Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cost of choice for the majority is the absence of choice for the minority who will never afford to buy , … ‘ the Right to Buy ’ and growth of owner-occupation are effectively carried out on the backs of poor people . |
| 2 | But once I have passed my test , I am not allowed out on the road without insurance . |
| 3 | I think I am just starting out on the steep , rocky — and lots of other corny metaphors — road to recovery . |
| 4 | Often ill-informed and repetitive , the debate has tended to ignore the interests of the client and has frequently been conducted by those whose minds are already made up on the issue . |
| 5 | But these larger firms are already cutting down on the size of their student intake and , if the trend continues , will end up — as Grant Thornton has already done — recruiting and training only staff who are expected to make a career with the firm after qualifying . |
| 6 | By whatever means possible , will the right hon. Gentleman get in touch with Ministers to ensure that , if it is right for the Government to gain publicity over Christmas for looking after a few hundred homeless , it should be right to do something about them now so that they are not turned out on the streets ? |
| 7 | An ESRC-funded study at the department of psychology of the University College of Swansea of 52 people in their twenties with Down 's syndrome found that there is obviously confusion about who can and can not vote , that there is clear overlap in the abilities of those who vote and those who do not and that decisions on voting are not made strictly on the abilities of the person with Down 's syndrome . |
| 8 | Snake and poisonous creature are strict compatibles because adder and cobra , for instance , are hyponymous to both ; furthermore , these species are independently characterisable — that is , they are not established solely on the basis of venomousness . |
| 9 | In nearly all examinations the scripts are not judged simply on the questions that the student has answered , where he has not answered all he was expected to answer . |
| 10 | The auctioneers Phillips have asked us to point out that they are not giving up on the continent , although they are reducing their representation there ( The Art Newspaper No. 21 October 1992 , p. 27 ) . |
| 11 | Choosing the right sparkling wine can be a bit of a minefield , especially if you 're not clued up on the different brands available . |
| 12 | Well you 're not going out on the razzle dazzle . |
| 13 | Get down you 're not allowed up on the cushions hairs . |
| 14 | I mean , Joan said well ma , you know make the numbers up , once you 're here come in on the second . |
| 15 | Mr Colman if I might add that re- orientation has brought with it the need to change our pricing strategy and therefore rather than going package by package right through the whole thirty four , we 're actually trying initially on the engines to go in one bang to price everything on the engines and do it in the next few months . |
| 16 | Th the remit though that , that we 're actually putting down on the appointment contract , is actually the result of the negotiations between the project coordinator and the client . |
| 17 | But after having been short headed by On The Other Hand in the Punchestown Festival Handicap in April of that year , The Committee developed a ‘ leg ’ after having been struck into . |
| 18 | LAGER louts are still drinking openly on the streets of north Belfast despite the extension of city bye-laws banning the consumption of alcohol in public places , a local councillor has claimed . |
| 19 | As all Sainsbury 's wines , Vintage Selection or otherwise , are carefully described both on the bottle and on the shelf or rack ( and you can immediately spot the Vintage Selection area in your store because the wine is stored in special racks ) , you can find something of the right character and desired sweetness with complete confidence . |
| 20 | The faded newspaper from the sky had been carefully spread out on the floor of one of the old sheds . |
| 21 | The hotel offers a good culinary standard at the buffet breakfast , lunch and dinner , and meals are often served outside on the terrace . |
| 22 | The larger books ( folio ) are often grouped together on the lower shelves of a particular stack or in a separate sequence of shelves . |
| 23 | Monk seal bodies are periodically washed up on the Mediterranean cost and there are fears the virus will lead to their extinction . |
| 24 | Wales are now getting in on the act . |
| 25 | If they are now classified afresh on the basis of biochemical characteristics , a very similar result is obtained . |
| 26 | In 1916 remains of St Margaret 's earlier foundation were rediscovered under the nave , and the lines of its walls are now marked out on the floor . |
| 27 | Oh well I 'll keep the insurance company er I w er we will send them a little note in that case , saying look , you know , this is the case , it appears to be an innocent lesion she 's just been finely checked over on the eighth of October , do you feel you can now proceed ? |
| 28 | Other aircraft of note included : Mil Mi-6 , Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire , Tu-134 , Tu-154 and Ilyushin II-62 , all of which seemed to be just parked out on the airfield amongst the overgrown grass . |
| 29 | So I mean , er , I 'm I 'm really stumped down on the course , because erm , you know , all all my usual but jokes seem to be here , I mean |
| 30 | After a print run of , say 100 A4 sheets , the printed sheets are then turned over on the long axis , and the same print is made on the reverse . |