Example sentences of "that [pers pn] is on " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see he 's so unlucky that his is on all play . |
| 2 | ‘ All I can tell you at the moment is that she is on the danger list . |
| 3 | Flavia thought , She 's lost face because it has come out that she is on Christian-name terms after all with Therese . |
| 4 | After all the doubts and uncertainties , wrote Harsnet , most of which I did not admit to myself , or else tried to pretend were an integral part of the project , sense now that it is on its way . |
| 5 | At its conference in Brighton , the Labour Party showed that it is on the way to becoming an electable party . |
| 6 | The very particularity of the sacrament forces upon the penitent the sense that it is on the here and now — that row we had with the neighbours , the bad temper with which we did the washing-up , this specific uncharitable thought or unchaste deed — that salvation and damnation depend . |
| 7 | It can thus check that it is on course . |
| 8 | ensuring that it is on the agenda of various organizational meetings and is discussed systematically and in depth . |
| 9 | It is also important to recognise that it is on the basis of these statistics that important decisions are made by governments in relation to their policies towards crime and its treatment . |
| 10 | Recorded in 21 days in a Mitcham garage , the fact that it is on Chrysalis is a mere coincidence . |
| 11 | ‘ … the extent of the establishment is but barely sufficient for the exigencies of the County , and it can not be contended that it is on too large or extravagant a scale ; the number of patients constantly on the books of the Infirmary ; the high reputation which it has justly acquired under the excellent management of the medical and other officers belonging to it ; the strict economy which to the general satisfaction of the Governors has been observed in the ordinary expenditure of the House … call forcibly upon the County at large to hold out a protecting hand to save it from ruin which appears inevitably to have waited , if not averted by our timely interference . ’ |
| 12 | If I say ‘ Prostitution is on the increase ’ I express my belief that it is on the increase , but what I put upon the mat for discussion is not my holding the belief , but rather the state of affairs , which I hold to be actual , but which others may not , of prostitution being on the increase . |
| 13 | It can be argued that it is on the strength of these supposed qualities of writing , as identified by Hildyard , Olson and other exponents of the ‘ autonomous ’ model of literacy , that Lyons rests some at least of his more general claims for ‘ differences among languages ’ . |
| 14 | One could argue that it is on this account that the restorer applies his efforts to the material element of the work . |
| 15 | Second , if you are running your spur cable from an existing socket , you have to make sure that it is on the main circuit and is not itself a spur . |
| 16 | Still , taking it for what it is , I can report that it is on the whole satisfactorily performed , due mainly to the merits of the soloists : Barbara Schlick 's soprano rings out finely in the wonderful air with cello , ‘ What passion can not Music raise or quell ’ ( I give titles in the familiar English rather than the German used here , of course ) , and again in her paean of the organ , though in the final chorus the sense and the noble simplicity of the solo soprano in turn with the choir , a real piece of English eccentricity , somehow becomes merely odd in German . |
| 17 | Indeed , so marked was the Judaic orientation of the Celtic Church that it is on record as having been explicitly accused of Judaism , and its adherents of being Jews . |
| 18 | The reason why the latter seem more likely is that it is on these major industries that much of the future competition among states for wealth-creating resources will be focused . |
| 19 | It is important to note that it is on the basis of the self-evident cultural value of these texts that Bateson develops his sense of the wider relationship between culture and democracy . |
| 20 | ‘ without going into further detail I respectfully suggest that it is on any view wrong to introduce into this branch of the criminal law questions whether particular contracts are void or voidable on the ground of mistake or fraud or whether any mistake is sufficiently fundamental to vitiate a contract . |
| 21 | It is important that it is on the record in the context of Sinn Fein 's reaction to the attack that occurred on Saturday that I understand that its president , Mr. Adams , when asked last night , specifically refused to condemn the bombing . |
| 22 | I respectfully suggest that it is on any view wrong to introduce into this branch of the criminal law questions whether particular contracts are void or voidable on the ground of mistake or fraud or whether any mistake is sufficiently fundamental to vitiate a contract . |
| 23 | The Everton v Leeds United game at Goodison park is nearly here , I ca n't remember the exact date , all I know is that it is on a Tuesday night . |
| 24 | * The animal rights group , Lynx , has reported that it is on the verge of financial collapse because of the costs of defending a long-running libel action by a fur farm and a decline in contributions due to the recession in Britain . |
| 25 | Another is that of a broker/dealer department advising customer A to purchase shares in company B when the corporate finance department is acting for B and knows that it is on the verge of insolvency . |
| 26 | Returning to the example given earlier of the broker/dealer department advising customer A to purchase shares in company B when the corporate finance department is advising B and knows that it is on the verge of insolvency , the question arises as to what the firm must divulge to A in order to modify its duty of undivided loyalty to A to the extent necessary to permit it to withhold the information about B. |
| 27 | It would be convenient to report that Ross Cranston 's performance was as immaculate as his appearance or that it is on him that the smart money will be laid . |
| 28 | I enabled him to free the angel and the demon that he is on the inside . |
| 29 | Again the story demands the coincidence that he is on hand , and can catch the question above the uproar . |
| 30 | The parable is as follows : In an occupied country during wartime , a member of the resistance meets a stranger who deeply impresses him , and who assures him that he is on the side of the resistance . |