Example sentences of "[is] [art] [noun sg] on " in BNC.

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1 Second , there is the overlay on to this map of the 1981 Census ward boundaries and summation of pixels falling into each of the recognized land-cover types .
2 Last season the Nicholson yard turned out a record 100 winners … so is the pressure on to better that this time around
3 Is the light on , Bobby ?
4 Is the tape on .
5 Put 's the kettle on .
6 ‘ It 's just one of those things , so try to remember what it 's like next time there 's a panic on , eh ?
7 So , wham , there 's a fight on . ’
8 there 's a video on for you and then you say right it 's finished now
9 ‘ There 's a flap on .
10 There 's a recession on . ’
11 Surely not ; there 's a recession on .
12 There 's a play on by , it 's called Mr Director .
13 There 's a documentary on about some disease .
14 Well you just switch it it 's a switch on the top .
15 See , she 's got a single bed down there but we do n't let her sleep in it just she 's stopping in bed with us , cos no way am you know we might be sleeping here , petrol bomb might come through your window on a night when there 's a riot on .
16 With this guy , it 's a week on and a month off .
17 A week on it 's a week on
18 But now there 's a war on , and everybody 's frightened at the French …
19 It 's high time the Foreign Secretary realised there 's a war on . ’
20 By this time the bell would be ringing insistently , because the Met Waaf at Group who was collecting the observations would have her finger on it , and sometimes she would type out a terse little message or two , such as , ‘ Wake up , Bourn ! ’ or ‘ There 's a war on , you know ! ’
21 Do n't you know there 's a war on ! ’ and with that he slammed the door and everyone except for Willie , who was feeling somewhat stunned , erupted into gales of laughter .
22 ‘ Mebbe now there 's a war on , ’ said Ginnie , gently touching her sister 's arm , ‘ it 'll be different for girls . ’
23 There 's a war on , or has n't anybody told you ?
24 He once said he was ‘ looking forward to the day I can go fishing without someone sitting in the back of the boat saying do n't I know there 's a war on ’ .
25 Look , there 's a war on , every body 's changing .
26 ‘ There 's a war on .
27 ‘ There 's a war on , General . ’
28 In any case , he warned me , it 's what a rich man calls an asset and , he added for good measure , never invest in something new , especially when there 's a war on .
29 There 's a crisis on at the studio .
30 As I told you , there 's a crisis on at the studio .
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