Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] be [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | All our reforms of administration might be reforms on the moon for all it has to do with them . " |
| 2 | Do you have a feel of how much of the total provision that you 're proposing in the structure plan will be development on green field sites as opposed to development existing urban areas ? |
| 3 | Economic and social factors now loom large , and can be seen as being of greater importance than purely land use matters , though the courts would not necessarily accept such a line of reasoning ( as , for instance , when Lord Widgery held that the London Borough of Hillingdon could not impose a condition that the occupants of a private housing development should be people on the council 's waiting list ) . |
| 4 | For Father Flatman , the cost of conscience could be life on the dole . |
| 5 | The water can be dew on the grass , can be |
| 6 | And soon 15 MG RV8s a week will be handbuilt on a new low volume production line at Cowley in Oxford , using bodies built at British Motor Heritage in Faringdon . |
| 7 | Generally all that will be required to give rise to a binding contract will be agreement on quantity , price and delivery date . |
| 8 | I think it is doubtful whether evidence of attempts at self-injury and threats to others whilst in secure accommodation could be evidence on which the likelihood of self-harm or threats when at large could be assessed . |
| 9 | The most appropriate exception would be fraud on the minority . |