Example sentences of "[noun] be on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swindon are on the right tracks … at the end of the line is Hameenlinan … the last game of the summer tour … |
| 2 | ‘ Just as well that the Germans are on the other side of Seine : I can sleep late today . ’ |
| 3 | No deal is certain until the signatures are on the dotted line and the money comes through . |
| 4 | But although there are hundreds of freshwater lochs in Shetland , the majority are on the acidic peatlands and do not produce enough underwater vegetation to satisfy the needs of big grazing birds like swans . |
| 5 | The dealers and auction houses are on the other side , saying that any national droit de suite in the United States would create a huge administrative morass for the benefit of a few already-wealthy artists that would help drive the US art market overseas or underground . |
| 6 | Early times are on the left , and late times are on the right . |
| 7 | The fry are on the small side , so they , too , are well camouflaged . |
| 8 | Keeping a foot in both camps is made easier because the bid committee 's offices are on the same floor as his own at Manchester Theatres Ltd . |
| 9 | My eyes are on the black girl sitting on the floor , slumped against the wall , her eyes closed . |
| 10 | The world 's eyes are on the soaring dollar . |
| 11 | Their designs are on the huge non-Sparc market and the glass house on which IBM Corp has loosened its grip . |
| 12 | All the hotel bedrooms are on the first and second floors and have a colour TV , a radio , a telephone and air-conditioning ( from 15 June to 15 September ) . |
| 13 | There is some irony in the fact that many schools are on the one hand educating children about healthy eating and on the other selling at break time nothing less than junk foods such as crisps , chewy fruit sweets and chocolate bars . |
| 14 | Somehow she 'd been expecting resistance , something she had frequently encountered with Graham Rowell whenever she had attempted anything new , and it came as a shock to find that she and David Markham were on the same wavelength . |
| 15 | IV or Four was on the door to the right and round the corner on the left was the Handwork Room , the Headmaster 's Study being on the extreme right next to the bathroom and opposite the Staff Common Room . |
| 16 | Not all memorable sightings were on the seaward side of the wall . |
| 17 | My eyes were on the far side of the valley where the track was clear and unbroken to the next turn above the main gorge . |
| 18 | He had his finger up to his lips as a warning to Colley , but his eyes were on the stranger standing in the doorway . |
| 19 | While all eyes were on the majestic bird above them , Tallis had seen the fluttering movement of a more sinister flock , in the high trees around the river . |
| 20 | His eyes were on the numerous doors lining the corridor , and he could n't help wondering what went on behind those doors . |
| 21 | All eyes were on the old T'ang , noting his sudden frailty , the way his shoulders hunched forward at this latest calamity . |
| 22 | Burun 's eyes were on the nearing dust cloud . |
| 23 | Scotland coach Allan Hosie said the Pacific tour had been a great success considering eight Scots were on the British Lions tour and other players were not able to make the trip . |
| 24 | The small packets were on the bottom shelf , medium on the middle shelf and large packets on the top . |
| 25 | The accommodation huts were on the same side of the walls as the hospital hut . |
| 26 | I was a stocky baby with good bone , but perhaps my ears were on the large side — but then so were Clark Gable 's and he did n't do so bad . |
| 27 | The entry is on the extreme left between the bank and the guard rock over two nice rounded cills within a boat 's length , drop approx 3 ft , then there is a 90 degree traverse right to a V shaped trough through the next cill , drop 2 ft then go diagonally right again over a small cill ( 1 ft ) , then left again between two large outcrops into a smooth chute which drops 6 ft in 20 yds into a deep pool complete with rustic chainlink suspension bridge and shelving sandy beach . |
| 28 | Of the other four , the early history of the kadilik of Damascus is readily traceable in Ibn Tulun 's on the particular point of its status , the evidence is somewhat ambiguous . |
| 29 | ‘ The extra court sitting is on the same day as the other hearings so we have to rush between the courts . |
| 30 | Jon 's bedroom is on the top deck along with washing facilities and a television which works from a generator . |