Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact remains that internment is on the statute book and is available to the Government to use . |
| 2 | But it says here should a tribunal require them to pay a basic award for compensation then that payment is on the basis that it 's offered and accepted in satisfaction er towards those payments . |
| 3 | Place the snakes on the game board , making sure that the head and tail of each snake are on squares of the same colour . |
| 4 | ‘ But that guitar was on all my Alligator records . |
| 5 | At two hundred and twenty pounds two forty two sixty , two eighty three hundred three hundred pounds , three twenty on the aisle three fifty three eighty three eighty on the aisle , bidding sir ? for three that bid 's on the aisle , three eighty , any more at three hundred , four hundred four hundred and twenty on the aisle at four twenty , now any more at four hundred and twenty pounds and I shall sell at four hundred and twenty pounds . |
| 6 | Do n't think cos that tape 's on you wo n't get a smack in the ear son |
| 7 | It was n't even recording on that tape was on there , why ? |
| 8 | So make sure that dot is on the centre there . |
| 9 | Only one entry is allowed per form , but a competitor may send in any number of entries providing each entry is on an entry form from Parents magazine . |
| 10 | WITH TWO days of campaigning left in the closest election for 20 years , the biggest opinion poll of the campaign indicated last night that Labour was on course to become the largest single party in a hung parliament . |
| 11 | It was conceded by the court that this finding was on a strict view irrelevant , since there was a break between the clearing of the premises and the assault with which the appellant had been charged , which was a separate incident . |
| 12 | Much of this support is on a self-help basis . |
| 13 | Some of this support was on a substantial scale : a large cheque given to enable the parents to ‘ buy things for the baby ’ ; a capital sum to enable a young architect to buy into a new firm ; paying the wages of a home help to assist a family with several young children ( pp. 92–4 ) . |
| 14 | This unity is on a level above anything else we can experience : it is Trinity unity . |
| 15 | I next attempted the third side to the pond , this part being on a slightly raised level to the pond itself . |
| 16 | This building is on the typical Rumanian trefoil plan , with three apses round the square ( 236 ) . |
| 17 | It was too early to go to bed yet — though she 'd an idea that while this worry was on her mind she would n't be doing a lot of sleeping . |
| 18 | which is why I think a lot of things , places should be able to accommodate for shop owners and reduce their leases while this recession 's on |
| 19 | However , this crossing is on a route from the town centre to housing areas and schools which is heavily used by pedestrians and cyclists , so the opportunity was taken to reconstruct the junction to meet the needs of soft traffic ( Figure 6.12 ) . |
| 20 | Most of this industry was on the coalfield at Coatbridge and in the Clyde valley from Motherwell to Glasgow . |
| 21 | She looked for the yacht but another boat was on the mooring it had used . |
| 22 | The focus of this chapter is on the government side of the equations . |
| 23 | Although we shall return to unit costs briefly , the main focus of this chapter is on the use ( and abuse ) of demographic and related data , which feature in population estimates and in the derivation of specific deprivation indicators and of estimates of risk groups or client populations . |
| 24 | The emphasis in this chapter is on identifying the needs and problems of the potential buyer and presenting a product or service as a means of fulfilling that need or solving that problem . |
| 25 | This investment is on offer with a 1pc discount until November 23 . |
| 26 | This club was on a small island off the coast ; it was reached by a causeway . |
| 27 | Also , this album 's on Creation which — at least until last week — conjured up an aura of freedom around him . |
| 28 | The emphasis at this committee is on records which have just been released , or which are about to be released . |
| 29 | The emphasis within this degree is on acquiring analytic techniques , and applying them to real-world problems . |
| 30 | James 's sentences in this passage are on the average much shorter than those of Conrad ( 35 words per sentence ) . |