Example sentences of "[is] [adv] on [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Caledonian Canal is right on the hotel 's doorstep and nearby Loch Eil and Loch Linnhe provide opportunities for boat trips . |
| 2 | ask it questions , it 's obviously on the telephone because you can ask what the balance is and it will tell you , and it ca n't possibly know that and Cleethorpes , when you put the card in the Cleethorpes thing , that , you know , your bank balance at Nottingham is so it 's obviously on the telephone erm and it 's on the telephone to a central computer which holds quite a lot of information , it accesses |
| 3 | The emphasis is less on an individual 's inner resources than on the danger he or she poses to others . |
| 4 | Bob is away on a day 's painting course today , so I am catching up with my letters before the Christmas deluge . |
| 5 | This means that Peter Finnerty , one of the most experienced players in the Galway squad , is still on the substitutes ' bench . |
| 6 | The pressure — both economic and political — is now on the country 's other conglomerates , such as Anglo American-De Beers , to explain why they should remain in one piece . |
| 7 | I thought it was a good analogy to how Manson had affected the country , how he had really wedged himself into the American family to the extent that he 's now on the country 's most popular TV show . |
| 8 | Where a chattel is unlawfully on the plaintiff 's land and has caused actual damage , the plaintiff may retain the chattel until the damage has been paid for . |
| 9 | I thank God for David 's gift for expressing so clearly what is evidently on the Father 's heart for us . |