Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Universities and colleges are looking to expand their intakes , but are drawing on a shrinking population of 18-year-olds . |
| 2 | The fiscal argument is that welfare state benefits for the poor cost relatively less in the more affluent States , because they are drawing on a larger tax base ; the higher the average income in a State , the smaller the effort required to finance a programme at a given level of payments ( because presumably there will be both fewer recipients plus more rich people to tax than in States with low average incomes ) . |
| 3 | Through it , Palestinians are struggling on a daily basis to shake off Israel 's authority and to construct their own . |
| 4 | Pels-Leusden in Berlin , and Wolfgang Werner 's Berlin and Bremen galleries and Edwin Vömel in Düsseldorf are collaborating on a large-scale project designed as a tribute to a largely undiscovered sculptor , Hermann Blumenthal ( 1905–42 ) . |
| 5 | If we do our work well walkers wo n't realise that they are walking on a reconstructed path . |
| 6 | THE list of processes thought to occur abiotically at the Earth 's surface has been shrinking on a yearly basis . |
| 7 | Crêches can be expensive to run and it is possible that charges will be prohibitive , particularly if you are returning on a modest pay grade . |
| 8 | Sheriff Risk rejected suggestions that the Sikorsky should not have been landing on a restricted helideck . |
| 9 | However , unless you are climbing on a single 50 metre rope , it 's preferable to abseil direct down to the couloir rather than take the pendulum of the normal route . |
| 10 | If an item requires to be replaced we should ensure that we are replacing on a like for like basis and not giving the insured a superior item containing advanced features and additional facilities . |
| 11 | If you are writing on a complex topic a reader can easily become confused . |
| 12 | If they do , they are operating on an ignorant and irrational basis . |
| 13 | For example , if you are saving on a monthly basis , the interest rate should be a monthly rate and the term should be measured in months . |
| 14 | Or the link between inflation and unemployment may simply have been operating on a long lag , with the old , high NAIRU returning after several years to smack ministers in the face . |
| 15 | English wine growers have only been operating on a commercial basis for the past 20 years . |
| 16 | Failing this , a fit elderly neighbour may be willing to come , either voluntarily or for a small payment , which would be useful to them if they are living on a small pension . |
| 17 | Realistic — i.e. not ‘ spend all my holidays in Hawaii ’ when you 're living on a low income . |
| 18 | If you 're going on a long journey alone , plan your route in advance using main roads as far as possible . |
| 19 | You 're going on a sponsored slim |
| 20 | You have to have an epic car if you 're going on an epic journey . ’ |
| 21 | And not only that when you 're getting on a like like |
| 22 | On the public platform they forget the things they 're achieving on a local level while working with us . |
| 23 | erm So therefore , we 're embarking on a new area if you like , in so far as not just sponsorship , but erm willingness to participate in a friendly environment , and I would hope that we can be part of that . |
| 24 | And the other difficulty is that if you 're , if you 're talking on a controversial subject , and you give three minutes and they only want one minute , they might actually choose the one minute you do n't want actually used . |
| 25 | You 're standing on a high cliff , chopped off and adumbrated by the heaving green of the sea . |
| 26 | So I would think that we 're working on a five minute schedule . |
| 27 | that if you 're working on a floppy drive it 's still better to have your log drive as a hard drive . |
| 28 | There had obviously been a couple of heated arguments , probably to do with the artistic … you know , you get bored with something that you 've done before and you 're working on a new project , and I think he thought that having to wear a suit as opposed to his choice of stage gear can be very nerve-racking . |
| 29 | We 're working on a new production model for the whole factory — new stock control , new purchasing policy . |
| 30 | They 're working on a new show for the festive season , but it 's not the traditional pantomime . |