vauxhall Astra car was on the drive where Mr Miles had parked it after driving home for lunch yesterday . |
| 28 | Stories that the Willis Faber stake is on the move have circulated in the past , with West German banks the favourites to pick it up . |
| 29 | Yorkshire Holly is on a down path over hurdles , but on his best Flat form remains on a workable mark , while good jump winners Bonanza and Marlin Dancer would need only to show a glimpse of that ability to be dangerous off bottom weight . |
| 30 | She had him by the hand by then , and was drawing him in to the hearth , for the early November mist was on his shoulders , and his face looked thin and cold . |