Example sentences of "[is] [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The post-mortem report is in on the Needham business ! ’ |
| 2 | It is down on the 22.6 per cent the Liberal-SDP Alliance secured in the 1987 election . |
| 3 | Last year 3,284 were killed or seriously injured , which is down on the figure of 4,302 in 1981 , but a long way from the Department of Transport 's aim of cutting it to below 3,000 . |
| 4 | 1After the first few days , when I come into the room , Birdie is down on the floor of the cage , running back and forth , looking out over the barrier that holds in the gravel . |
| 5 | Some of it , notably the spa buildings and the generous park that goes with them , is down on the floor of the valley , the rest of it up on a terrace to the west , so that from the little square in the middle of the upper town you get quite large views of the mountains . |
| 6 | I mean yeah somebody just retired , cos is down on the now , that 's where is . |
| 7 | We 're not worried , we 're not actually keeping you to anything that 's down on the gift voucher . |
| 8 | See there 's down on the ground now cos somebody called Mr bought it now , I think . |
| 9 | Yeah even though she 's down on the bottom she 's bound to of come second |
| 10 | It 's over on the bookcase . ’ |
| 11 | He is off on a stravaig past Atholl , looking for cheap horses . |
| 12 | HELEN THOMAS IS OFF ON A GLObetrot next year — she has been selected to take part in an Operation Raleigh exercise and Guinness has agreed to contribute towards her expenses . |
| 13 | Dr Apps is off on an expedition of a lifetime to the Arctic Circle next month and three chocolate bars are part of his daily diet . |
| 14 | ‘ Elsie 's off on a coach trip , ’ Ma said , ‘ just booked up , she says . |
| 15 | ‘ I mean , I 'm very pleased she 's off on a holiday with her friend , but I was looking forward to spending some time with her … ’ |
| 16 | She 's off on a cruise at the moment . ’ |
| 17 | Then you get so drunk that he steals your cab and he 's off on the loose once more . ’ |
| 18 | And when she 's off on the piste she 'll doubtless miss the Press lads following her around calling her an idle good-for-nothing . |
| 19 | Now if you want to see something that 's up on a shelf at the side , ask one of the helpers wearing a red jersey and they 'll take it down for you and show it to you . |
| 20 | ‘ Look , Mum — it 's up on the screen . ’ |
| 21 | It 's up on the poster here as well . |
| 22 | His cottage is up on the mountain and he 'll be grazing up there … ’ |
| 23 | Once the application is up on the HP Apollo 9000 Series 700 workstation family , Hewlett-Packard promises to provide marketing and sales programmes , such as promotions , through its direct sales force , resellers and distributors . |
| 24 | When he went home to his parents ' house in Ealing or to the Barbican , his grandmother drove him the mile and a half to Rickmansworth station , which is up on the northern end of the Metropolitan Line . |
| 25 | Juice is up on the top there . |
| 26 | IVAN Boesky is back on the streets of New York City . |
| 27 | Time now to put out the stuff from the back of the shelves , holding back the normal fare until everyone is back on the treadmill again . |
| 28 | His son Michael has in recent years become the more famous actor , but with the re-release of Spartacus , Kirk Douglas , now 74 , is back on the big screen again . |
| 29 | Two weeks after the premature birth of her fourth child , Eleanor Adams-Robinson , Britain 's finest female , ultra-runner , is back on the road and expects to be competing at the European 100K Championships in Holland in September . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , Chris Kelly , now 44 , is back on the Cup trail as manager of Diadora League Kingstonian , who take on First Division Peterborough . |