Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaves which are small , round or elliptic , fleshy , glossy , bright green , tapering towards the base without leaf-stalks , are arranged opposite on a stiff , round , fleshy stem . |
| 2 | THE sons of two members of 60s rock band Cream are to appear together on a new album to be released in January . |
| 3 | To make sure the system is working says stocktaking exercises are carried out on a regular basis and there are random checks of the collections . |
| 4 | Certain features are carried out on a large scale . |
| 5 | He accepts that his input into the group is still the largest but believes the other members are contributing more on a growing basis . |
| 6 | But this information is also readily available if the ferret is fitted with a transmitting device within its collar and the signals from this are picked up on a hand-held receiver . |
| 7 | The key language points of the unit are previewed clearly on a double-page spread . |
| 8 | Reports on the armed conflict in the former Yugoslavia , however , suggest not only that rape and the sexual abuse of women have been carried out on a massive scale , but that it has been systematic and organised . |
| 9 | In the end , he had to settle for a survey which had been carried out on a national scale by a well-known agency . |
| 10 | Previous abridgements of the Philosophical Transactions had been carried out on a piecemeal basis , whereas Baddam 's version provided continuity and uniformity for the first time ( see Nichols 's summary of them in the above , pp. 482–3 ) . |
| 11 | There is a good programme of daily activities in the Home , and all these are written up on a large board in Peter 's office . |
| 12 | Andrew Kuttner , Pat Sutton and Eddie Welch have been training together on a regular basis at the Sports Centre for two years . |
| 13 | ‘ To be honest , no really well-founded scheme has ever been turned down on a financial basis . |
| 14 | Now we 're going fast on a downward slide |
| 15 | We 're going out on a early February to do whatsername Rodney from Only Fools and Horses . |
| 16 | And in spite of the major reorganisations in education and planned services arrangements , no jobs have been lost and they 're at it again on this amendment lies absolute lies and you can not stand , you lied in P and R , and you 're lying now on a speculative business about people 's |
| 17 | Simone 's Studios command fantastic views of the coastline of mainland Greece and Albania , as they 're set up on a small hill looking out over the bay of Benitses . |
| 18 | I mean they , they both firmly saying they 're coming back on a full time basis , |
| 19 | Do you find that when you 're sitting down on a hard floor and you stand up yeah and your arse hurts for about half an hour ? |
| 20 | ‘ I always think they 're missing out on a good thing . |
| 21 | Without qualifying their opinion , auditors Hacker Young draw attention in their report to the basis on which the industrial textiles group 's accounts have been prepared ; they have been drawn up on a going concern basis . |
| 22 | In order to assess how ‘ fair ’ the warranted Accounts are and to verify or compare profit/and/or net asset growth it is useful to be able to assume that previous accounts have been drawn up on a similar basis and that , for example , the Vendor has not unfairly weighted the profits for the warranted Accounts . |
| 23 | THE mutilated bodies of two British women tourists have been washed up on a deserted South African beach . |
| 24 | In the US , some observers point out that single-mode fibre has been produced only on a small scale and the technology is not proven . |
| 25 | It is time to look more closely at the imperative for which we have so far been getting along on a rough formulation , ‘ Face facts ’ . |
| 26 | This particular perversion , I notice , like every other , has been set up on a professional basis in go-getting New York . |
| 27 | I did Hope that Lord Nelson who was staying at Raby might come down to partake of the fayre which had been set out on a Royal Oak table decorated with a huge Wheatsheaf , Blue Bells and a small Green Tree that looked very much like Three Tuns . |
| 28 | We are consulting further on a recent report on those issues . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , it is very important that , before we start legislating on the scale that the Opposition advocate , we make very sure that we are doing so on a sound factual basis . |
| 30 | And why I mention that is that the purpose of these people coming they are commercial they are coming here on a commercial basis . |