Example sentences of "[pron] is on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because you went in our bedroom and nicked my torch , my torch which is on that table . |
| 2 | I grabbed hold of the gravimetric to turn it round to look for the the switch which is on other side . |
| 3 | Comments will be considered at the next meeting which is on 10 December . |
| 4 | If you are really serious about cooking you can order ‘ Freds Recipes for Edna 's Cookbook ’ which is on 4 discs Order Code : 8220 which includes 3,500 different recipes for you to browse and use from Breakfast and Sandwiches to Meats , Poultry , Seafood , Pasta , Gravy 's , Vegetables , Beverages , Cakes and many others . |
| 5 | If the algorithm can detect a short path to a goal , and always choose the N from OPEN which is on this path , then it will be efficient . |
| 6 | On entering the courtyard of the Pátio , one may be reminded of New Orleans by the verandah , supported on wrought-iron columns and with ornate roof valences , which is on three sides of the courtyard above the open-air café . |
| 7 | Flavia thought , She 's lost face because it has come out that she is on Christian-name terms after all with Therese . |
| 8 | ‘ They say she is on borrowed time , ’ someone else said . |
| 9 | She is on excellent terms with all the regular guests , and looks after them in a way which is almost maternal . |
| 10 | The other outstanding performance is by Nicky Henson , who is on first-rate form as the actor who finds himself having to impersonate Alfred in Alfred 's presence . |
| 11 | the vehicle in question , a 924 Porsche , is owned by an assassin with the rank of major ( in an army he wo n't tell us about ) , who is on first name terms with Bill Gates of Microsoft . |
| 12 | A novelist like Fielding , who is on familiar terms with the other nation ( he married his deceased wife 's maid and friend , Mary Daniel ) , may sometimes take his gentlemen into such rooms , but not for moral reasons : Molly Seagrim 's narrow garret , shaped like the great delta of the Greeks , is a setting for sexual comedy , not social concern . |
| 13 | Negroponte , who is on two year 's leave of absence from MIT decided to stay on to the end of the present academic year . |
| 14 | Up at the Ponderosa one of the more colourful local characters is Nial the Blackneed , a 10th century King of Ireland , who is on nearby Slachtneill Carn . |
| 15 | Also the cohabitation ruling makes it difficult for a woman who is on supplementary benefit to have a relationship with a man without becoming financially dependent upon him , since her benefit will be stopped if they are deemed to be cohabiting . |
| 16 | Chairman , erm , I think that erm , Councillor who is on this Committee is quite interesting in , and interested in this Bridgenorth initiative , and I think that he does , as are representatives of the transitional advisory . |
| 17 | Titled ‘ U2 — The Unforgettable Demos ’ , Volume One is on blue vinyl and contains ‘ Into The Light ’ , ‘ Another Time Another Place ’ , ‘ The Dream Is Over ’ and ‘ Shadows And Tall Trees ’ , while Volume Two is on orange vinyl and features ‘ Out Of The Living World ’ , ‘ A Day Without Me ’ , ‘ Silent Planet ’ and ‘ Dream Vision ’ . |
| 18 | There are something like 50,000 individual genes providing the genetic blueprint for each individual , and our task is really to find out where each one is on human chromosomes and to isolate them and to characterise them . |
| 19 | However , there is on other occasions a remarkable similarity of techniques , of clothes and of weapons . |
| 20 | In addition there is on each side a characteristic sclerite ( 6 ) the gonangulum which is derived from the anterior part of the coxite of the 9th abdominal segment and articulates primitively with this coxite , the 9th abdominal tergum and the gonapophysis of the 8th segment . |
| 21 | New work by her is on this month at Germans van Eck , running until the 23rd . |
| 22 | Often it is on caring friends and neighbours that the responsibility of looking after such people falls . |
| 23 | Edwards noted in 1977 that ‘ reorganisation in Scotland , based as it is on small authorities , is unlikely to do much to stimulate development ’ . |
| 24 | However , it is on marital breakdown that the crucial implications of this situation are particularly illuminated . |
| 25 | Of the latter , the Cirl Bunting does not appear to have taken advantage of the increasing scrub , possibly because much of it is on north-facing slopes , and it has now declined in numbers . |
| 26 | It is on one level a time of transition between one set of viewpoints , and the gradual emergence of another , if you like , the conscious pantisocracy and the unconscious ‘ shapes and thoughts ’ , but it is a moment at which the two not only meet , as the river Alph becomes a fountain , but merge and seem not only to contradict but support one another . |
| 27 | Because it is on that occasion that you will already have , and will on your final visit , have made up your mind as to the nature of the northern part of the village of Skelton , the nature of the land immediately surrounding it , whether it be a paddock , or a small field , whether it be more associated in the minds of some with the open country , or in the minds of others with the village . |
| 28 | Even a cursory glance at the operating economy of the early eighteenth century suggests that the supply and efficiency of transport services were the most widespread and basic limitations on its growth , for it is on that sector that both the supply of raw materials and the size of the market depend . |
| 29 | I ca n't remember what I ca n't remember what they charge , it is on that bill what they charge for a Saturday . |
| 30 | It is on that bill and I think it 's something like thirty pounds . |