Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [be] [adj] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other girls disliked her for her outstanding looks and her haughty ways and made no attempt to be friendly on anything but the most superficial level and the pattern cutters and sewing hands hurried home to their families and boyfriends the moment they finished their long day 's work . |
| 2 | A suitable compromise is for completion to be conditional on the results of an environmental audit . |
| 3 | The US pavilion is a dull rehash of a Barton Myers design used in a previous exposition and will need a super-human input of labour to be ready on time . |
| 4 | ‘ I shall be demanding that we have a full explanation from Department of Trade and Industry officials when they appear before the public accounts committee to be cross-examined on this report on December 4 . ’ |
| 5 | It was as much the way of the world for a Congregationalist keen on disestablishment to be keen on electoral reform , state education and ‘ reform ’ of the House of Lords as it was for an Anglo-Catholic priest who was a member of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament also to belong to the Guild of All Souls . |
| 6 | This logical name points to a file containing the cache to be pre-loaded on startup of the user image , and used subsequently to store your cache on normal completion of the session . |
| 7 | In old age , there may be the will to retain independence in this AL but circumstances and the effects of the process of ageing may force an elderly person to be dependent on others , at least to some degree . |
| 8 | I have n't done the ball to be honest on this one . |
| 9 | Here 's the chance to be creative on fabric and knitwear with an exciting new range of products recently introduced into the UK by the yarn company F W Bramwell & Co Ltd . |
| 10 | Section 49(1) of the SGA in general makes the passing of property a precondition for suing for the price , but s 49(2) permits an express provision of this type , provided that the price is stated in the contract to be due on a " date certain " . |
| 11 | On a sale of a private company , or if there have been reorganisations for taxation purposes , it is common for the seller to require the contract to be conditional on a clearance under s.703 ( cancellation of tax advantage ) and any other applicable tax provisions . |
| 12 | Whereas Mr Blair also called on the Government to be tough on the causes of crime , Mr Clarke conceded that social factors could not be ignored . |
| 13 | The sentence ‘ We have only shown that A is justified if B and C are ’ could mean , as was pretended above , that we have shown A 's justification to be conditional on that of B and C ; but it could also mean that if B and C are in fact justified , we have shown that A is , i.e. that the success of our demonstration is conditional , not the justification we have demonstrated . |
| 14 | This means that for lettering written in the normal way on the mylar sheet , you need the right hand light on on the 580 and the EC1 ( left on the earlier models ) for the lettering to be readable on the knitting . |
| 15 | L'Alouette is the place to go if you like your food to be high on taste , low on stodge , to demolish your hunger but leave room for your thirst . |
| 16 | There was no way to be comfortable on it , and even movement was risky because the old leather was cracking like dry parchment . |
| 17 | There was a tendency to be liberal on the sexual items such as ‘ Chastity ’ , ‘ Birth Control ’ and ‘ Striptease Shows ’ , as well as ‘ Divorce ’ . |
| 18 | Such an intellectual process is likely to be of great value in business organisations which have a tendency to be long on action , but short on thought ! |
| 19 | Would you consider that either of you have a tendency to be dependent on your own parents : Emotionally Spiritually Financially ? |
| 20 | It 's a good idea to be clear on this at the outset ; it 's also a good idea to resist the temptation to start shooting whatever catches your eye the moment you arrive . |
| 21 | It is common , however , for the exercise of the break-clause to be conditional on payment by the tenant of a multiple of the annual rent in order to compensate the landlord for the void which will ensue . |
| 22 | The most satisfactory solution for the landlord ( and probably for the tenant ) is for the power to break to be modelled closely on the provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s30(1) ( f ) or ( g ) and for the power to be exercisable on or after a specified date . |