Example sentences of "[verb] to [be] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have pleased the powerful church of Canterbury , with which he seems to have wished to be on good terms , and been gratifyingly displeasing to that of London . |
| 2 | Oh it has to be on all the time has it ? |
| 3 | The phrase conveys a sense of the desired relationship between elderly people and their relatives , especially their children : they want to be on good terms with them , and to have regular contact with them , but they do not want to rely on them too directly . |
| 4 | They want to be on both . |
| 5 | Agricultural trade unions have described the system as ‘ feudal ’ and ‘ legalized serfdom ’ , while farmers have defended tied housing as being essential to farming ( especially livestock farming ) where labour needs to be on immediate call , an aid to labour mobility within the industry and a considerable tax-free perquisite . |
| 6 | I know , I know if I 've got a towel in mine or a big thing and , and it 's all happens to be on one side |
| 7 | But with Virgin , he complained , the laid-back Sixties seediness and everybody wanting to be on first-name terms , all seemed like a ploy to lull an honest Situationist into a false sense of security . |
| 8 | He quickly came to be on close terms both with Edward himself , in whose Scottish wars he regularly served , and with his heir . |
| 9 | Clark 's argument might appear to be on firmer ground had he restricted the human comparison to total imbeciles ( anencephalics and the like ) where the complete lack of linguistic ability , and even of its behavioural prototypes in many cases , would prevent any appeal to exclusively human propensities . |
| 10 | I 'm not demanding we spend the entire weekend locked in a clinch , ’ Vitor said impatiently when she started to protest , ‘ but we should appear to be on good terms . |
| 11 | The accusation of soliciting was avoided , but she did appear to be on friendly terms with rather too many American and Canadian soldiers . |
| 12 | Macnab went on holiday to Berlin with a letter from Joyce to Christian Bauer , a contact whom they had made in London and who was said to be on good terms with Goebbels . |
| 13 | He seemed to be on good terms with the people behind the bar . |
| 14 | She was still taking medication after her breast cancer operation but she seemed to be on top form and very bubbly and full of plans for the future . |
| 15 | Perhaps that was why every cell of her normally controlled body seemed to be on red alert in Rune Christensen 's presence . |
| 16 | In one matter only had she determined to have her own way : she was going to be on good terms with the neighbours for the sake of her sanity . |
| 17 | Ships did not often come down this coast , and I said to myself , ‘ I 'm going to be on this island for a long time . ’ |
| 18 | We seem to be on firmer ground , however , if we suggest that a singer who draws upon a training in the English choral tradition will not readily perform in a way that is bogus , trivial or solipsistic , for the choral tradition is none of those things ; it embodies the results of countless individual strivings for the best results in conformity to a communal discipline . |
| 19 | The university and polytechnic librarians seem to be on surer ground when they are producing guides on literature search strategies , or guides to the preparation of bibliographical references or guides to the preparation of projects and theses : that is , when they are writing guides to library and information techniques . |
| 20 | The schools market is an area where booksellers and publishers increasingly seem to be on opposing teams , playing on that all too familiar unlevel playing field . |
| 21 | Above us , they indulge in fits of nostalgia , remembering the heady days of the Poll Tax riots , and in artificially enlarging the number present with all those who are there in spirit : ‘ There are a lot of people who would like to be on this demonstration . |
| 22 | they 've got to be on separate days |
| 23 | This was imported as N18548 in 1978 , and was last understood to be on extended rebuild on the Isle of Wight . |
| 24 | Any bird watcher worth the pinch of salt he always carries in his pocket to sprinkle on the bird 's tail , yearns to be on some jutting peninsula at spring migration time . |
| 25 | Ulf , the bishop whose capabilities had so little impressed Bishop Ealdred , had disappeared from view and been replaced at Dorchester by a Saxon , Wulfwig , who was known to be on good terms with Leofric of Mercia . |
| 26 | Between 10 and 7 BC , however , Quirinius was known to be on military service in the Syrian area , and so there is the possibility of him being involved in a previous census even though he was not the Governor at the time . |
| 27 | The whole clause is not qualified , as it appears to be on first reading , by the opening words ‘ with intent . ’ |
| 28 | He says the project appears to be on indefinite hold . |
| 29 | Eccleshall appears to be on stronger ground when he looks to the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries for evidence of libertarian Conservatism . |
| 30 | ‘ I will never forget Bill Mackowiack , my ball turret gunner , who did n't have to be on that mission with me . |