Example sentences of "[be] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Vietnam War really appeared to be near its end , and the economy , shaken by the rise in world oil prices and the inflation produced by the war , seemed to be on the mend . |
| 2 | Well , do n't laugh , but he 's asked me to be on the Union Committee , and I 'm going to try it . ’ |
| 3 | Trent had been correct in guessing their destination to be on the north fork of the Belpan River . |
| 4 | She would probably be on the loo reading the paper , he thought to himself . |
| 5 | Whereas the emphasis in the first part of the research will be on the interaction between the construction of ideas about marriage and the ideologies and development of the marital agencies , the focus of the second part will narrow into a detailed case study of the activities and development of one organisation , the National Marriage Guidance Council . |
| 6 | Dodson , 22 , who boxed in two Olympics , will be managed by close friend Colin McMillan , the former WBO featherweight champion , while his first fight could be on the undercard of Riddick Bowe 's first world heavyweight title defence against Mike Dokes at Madison Square Garden in New York on February 6 . |
| 7 | ‘ They must be on the F-Plan diet . ’ |
| 8 | The air was full of the smell of burning documents , and in some quarters there was talk that the Germans would be on the Nile within a matter of days . |
| 9 | He said almost half of Darlington 's homes would be on the lowest band and 60pc will be on the bottom two bands when the council tax is introduced . |
| 10 | I think it 's safer to be on the bottom . |
| 11 | In the morning the visitors would be on the quay to see them return , slip neatly into a mooring and begin the unloading and selling of the night 's catch . |
| 12 | It can be on the plates in readiness , and then Jean and I will do the rest . |
| 13 | Those concerned about football hooliganism today idealize the stable post-war years when it was safe to be on the terraces and one could walk the streets at night . |
| 14 | There is no reason to be sitting in bed , but I never thought I 'd be on the go so quickly . |
| 15 | If the final hurdle of this party congress is cleared , Hungary will be on the threshold of multi-party democracy . |
| 16 | One the Sun enters the sensitive and secretive sign of Scorpio on the 24rd , new sights , scenes and associations beckon and if not this month then certainly next , you should be on the threshold of some quite remarkable and far-reaching changes on all fronts . |
| 17 | The market at the moment appears to be on the threshold of a new era of intellectual popularity . |
| 18 | In The Selfish Gene I speculated that we may now be on the threshold of a new kind of genetic takeover . |
| 19 | ‘ The cat is supposed to be on the broomstick , Mildred , ’ said Miss Hardbroom wearily . |
| 20 | The easiest one , and the one undoubtedly is the one that will continue to be used to keep whatever needs that we have presented to us within reasonable financial budgets , will be on the home care , respite care , day care , er short-term emergency admissions , support in the home , and indeed our ability to develop those services . |
| 21 | We 're not going to have people are not going to have the choice about whether they buy a house or rent privately or wish to be on the council housing list , we 're going to force them off . |
| 22 | In practice this approach to user education still predominates , but in the UK in particular the scope of user education for schoolchildren has been expanded so significantly , bringing with it substantial implications for user education in other sectors , that the emphasis here must be on the description and discussion of this recent work . |
| 23 | But he could be on the run . |
| 24 | ‘ We want to be on the cover of Smash Hits … and we deserve it , ’ announces bass-player Ian , resplendent in his rubber trousers bought from a Soho sex shop . |
| 25 | ‘ I think it 's a triumph for women for somebody like me to be on the cover of Playboy , because I do n't fall into the clichéd , subservient bimbo mode . |
| 26 | I think it 's a triumph for women for somebody like me to be on the cover of Playboy , because I do n't fall into the clichéd , subservient bimbo mode . |
| 27 | Can one really believe that the grand unified theory has determined that Sinead O'Connor will be the top of the hit parade this week , or that Madonna will be on the cover of Cosmopolitan ? |
| 28 | Alternatively , can one really believe that God chose all the trivial details , like who should be on the cover of Cosmopolitan ? |
| 29 | She looked as if she could be on the cover of a fashion magazine . |
| 30 | It should be on the cover . |