Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he s standing on the half way line — picking his arse there s a good chance that he s not been told to do that . |
| 2 | Gentleman is touching on the other matter about the STUCC and its remit — a matter that was mentioned by the Hon. |
| 3 | It is touching on the social sciences in the sense that Woodrow Wilson was an important political figure , and there is an historical dimension . |
| 4 | At this point Giddens is touching on the deep-lying emotional instincts outlined in Chapters 1 and 2 . |
| 5 | Here it seems hard to say that the party seeking to rely on the exemption clause is contracting on his own written standard terms . |
| 6 | Has the Secretary of State read the last sentence of the Cardiff Business school report , which states : " If as we are led to believe , Wales is drawing on a new era , nobody has informed Mountain Ash about it . " ? |
| 7 | The research is concentrating on middle managers ( or , to use the more wide-ranging French term , cadres ) and it is drawing on a range of case study methods . |
| 8 | The organization is heavily overspent , and is drawing on its working capital to finance the next meeting at its Yokohama , Japan , headquarters in November . |
| 9 | Er we set up on a regional basis er er Robert talked to you a couple of months ago about the initiatives that he 's taking from our and that again is a very much of a cross practice initiative er which is drawing on all the skills that we 've got within the with within the office penetrate the middle market sector and we are going to er specifically use er our grounds expertise and er computer audit expertise as a product which we saw would be attractive to these er these sort of companies . |
| 10 | By contrast the Sergeant Major has already finished , and is jogging on the spot with an air of contempt for the rest of us mere mortals . |
| 11 | The latter is a book in which the author is firing on all cylinders . |
| 12 | GERMANY IS firing on all cylinders these days , and labels like MFS epitomise where the scene is headed over there . |
| 13 | Your Reticular Activating System is firing on all cylinders , your cortex is turning somersaults . |
| 14 | Among the former are many participles , both present and past : ( 26 ) the watching crowd started to laugh he was greeted by smiling well-wishers the injured man had been feeding the orang-utan but participles do not exhaust the possibilities : ( 27 ) the angry bartender slammed the drink down five empty tumblers were standing by his elbow Notice , too , the clear ambiguity of : ( 28 ) a flashing light as meaning either a light which is flashing on some particular occasion , or one which normally has this characteristic . |
| 15 | The word light is flashing on the screen or shall I just not worry about it ? |
| 16 | The appeal committee 's decision is binding on the LEA . |
| 17 | If exclusion is to be permanent , the LEA 's decision on whether to order the pupil 's reinstatement is binding on the head teacher , although the governors may appeal against an LEA 's refusal to reinstate a permanently excluded pupil , using the same machinery which the LEA is required to establish for such appeals by parents ( and pupils if aged 18 or over ) . |
| 18 | If it is binding on individuals it has to be justified by considerations which bind them . |
| 19 | Any decision taken by the individual , head or subcommittee with delegated authority is binding on the whole governing body . |
| 20 | The Tax Faculty believes that an employer should be able to negotiate a settlement that is binding on both departments . |
| 21 | Despite cruelty and sinfulness there is a common sense of the moral and spiritual universe which is binding on all persons . |
| 22 | The suitability of the premises , the need for improved access or relocation of equipment and the provision of items such as ramps , carpeting or acoustic tiles where appropriate are all matters which should concern governors if they are to ‘ use their best endeavours ’ to ensure that special needs are met — the duty which is binding on the governors of every school . |
| 23 | ( 5 ) Where a determination of the adjudicator under a recognised scheme is binding on the building society or associated body , the adjudicator shall , at the request of the society or associated body , state a case for the opinion of the High Court on any question of law and the High Court may direct the adjudicator to reconsider the complaint . |
| 24 | ‘ Nothing in this Act shall be construed as enabling any court to make an order that is binding on the Crown or on any person in his capacity as an officer or servant of the Crown . |
| 25 | It also appears from the court 's case law ( see , for example , Stanton v. Institute National d'Assurances Sociales pour Travailleurs Indépendants ( Inasti ) ( Case 143/87 ) [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 3877 , 3912 , para. 10 ) that article 52 , as a directly applicable rule of Community law , is binding on the member states even though , in the absence of Community legislation , they retain legislative jurisdiction in the particular field . |
| 26 | The European Convention on Human Rights has not been made part of our law by statute , so it does not in itself create rights enforceable in our courts ; but having been ratified by this country it is binding on us as a matter of international law . |
| 27 | However , if one party is to bear the costs of the other it is important to specify this in the heads and ensure it is binding on all parties . |
| 28 | The introduction to the heads will specify that the clause is binding on both parties and is not subject to contract . |
| 29 | This is made clear by s8 of the Partnership Act as follows : If it has been agreed between the partners that any restriction shall be placed on the power of any one or more of them to bind the firm , no act done in contravention of the agreement is binding on the firm with respect to persons having notice of the agreement . |
| 30 | ( c ) Liability of partners to third parties By s6 of the Partnership Act : An act or instrument relating to the business of the firm and done or executed in the firm-name , or in any other manner showing an intention to bind the firm , by any person thereto authorised , whether a partner or not , is binding on the firm and all the partners . |