Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The peat and silt are rich soils on which farmers obtain high yields without using as much expensive artificial fertiliser as elsewhere . |
| 2 | When allegations that Schnur had worked for the Stasi for at least 20 years were first made on March 9 his denials were supported up by the West German government which said that he had on the contrary been passing information on political repression in East Germany to them . |
| 3 | Also in the neighbourhood are recent works on paper by the second generation Abstract Expressionist Glenn Goldberg — at Penine-Hart , all this month . |
| 4 | Left Centre : Cadbury 's had several canalside depots ; milk and chocolate crumb were regular cargoes on the Shropshire Union Canal . |
| 5 | The result is excessive reliance on rumour and continuous speculation which is not only time-consuming but is also highly deleterious in morale terms . |
| 6 | The alleged advantage of incorporation is that tax on profits retained within the business can be paid at Corporation Tax rates , 25% in the case of the Small Companies Rate or 33% main rate , rather than Income Tax at the individual 's marginal rate , currently 25% or 40% . |
| 7 | THE furnace which powered the last bastion of North Wales 's once-mighty steel industry was last night on its way to China . |
| 8 | At stake were nine seats on each of the 32 boards which govern the city 's 800 elementary and junior high schools . |
| 9 | At stake were 1,671 seats on metropolitan France 's 22 conseils régionaux ( regional councils ) and 158 seats on the four overseas conseils régionaux . |
| 10 | So the domestic political and economic cost of go-it-alone adventurism is one constraint on America 's freedom of action overseas . |
| 11 | Now , using Carbonflo , consumption is 24 mpg on unleaded and is improving Another very real benefit is the greater power — a fact , not just opinion . |
| 12 | ‘ Development ’ is also defined as meaning ‘ physical , intellectual , emotional , social or behavioural development ’ and , where the question whether harm suffered by a child is significant turns on the child 's health or development , his health or development shall be compared with that which could reasonably be expected from a similar child . |
| 13 | According to s31(10) where the question of whether harm suffered by a child is significant turns on his health or development , this must be compared with the standard of health or development which could reasonably be expected of a similar child ( s31(10) ) . |
| 14 | The burden of proof regarding the purpose the vehicle was used lies on the defence — section 33 Vehicles ( Excise ) Act 1971 . |
| 15 | Webster 's try midway through the first half was well-taken coming on the end of an astounding burst by prop Huw Williams-Jones . |
| 16 | The town is now part of the amorphous , dehumanised , characterless conurbation of Milton Keynes , where the roads in the green fields connecting the various centres of population are mere numbers on a grid . |
| 17 | Peaty gleys and peat are codominant soils on this land , with peaty rankers occupying rock knolls where glacial erosion has removed all drifts . |
| 18 | The only other white markings on the upper body are two spots on the back of the ears . |
| 19 | Among the solutions proposed at the conference were increased emphasis on sustainable logging and the production of finished wood products , a halt to exports of raw logs , retraining loggers and employing them on repairing damaged forests and rivers . |
| 20 | Among the issues discussed at the meeting were nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula , the creation of a collective regional security forum , and opportunities for confidence-building measures . |
| 21 | The second difference is that turnover on the management and supervisory boards was high : AEG had eight departures and 11 new arrivals on its management board in 1980–89 ; Bayer 11 departures and seven arrivals ; MAN two departures and seven arrivals . |
| 22 | The aim is that entertainment on pay-TV will pay for the more innovative plans , including two way transactions down the cables , that lie at the heart of the cabling idea . |
| 23 | ‘ I think Middlesbrough 's club record is seven wins on the trot . |
| 24 | News of the coup was first broadcast on Army Television Channel 5 when Gen. Sunthorn announced that a National Peace-Keeping Council ( NPKC ) had taken control of the country in order to preserve the democratic system . |
| 25 | One immediate consequence was increased pressure on the Soviet Union to hasten the implementation of troop withdrawals from Eastern Europe , concerning which negotiations had begun in December 1989 [ see p. 37195 ] . |
| 26 | Many institutions in Further and Higher Education are developing policies on equal opportunities but most are facing difficulties in trying to put policy into practice . |
| 27 | The wipers began to wheeze as the snowflakes built up into hard wedges of ice , and some of the men in the back were stamping feet on the floor of the van trying to improve their circulation . |
| 28 | They consider themselves to have considerable expertise in operating trains , many of their crew being regular volunteers on the Railway and will dress in Victorian costume for these special events in an endeavour to recreate the period of the Vintage Train . |
| 29 | The surface is frozen snow on top of ice . |
| 30 | The highest number of trams ever operated on the system in one day was 224 cars on September 14th 1935 : this included 25 cars on hire from Lytham St. Annes . |