Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are are building democracy on a slippery surface , ’ says Mr Petr Pithart , the premier of the Czech lands ( Bohemia and Moravia ) . |
| 2 | In this way , provided they are given guidance on the type and volume of work expected , schools could be brought back into the mainstream of assessing their own pupils ' work instead of being totally dependent on the success or failure of the guessing games they play with the examiner . |
| 3 | Yet they are using blackmail on miners to vote to close pits earlier than they year that had been decided on so that they can close the pit down and they have cut the redundancy payments for miners . |
| 4 | As Richards ( 1989 ) discusses , there are currently 26 out of 300 possible landfill sites in Britain which are producing energy on a commercial basis , and there is considerable scope for increased biogas production as there is in West Germany and the USA . |
| 5 | There again is the brave Boris Nikolayevich facing up to a murderous convict who has been given work on a building site and is threatening foreman Yeltsin with an axe ; sheer strength of will sends the man packing and the construction team gets the work done on time . |
| 6 | They have been given guidance on the importance of distinguishing between needs , preferences , and wants . |
| 7 | CODEFAM has been given time on the church radio station and thus has the opportunity to denounce human rights violations daily : |
| 8 | A primary purpose of the nine-day flight was to have been gathering evidence on how the human body adapted to weightlessness . |
| 9 | Until then the compound had been gathering dust on the shelves of the company 's research laboratories on the campus at Reading University . |
| 10 | We have , however , been gathering information on task/standing groups as it arose at various Senior Management meetings . |
| 11 | You are incorporating humus on which the beneficial bacteria thrive and which both drains the soil of surplus moisture , yet holds it in the right degree . |
| 12 | He found that Deep Level had been carried S.E. on the vein for 30 fathoms beyond the old works and was yielding a little ore . |
| 13 | The promising Belfast youngster has been gaining experience on the international front among the Federation Cup aspirants in Nottingham . |
| 14 | Mark & I are driving south on Thursday , and as today 's an Edinburgh holiday , it will mean a 2–day working week for one ! |
| 15 | Over the five years of TRANSAID 's operations the most recurring need has been to provide advice on transport management and control . |
| 16 | She had thought she had been keeping watch on the creeping grey-streaked matter , but it had moved suddenly , the embryonic fingers clutching the ground , pulling the oozing , mucousy river forward until it was bubbling over her feet . |
| 17 | ‘ Yet you must have been keeping watch on the house — why ? ’ |
| 18 | In the alley itself , Detective Gary Lomax had been keeping watch on the towering fire escape . |
| 19 | CONFUSED shareholders have been seeking help on the complex question of Eurotunnel warrants and what they are worth . |
| 20 | Hundreds of Maxwell pensioners have been lobbying Parliament on the eve of the anniversary of the publisher 's death . |
| 21 | The Government are promoting action on animal welfare in the European Community , based on the high standards in this country . |
| 22 | However , we are seeking information on your needs for the ancillary facilities ( such as conditioning suites ) and specialised equipment related to them . |
| 23 | Second-year pupils are seeking information on what their food contains . |
| 24 | Honecker 's transfer — made without German permission on March 13 — had been made public on March 14 . |
| 25 | Rescheduling of such debts has become a necessity for the private banks , and a practice which has emerged is that new agreements have been made conditional on such countries accepting the stringent programmes of the IMF which are intended to promote effective adjustment of a country 's balance of payments and ensure that the use of Fund resources is temporary . |
| 26 | On the one side , US aid has been made conditional on action against the drug trade . |
| 27 | The new commitment has been made conditional on other countries taking similar action , which was interpreted by analysts as a reference to the United States , which has thus far refused to agree to reduction targets . |
| 28 | Beforehand , her PR people urge me not to ask her about Eric Clapton ( with whom she has been seen dining on at least one occasion at San Lorenzo 's in London ) , but that she would be willing to talk about her alcoholism . |
| 29 | Diverted traffic has been causing chaos on roads . |
| 30 | He has just noticed they are serving coffee on the next floor up . |