Example sentences of "[noun sg] it is [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The central character , Fonda 's part , is a writer of television commercials who can not stand the pressure of the effect it is having on his wife Sally ( played by Susan Strasberg ) and their marriage . |
| 2 | Our language can never be entirely value free but when you speak or write you need to think carefully of the effect it is having on others . |
| 3 | No notice is taken of the effect it is having on the recipient . |
| 4 | Here , in the gymnasia and exercise studios , they are now worrying not so much about the effects of heavy-duty exercise on their bodily contours , but with the havoc it is wreaking on their faces . |
| 5 | The regrading of every qualified nurse in post has of course proved to be a colossal and traumatic exercise for both management ( acting under Department of Health directives ) and the nursing unions whose job it is to mediate on behalf of members . |
| 6 | What period it is depends on its ‘ accounting reference period ’ as determined in accordance with section 223 , which in turn depends on its ‘ accounting reference date ’ as determined in accordance with sections 224 and 225 . |
| 7 | These are as follows : ( 1 ) Once a Court Scheme has been approved by the requisite majority of members and sanctioned by the court it is binding on all the members ( or the particular class of them ) and the company . |
| 8 | AGE Logic Inc 's Xoftware , is to support DEC Pathworks TCP/IP version 1.1 : running on Microsft Windows and MS-DOS it is implemented on Santa Cruz Operation 's Open Desktop and SunSoft 's Interactive Unix . |
| 9 | The new Air Quality Management Plan is the most comprehensive of its kind : not perhaps in its approach to tree conservation — the paper it is written on stacks three feet high — but in its determination to force producers and consumers to stop passing on their muck by law . |
| 10 | In this case it is based on the Parachute Regiment 's 2nd Battalion ( 2 PARA ) , supported by light armoured vehicles of the Life Guards , gunners from 7 Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery ( 7 PARA RHA ) , engineers from ? |
| 11 | The environmental panic is heaven for the high priests of advertising whose function it is to capitalize on fears and desires . |
| 12 | The government should be able to get quite a lot of the new indirect tax money it is counting on . |
| 13 | To save money the government has now cut by one-third the money it is spending on the resettlement area . |
| 14 | Intended for middle managers with at least two years ' relevant experience it is based on distance learning course and assessment materials which can be integrated with the individual 's work-place activities , thereby minimising career disruptions and maximising the benefits to employee and employer alike . |
| 15 | But Lieutenant General Sir Michael Gray blasted the book it is based on as ‘ grossly innacurate ’ . |
| 16 | We are not giving them special instructions to sell into schools , and in the main it is run on a party plan approach . ’ |
| 17 | The sailor 's personal log might not only record what has happened on the journey so far , it might also speculate about what the crew should do with the merman they 've caught in their nets ; it might contain thoughts about food and the way it is stored on board ship ; it might suggest new ways of storing food . |
| 18 | The European Convention on Human Rights has not been made part of our law by statute , so it does not in itself create rights enforceable in our courts ; but having been ratified by this country it is binding on us as a matter of international law . |
| 19 | The shortness of the period of time it is left on the road is immaterial ( Holliday v Henry [ 1974 ] RTR 101 ) . |