Example sentences of "be [vb pp] on the [noun sg] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing more could be done on the case that evening and they had cause to hope it was nearing its end . |
| 2 | Nevertheless it does believe it is appropriate that the strategic thrust of the policy should be based on the premise that development proposals likely to be consid considered acceptable in the open countryside will in a sense represent the exception rather than the rule . |
| 3 | Food is to be found on the farmland all around and so the herds help themselves . |
| 4 | 87 per cent of first benefit payments to be despatched on the day that entitlement is established rising to 90 per cent by year end |
| 5 | unc As only the first two can be plotted on the screen many systems only calculate and hold x and y . |