Example sentences of "[be] [adv] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think with regard to er I mean the , the general rule of things with regard to educational er issues and time off for them , erm they tend to be let's say reasonable er about it er but that 's been literally on educational issues . |
| 2 | Thames Valley police caught one hundred and fifty four … that s down on last years one hundred and ninety nine . |
| 3 | IF charities are concerned because sales of their Christmas cards are down on previous years , they have only themselves to blame . |
| 4 | In that situation , the officer and the suspect are not on equal terms . |
| 5 | ‘ They are not on quick visits to world hotspots . |
| 6 | you 're not on any pills and tablets are you ? |
| 7 | We 're not on those terms . |
| 8 | so , and , and you will see that 's , that er I do n't know whether some are all the same , but erm there are different , yeah , you know , erm in other words what I 'm saying is they 're not on both channels . |
| 9 | We 're we 're waiting inn here we we 're still on three months so we 're alright . |
| 10 | ‘ They 're still on out-of-season rates . ’ |
| 11 | And for the disabled , for a short while , you 're back on equal terms with life . |
| 12 | But erm it 's quite hard if you 've been up a lot at night and then you have to go and do the whole of the next day of work , but fortunately our rotas are n't too bad so we 're never on two nights in a row compared with the hospital which was quite a lot harder work . |
| 13 | But we are always on dangerous grounds if we accept this as anything other than a last resort in the absence of really adequate evidence of evolving fossil lineages . |
| 14 | Air-vents are usually on outside walls . ’ |
| 15 | When a standard is double budded , these are usually on opposite sides , one an inch ( 2.5cm ) or so above the other . |
| 16 | Expatriates are usually on short contracts and expect to achieve a lot quickly . |
| 17 | And cabaret and pop are hardly on different planets . ’ |
| 18 | The officers , based at Peterborough , are still on normal duties . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , a minimum wage in Britain at present would create more unemployment among the young and among women , who are both on low wages . |
| 20 | They are both on low incomes and find it very hard to cope with all the additional expenses of Gail 's illness . |
| 21 | Wycombe and Colchester are both on 75 points . |
| 22 | They are mainly on academic-related grades but their job specifications are entirely library administration . |
| 23 | They are often on different computers , with different capabilities , manufacturers , software and so on . |
| 24 | ‘ But my sessions gradually increased and my double-session intensified systematically until my weekends have also become involved and I am now on seven days a week . ’ |
| 25 | Both women are now on other duties . |
| 26 | The contrast with its neighbour , Sheffield , is stark : similar cities ten years ago , they are now on different planets . |
| 27 | He looked embarrassed , thinking , why do I have to be in on these crises ? |
| 28 | The Duke of York is thought to be away on naval duties and the Duchess of York , believed not to have been invited , was in Birkenhead touring flats for young people with learning difficulties . |
| 29 | One leading retail analyst said : ‘ The reductions will be mainly on own-label goods . ’ |
| 30 | Almost all of us will never be back on another Lions ’ tour of New Zealand and if we manage a series win it would be an awesome achievement . |