Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [v-ing] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Country Landowners ' Association is calling on local planning authorities to help farmers understand new planning controls on farm and forestry buildings . |
| 2 | Saltburn Residents ' Association is pressing on alone to take part in Britain in Bloom . |
| 3 | A great deal is riding on those words and what they produce . |
| 4 | Chairmen of other Institute technical committees may also attend to get an early impression of the way the wind is blowing on contentious issues . |
| 5 | He was familiar with Pound 's writing on Japanese drama , and had been impressed by the first performance of At the Hawk 's Well when he had seen a well-known Japanese dancer take the role of the hawk . |
| 6 | Here are some guidelines , derived from the New Testament 's teaching on these matters ( cf. |
| 7 | The research is concentrating on middle managers ( or , to use the more wide-ranging French term , cadres ) and it is drawing on a range of case study methods . |
| 8 | Do you realise the entire police force is working on this ? |
| 9 | The light 's flashing on this screen you know , |
| 10 | But other schemes are less contentious : partly because the extra money gained from child benefits and other payments which favour lone parents is less than the extra money lone parents gain when the whole household is living on supplementary benefit ; and partly because the public tolerates laxer or more generous administration in other schemes than it is prepared to tolerate when it comes to means-tested benefits for the poor . |
| 11 | The right hon. Lady is skating on thin ice . |
| 12 | But wherever they end up , there 's a good chance they 'll be moved on again in the next few weeks — 28 groups have been moved on in the last 18 months and the County Council is moving on another group from Kirtlington , north of Oxford tomorrow . |
| 13 | The work started last week and until its finished the transmitter is operating on reduced power , which for some viewers means a poor picture on all ITV and BBC . |
| 14 | The latter is a book in which the author is firing on all cylinders . |
| 15 | A long queue of customers greeted the shop 's opening on 4 May 1970 . |
| 16 | However , the complications created by roots are not so acute when the tree is standing on level land . |
| 17 | I am not entirely out of sympathy with what the right hon. Gentleman is saying on this , but I would remind him that we have seen disturbances recently at the prison at Full Sutton , near York , which is not even full ; there are still empty cells . |
| 18 | The Graduate : Teesside Polytechnic is calling on all past students to get in touch with Alumni Officer Clare Tanner so they can receive a copy of its new magazine , The Graduate . |
| 19 | Dover Castle will be the starting point for the first day 's racing on 6 July over a 125-mile course through Folkestone , Canterbury , Ashford and Tunbridge Wells to Brighton . |
| 20 | And even if someone from another age is standing on this spot , a ghostly paintbrush in her hand , her eyes would n't see what I see . |
| 21 | Presently , Natural is partially compliant with X/Open Group Co Ltd 's XA transaction processing interface , but the firm is working on that standard now . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , gravity 's pulling on them-slowing them down . |
| 23 | The introduction to the heads will specify that the clause is binding on both parties and is not subject to contract . |
| 24 | The Government 's thinking on this issue is confused . |
| 25 | However , for 14 years this government 's thinking on fiscal policy has concentrated on short-term remedies . |
| 26 | Town & Country Building Society is putting on 1.25 per cent to bring its mortgage rate to 14.75 per cent . |
| 27 | Reductionism is retreating on all fronts , cosmological , evolutionary , and neuroscientific . |
| 28 | THE Government is living on borrowed time , Liberal-Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown warned . |
| 29 | With regard to any regulations on fire precautions erm department well the government is sitting on those , it 's unlikely they will be out much before January of next year . |
| 30 | Be bloody careful cos you do n't know what the hell 's going on this bloody , this bloody wheel 's still going round , Doug . |