Example sentences of "[noun pl] [am/are] [v-ing] on [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 I 'm just a little bit concerned that if we do delay it while discussions are going on about the unitary authorities and such like , we 'll put restrictions on Mr running it as a commercial enterprise , and I think we have got to make sure that any long term deferral on this , we do n't inhibit him rationalising selling off the odd cottage and this sort of thing , and the farmhouse as we go along , and amalgamating ones because I think it 's , he 's got to be able to run it as a commercial proposition during the course of deliberations .
2 Casual work is growing most rapidly in the service and retail sectors but even traditional manufacturing companies are catching on to the trend .
3 You do n't know that you are inadvertently causing the work to arrive late by stressing its urgency any more than you know what thoughts and feelings are going on inside the typist .
4 That is true not just of BT — a large number of other investors are coming on to the market .
5 SOUTH WEST ‘ Fewer properties are coming on to the market , which is a good sign , ’ says Julian Knops of Andrews in Bath and Bristol .
6 So , from The Inheritors , we understand that certain things are going on in the fictional world .
7 Both processes are going on in the two locales , sometimes with a single agency carrying out both simultaneously .
8 It may be that money worries are behind the disappearnce , but there 's no firm evidence to support that and police are carrying on with the investigation because there may yet be another explanation .
9 Also , other issues are going on around the globe , not only tennis . ’
10 Meanwhile , other PEPs are coming on to the market .
11 Commonly used for furniture units , panelling and partitions , the scope of mdf is increasing all the time , as moistureresistant , fire-resistant and exterior grades are coming on to the market , together with pre-finished d-i-y products such as skirtings , covings , architraves , mouldings and floor panels .
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