Example sentences of "who [verb] [prep] be on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , despite the publicity given to the more extravagant claims about the impact of new technology on the level of unemployment , and the popular notion that the silicon chip is a job destroyer , a survey , published in 1979 , of some 400 documents on the effect of the new information technologies on employment showed ‘ how little foundation there is to existing studies , half of which are by pessimists ( often with a trade union background ) and the other half by optimists ( who tend to be on the employers ’ side ) ’ ( Institute for Research on Public Policy 1979 ) . |
| 2 | The reason is that heads of chambers are not required to notify vacant tenancies to a central office , so that there can be fair competition for them ; the tenancy is given to the person who happens to be on the spot and who is acceptable , or to a relative of the head of chambers , or otherwise by favour . |
| 3 | A white professor has apologised to one of his black lecturers ( who happens to be on the executive of the ANC ) for ‘ treating him as an academic lightweight ’ . |
| 4 | An ‘ A ’ level Chemistry set of 15 students may contain six whose performances in a trial exam six months before the end of the course suggests they are unlikely to pass , and another two who seem to be on the borderline . |
| 5 | They do n't trust anyone on the outside , anyone who appears to be on the outside . |