Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] 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 | I think I am just starting out on the steep , rocky — and lots of other corny metaphors — road to recovery . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I mean , Joan said well ma , you know make the numbers up , once you 're here come in on the second . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Monk seal bodies are periodically washed up on the Mediterranean cost and there are fears the virus will lead to their extinction . |
| 8 | Wales are now getting in on the act . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | An opinion was expressed that such a purchaser under a suspensory condition ( that the money be only handed over on the certificate being got by the purchaser ) is not necessarily committing a violation of the Act , " assuming that he shows proper diligence in endeavouring to obtain the certificate , and is acting throughout in bona fide " : per Lord Trayner , ibid . |