Example sentences of "[is] [adj] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To emphasize the " poetic " style of the passage , let us also observe that the schematic patterning is extensive on the phonological as well as on the syntactic level , for example in the alliterations and assonances of " feet … follow " , " hands … hold " , " alphabet … arch … aisle " , " lift … fall " . |
| 2 | On a lease purchase contract , this clause does not exist and if you regularly fail to pay properly , the Leasing Company will arrive , fly your plane away and auction it — and then collect from you the difference between what is outstanding on the lease and the amount realised at sale . |
| 3 | Our structural reality is pre-selected on the basis of value and really to understand structured reality requires an understanding of the value source from which it is derived . |
| 4 | Yes she 's yes she 's asleep on the sofa now , I 'm looking at her and her paws are very large . |
| 5 | They will then be considered by the Restrictive Practices Court to decide if they are fair and reasonable , unless the Office of Fair Trading recommends that reference to the court is unnecessary on the basis that the terms are reasonable . |
| 6 | We might mention , in particular , a rather striking point which somehow seems to have escaped notice and comment ; it too is understandable on the account of postnominal adjectives advanced here . |
| 7 | The wind is strong on the Yorkshire moors . |
| 8 | Paulos is admirable on the nature of coincidence — the inevitability of improbable events — on the logic of gambling in its various forms from coin-tossing to the Stock Exchange ; the Gambler 's Fallacy ( the belief that when a coin has landed heads several times over , there is an increased probability that tails will turn up on the next throw ) ; Pascal 's wager ; Condorcet 's paradox ; the prisoner 's dilemma . |
| 9 | There is also a tiny eleventh-century chapel on the far bank of the Neste de Louron , the river that enters Arreau from the east and flows parallel with the main street ; this chapel is admirable on the outside only , with a nice octagonal tower and a battered Romanesque portal . |
| 10 | Dairy Crest is due on the stockmarket in 1994 , and MMB will be abolished . |
| 11 | VAT on a self-supply is due on the cost of the land and standard rates construction costs . |
| 12 | If the Greeks do not get their debt under control — and that , be it repeated , means getting a 7%-of-GDP surplus on the ordinary part of their budget , so as to have enough money left over to pay what is due on the debt — they will one day find they can not sell the bonds that keep the debt going . |
| 13 | Her third novel , Another Sort of is due on the shelves by September and she has plenty more ideas in the offing . |
| 14 | If , after all these deductions , your net gains during the full financial year total more than £5,800 , capital gains tax is due on the surplus at the same rate as your income tax payments . |
| 15 | you could , the , the next payment is due on the fifteenth . |
| 16 | Listing : Red , brown , yellow or blue ( fall is normal on the last item ) |
| 17 | Secondly , Collins ' argument is deficient on the level of empirical evidence . |
| 18 | That 's ha'penny on the rates . |
| 19 | The animal is asleep on the turd-laden concrete , his chin resting in a pool of saliva , black-brown lips splayed on either side . |
| 20 | The initial pattern of four patches , symmetrically placed about the equator near 65°N , S ; 120°E , W , is seen in the present geomagnetic field and is stable on the historical timescale ; it has been proposed as a reflection of the underlying convective pattern . |
| 21 | I 'm knitting I 'm knitting , I 'm doing a matinee coat for this child in Australia who 's due on the twenty second |
| 22 | Alright , she 'll be expecting she reckons she 's due on the twenty third of March , but the hospital say it 's , it 's the twenty ninth , so it 'll be next week , I 'll have to give a ring , we went to see her the other week , to see how she was , erm we went round er one night , I rung her up to see if she 'd be in , I said right we 'll be round for an hour |
| 23 | I pay it at the end of the previous month so it 's due on the twenty eighth , twenty ninth |
| 24 | Political consciousness is low on the Meadowell Estate . |
| 25 | It 's not a particularly quick job but the results are very worthwhile , especially if you do a lot of flying when the sun is low on the horizon . |
| 26 | But none of this is possible on the dole ; even going to the park carries the risk of unexpected expenditures — ice creams and bus fares back . |
| 27 | Emergency Admission ( section 4 ) for up to seventy-two hours is possible on the application of the nearest relative or an approved social worker who must have seen the patient personally within the previous twenty-four hours , but it requires only one medical recommendation . |
| 28 | Gerhard Richter , to complement the Tate Gallery 's retrospective on the artist , the Institut will show a selection of work which includes watercolours , photographs and some early ‘ photo paintings ’ ( until 8 Feb ) . |
| 29 | For example , if and so that then I is unbounded on the boundary between regions III and IV . |
| 30 | It is understandable : the child considers himself safe in the residential street and is inattentive on the way to school . |