Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [noun] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their styles — apart from those of the British West Indies — are generally variations on Renaissance themes , Italianate , Spanish , Second Empire , reflecting national aspirations and the pomposity of civic and national pride of many regimes . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's like saying an all-woman band are just vaginas on stage . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's like saying an all-woman band are just vaginas on stage . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps they 're only people on holiday . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ There are always pressures on kids my age to diet and I am no different from the rest . |
| 6 | The Edinburgh library staff would like to remind users that there are still books on loan under the old manual system . |
| 7 | There are also machines on sale for measuring blood pressure , to be used at home . |
| 8 | There are also sections on entertainment , events and ideas for themed short breaks . |
| 9 | Aid agencies are warning of a severe shortage of food in Central Bosnia and with Winter approaching , an estimated one and a half million people there are now dependant on aid . |
| 10 | After hearing his name on the radio , he had thought it must be just bravado on Paul Lexington 's part , the young producer falling into cliche , insisting that the show must go on when all logic showed it was impossible . |
| 11 | The company said end of year financial results — which recorded its first profitable quarter , thought to be around $1m on revenues of $45m — will give it the opportunity to concentrate on software . |
| 12 | People who were just names on laws ( Max Planck , Louis de Broglie , Werner Heisenberg , Paul Dirac … ) come alive in these pages as the reader discovers how each learned his trade and how the different characters interacted with one another . |
| 13 | Pallister were always jumpin on Lee 's back if you remember , at least Lesley were better lookin' . |
| 14 | Meanwhile there were also reports on March 12 that unrest had broken out in the Shia districts of Baghdad ( Saddam City and Shuala ) and that curfews had been imposed . |
| 15 | There were also reports on Jan. 26 and 30 of anti-US demonstrations in the mainly Kurdish towns of Mersin and Batman . |
| 16 | In the new spirit of partnership , there were also benefits on offer from contractors . |
| 17 | It was not a case of being almost heaven on skis at Argentiere but reborn . |
| 18 | it is in those sectors of the housing market where government has taken most control and which provide cheap accommodation , that there is most restriction on entry for migrants . |
| 19 | ‘ To my way of thinking , ’ said an officer of wide experience , ‘ this is just paper — it 's only figures on paper , this is — to prevent the general public being able to prosecute the authority if a sewage works has the odd bad sample . ’ |
| 20 | It is just Paradise on earth . ’ |
| 21 | For those who happen to have a problem plant at home , or need some technical tips , there 's always advice on hand , plus a clinic on Saturday mornings . |
| 22 | There is also work on photorefraction — investigating the properties of certain fibre and structures — and spectroscopy , to help understand better the properties of doped silicate materials and substances like fluorides that are of major interest to developers of solid-state lasers . |
| 23 | There 's also information on sale items , transport and safety products available for hire . |
| 24 | and there 's also soccer on sunday … |
| 25 | Their mother had hated the very thought of anything that could lessen the love between her and Dana , and she had taught her that the bond between them was only imagination on Claudia 's part . |
| 26 | There was also agreement on airdrops of food for refugees returning from Ethiopia in the Bakok area . |