Example sentences of "[vb -s] to [be] [adj] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , the Trust has to be satisfied on all these points before proceeding . |
| 2 | ‘ Manufacturing excellence has to be high on everybody 's priorities . |
| 3 | Equally , one needs to be clear on the nature of the practical difficulties associated with computer-aided text-processing . |
| 4 | Industry certainly needs to be high on the political agenda but like Northern Ireland policy , the main parties must agree a mutual policy . |
| 5 | Because personnel tends to be low on computer departments ' priority lists , you are very likely to have to go it alone , at least initially . |
| 6 | A good heuristic function is a function f on states which tends to be large on nodes on paths to goals . |
| 7 | When a new product is introduced , such as a video-cassette recorder or a home computer , the price tends to be high on account of the initial development and marketing costs . |
| 8 | Under section 250 it is treated as dormant ‘ during a period in which … there is no transaction which is required by section 221 to be entered in the company 's accounting records ; and a company ceases to be dormant on the occurrence of such a transaction . ’ |
| 9 | An editorial declared that the change of name signified a " steady trend towards a wider outlook " and heralded the fact " that teaching technology appears to be advancing on separate fronts and that these fronts could well be brought more closely together . " |
| 10 | In each case there is a copper core with a plating of silver which superficially appears to be identical on the two coins . |
| 11 | The functionalist approach seems to be inadequate on both counts . |
| 12 | The UDC seems to be intent on creating inner city science parks and industrial estates , which would push even more people out of the city — already the young people are moving out , leaving the middle-aged and the elderly . |
| 13 | Both slow movements are warmly and elegantly done , and if in the outer ones the soloist sometimes seems to be hell-bent on reaching the winning post first , the orchestra keeps up with ease . |
| 14 | Mucosal pathology in gluten sensitivity seems to be dependent on T cel lmediated reactivity in genetically predisposed subjects . |
| 15 | The present consensus is that the behaviour of colorectal cancer seems to be dependent on the total number of genetic changes present in tumour tissue rather than their order , and that patient survival is inversely proportional to the number of allelic losses found in tumours . |
| 16 | A modified theory of rights seems to be promising on this score . |
| 17 | EARLY June promises to be action-packed on Ashington 's QE2 reservoir following the announcement of two major events . |
| 18 | Meanwhile SunSelect continues to be skittish on any questions about WABI 's list price , packaging , availability or anything else substantive , ostensibly because of the gala rollout it has planned for May 5 at the 500-seat Great American Music Hall in San Francisco , having ditched plans to hold it at the giant Paramount Theater in Oakland , California . |