Example sentences of "[be] on [adj] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh they , they say it 's all controllable so that I 've , I 've answered , I have n't just let the Environmental Health wash over me I 've actually written back to them again , er I 'll be interested to see whether I get a letter back from them , but I phoned up the Council this morning and they 're rejecting on two grounds , one is to do with the highway and the sort of the traffic situation coming in there , although the , the authority , the Highway Department are n't objecting to it and the other one is erm , on local environmental issues I think you know that is , is unsuitably , unsuitable environmentally to the area well I can only say that I 'm grateful to the planning , to the planning offices for they 're going out on a limb if you like because I think they 're on thin ice erm and so long as the committee will , will back them up I mean I do n't know of what else I could of done as a person |
| 2 | We 're on Spinal Tap 's guest list ! ’ |
| 3 | No , they wo n't be on that type er ju , . |
| 4 | Of the former criteria , arts broadcaster Melvyn Bragg could be on this weekend 's list . |
| 5 | Carl Llewellyn had looked as secure as any pilot could be on National Hunt 's casualty-strewn road to success . |
| 6 | Erm , first of all I did promise to you that I 'd give you some idea of the sort of material would be on next week 's erm multiple guess questions , okay ? |
| 7 | Loco workings have now slumped to nearly zero and the only locos seen are on civil engineers ' trains . |
| 8 | on saving education , he said that I supposed to get the six teachers , he said I 'm gon na get rid of five he said and if I possible can I 'm going to make it four , that got ta remember those of you who are on protected salaries erm you again the pay and a half other members of staff and he said he wanted voluntary redundancies and early retirements where possible , you know , and also he had n't supposed to tell for a month so this will come out later in the year |
| 9 | Ulster 's pair Hilton Meneely and Andrew Dennison are on each other 's heels , with 857 and 854 points respectively , with German-based Meneely moving up seven places to No 344 . |
| 10 | Sandstone and sculpture are on next year 's agenda . |
| 11 | are on three months ' placement with , on a three months ' placement with the Authority until the middle of September as part of a six months ' training programme organised by the South African Advanced Educational Project . |
| 12 | Proprietor Vic Medley explains : ‘ The really good deals are on last year 's models left in stock , and that includes a few diesels . ’ |
| 13 | So the women said , they were on this morning 's programme . |
| 14 | Lizzy was n't at Joanie 's on New Year 's Eve , she was at that bloody rave ! |
| 15 | ‘ Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe is on Slender Billy 's staff , Johnny . ’ |
| 16 | Negroponte , who is on two year 's leave of absence from MIT decided to stay on to the end of the present academic year . |
| 17 | An and the next day of action as I said before is on tropical rainforests erm . |
| 18 | Try ‘ I 'm pleased that the office manning problem is on next week 's agenda — I 'm worried that it needs more urgent attention ’ or ‘ I love it that you 've asked me to go away — it 's bothering me that I 've got to do this report by Monday . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm pleased that the office manning problem is on next week 's agenda — I 'm worried that it needs more urgent attention . ’ |
| 20 | Pembroke Gate is on English Estates ' portion , Chatham Maritime , leaving the Gillingham Gate as the only access to the dock company 's undertaking . |
| 21 | At the time she was on six months ' leave from WWF International 's Swiss office , where she heads the conservation news service and edits WWF News . |
| 22 | This was not to say that organized and structured prayers for the dead had ceased , for the Roman Rite included plenary intercessions for the living and the dead at every mass ; the annual mass for the departed was on All Souls ' Day , a standard event in the Church 's calendar , set apart for the benefit of souls in purgatory . |
| 23 | Malerba was on last month 's Atlantis shuttle flight which failed to launch a satellite to produce electricity . |