Example sentences of "[verb] be on [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of Thailand , legislation has been on the statute books for at least twenty years , but its Constitution of October 1976 and Interim Constitution of November 1977 contain no mention of environmental protection at all , as also is the case of the Philippines ( Shane , in MacAndrews and Chia Lin Sien , eds. 1979 ) . |
| 2 | Thirdly , some of the legislation has been on the statute books for a considerable time , perhaps long after the original and primary intention of the law had been forgotten , e.g. the Vagrancy Acts of 1824 and 1838 . |
| 3 | Wilf has been on the telly screens since the 1960s when he was the resident potty professor in the arty award-winning show Vision On . |
| 4 | The new ship , which has been on the drawing boards since the late 1970s , will be a research vessel . |
| 5 | The classroom gives us one example of this , and as we will reveal , one of the places where some form of serious life can be lived is on the football terraces . |
| 6 | One of my favourite places for working was on the roof tops , drawing city views , or by high open windows , looking out at architectural details . |