Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discussions are taking place on a number of other issues , for example , to ensure that these themes are co-ordinated and promoted more strongly , and to investigate the funding of short- term feasibility studies involving applicants from both IT and engineering departments . |
| 2 | Recent reports have suggested some local authorities are putting pressure on the government to settle early and avoid huge payouts ; they 're said to be concerned that if the case is drawn out , more haemophiliacs will die , and in the event of the ruling going against the government , relatives will be eligible for compensation . |
| 3 | The peaks are arranging things on the phone without help ; having your first conversation with a taxi driver ; getting the point of a newspaper story without looking in the dictionary ; realising how bad the dubbing on an English language film is ; catching the mood of a Chekov story ; best of all , making friends with people who do not speak English . |
| 4 | JOB hunters are telling lies on their CVs , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 5 | The letter from Calderdale says : ’ Negotiations with the Department are taking place on an increase in funding but have proved difficult to achieve so far . |
| 6 | The Swedish diplomat 's wife had to visit American tourist places instead of English ones so I had her saying : ‘ We are going to ze Rockingfellow Centre and ve are seeing Saks on 5th Avenue . ’ |
| 7 | If this failed , words were assigned weights on an inverse term frequency basis ( uncommon words are worth more than common words ) , and the system would look for records containing just some of the words of the search . |
| 8 | His voice was no more than a faint whisper now but it was as if his words were spraying vitriol on her face , because she tossed her head from side to side as if throwing off the spray . |
| 9 | The rest were to be handed over in 1989 and 1990 with Mr Gillespie being paid £318,750 on each occasion . |
| 10 | It seems most likely that the breeding stock is becoming resident on its breeding waters . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , the BBC SSO is holding fire on balloting its members until it receives more information about the merger to create a National Orchestra of Scotland , which would double as the orchestra for both the BBC and SO . |
| 12 | The club is chasing trophies on three fronts and today 's FA Cup tie gives them a chance of a quarter-final place and another money-spinning match against a big club . |
| 13 | Faced with an airline industry desperate for cash , America 's transport department is to relax restrictions on foreign investment in American airlines . |
| 14 | London Underground is spending £100,000 on research to find out why so many of us like to toss ourselves on the rails . |
| 15 | The intention is to assemble data on rural social and economic change in the industrialising north which will complement the work now completed by this author on the more strictly agricultural counties in the south of England and Wales , making clearer the very different social and economic developments in the north and south between 1660 and 1870 . |
| 16 | The usual way of bolstering the value of the pound is to increase interest on the international scene : But this action invariably effects small business adversely : This makes their survival more difficult , because of increased costs and pressure from suppliers who want their bills for supplies paid quicker to minimise their own costs . |
| 17 | Mr Houghton 's ambition is to raise return on equity to 17–20% within five years , a performance that would put Corning into the top 25% of Fortune 500 companies . |
| 18 | In searching for an alternative , OFWAT is canvassing opinion on three different methods : water metering , a flat-rate licence fee , and banding or stepped charges depending on the type of home in which you live . |
| 19 | In particular in recent years , the Government 's response to large numbers of people fleeing from state oppression is to impose visas on nationals of that country . |
| 20 | Feminism , like every extremism and special interest , flourishes in a climate of electioneering , and Labour is gaining ground on the ideological battlefield . |
| 21 | Significantly , the text of the Law of Succession was made public on 31 March , the eve of " Victory Day " , the anniversary of the end of the Civil War . |
| 22 | The charge that the USA was abusing , rather than simply using , its position , only had weight to the extent that the United States was putting pressure on central banks abroad not to convert more of their dollars into gold . |
| 23 | In the case of the MINSE project , where the intention was to record activities on a computer database , this also served to validate the codes given to each item before entering them into the computer . |
| 24 | The intention was to assist drivers on the front few rows , who can spend up to 90 seconds waiting for the rest of the grid to form . |
| 25 | And then the stern was lifting higher and higher ; the boat was turning broadside on and heeling right over — and Sam Gristy felt himself being catapulted into the sea . |
| 26 | ‘ If you 're going to enjoy Tivoli as it deserves to be enjoyed , I think for tonight at least we should call a truce , ’ he suggested , apparently unaware of her intense reaction to his touch , as they walked past the Pantominteatret , where a performance of the traditional Italian pantomime was taking place on the open-air stage . |
| 27 | SATURDAY 'S first pantomime was entitled Nightmare On The Northern Line and came courtesy of London Transport . |
| 28 | Brushing aside the major political problem of French colonialism , ( 'there was no reason to discuss the question further' ) the real problem for de Lattre was guaranteeing priorities on the delivery of equipment . |
| 29 | Brennan and Carlin were granted bail on condition that they keep away from witnesses and Nolan was granted unconditional bail . |
| 30 | But even if judges were to exercise leniency on these infrequent occasions , it is surely far-fetched to consider that this could lead to all rape cases being treated less seriously . |