Example sentences of "is [verb] on [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The petition must state : ( i ) the debtor 's name , address and occupation ( if any ) ; ( ii ) the name in which the debtor carried on business if other than his own name and if the business is carried on jointly with others ; ( iii ) the nature and address of the debtor 's business ; ( iv ) the name in which the debtor carried on business when the debt was incurred ; ( v ) the address at which the debtor resided or carried on business at or after that time and the nature of that business .
2 In order to qualify for alternative permitted hours , the club must fulfil the following conditions ( subss. ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) ) , viz. : ( a ) that the club premises are adapted and used by members and their guests for carrying on athletic sports or games ; ( b ) that at least one of the sports or games is carried on out of doors , and in daylight ( unless artificial light is used ) ; ( c ) that the premises are regularly used during winter and the hours of daylight for a sport specified in ( b ) ; ( a ) that the usual permitted hours are not suitable for the time at which the game or sport is usually played by members and their guests for the supply of liquor to those participating in the game .
3 It is appropriate to ask , then , about what is going on here in terms of the organisational and operational dynamics of teams .
4 I will be able to bring what is going on here in science back to the children in the classroom , and make them realise that it is not so far away from what they are learning about .
5 ‘ I like to think that it is going on all over Masailand in fifty thousand kraals at this moment . ’
6 In the reflection of what is going on out of bed , people with relatively well-integrated personalities find that their sexual intercourse over the years represents a variety of feelings and moods .
7 She is getting on well with Lover at the Gate , but sometimes the clues you provide are , well , enigmatic .
8 American liberals have taken the lead in defining equal opportunity as the goal of a decent society , but the European left is following on only for lack of anything better to pursue .
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