Example sentences of "[adv] be on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slim women — or those who have successfully been on a diet — often feel deeply disheartened by the fact that diet and exercise alone do not seem to improve these problem areas . |
| 2 | If guests have no credit cards they are usually asked to prepay for their stay at the hotel and all incidentals in bars and restaurants etc. are on a cash basis . |
| 3 | Rosenthal , who had only been on the field 15 minutes , made Barlow pay in full for his wastefulness yet Liverpool should not have had to wait so long to get their noses in front . |
| 4 | Payton who had only been on the field for six minutes put Celtic further ahead in the 66th minute when he accepted a left wing pass from Collins to shoot low into the net from six yards . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've only been on the Delos once before . |
| 6 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 7 | A council spokeswoman said the couple had only been on the waiting list for 11 years . |
| 8 | True , he had only been on the periphery , a bit-part player who could usefully be dragooned into secondary roles when a little muscle was required . |
| 9 | But she had only been on the mountain for two hours , three at the most . |
| 10 | Inspector , but anyhow , now when I went on the detective staff I 'd only been on the force just over three years |
| 11 | This lack of interest may only be on the part of one partner . |
| 12 | His confidence that God 's existence could be demonstrated from the natural world made him a favourite target for those who felt it could only be on the basis of God 's special revelation of Himself that faith could be justified . |
| 13 | If he is liable to the plaintiffs at all it can only be on the basis of professional negligence . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps we can cheer him up with the news that he 'll only be on the ward for a couple of days . |
| 15 | Otherwise , rejection may only be on the ground of infringement of ‘ sovereignty or security ’ ; neither a claim to exclusive jurisdiction by the state of destination over the subject-matter with which the document deals , nor the fact that no cause of action would exist under the law of that state is a proper ground for rejection . |
| 16 | The older , declining industries were nationalized , the Beveridge plans enacted , a National Health Service started and full employment maintained , the emphasis all being on the results of these policies , on their effects on people 's lives . |
| 17 | Changes over time also indicate that living alone is on the increase as a feature of old age : the General Household Survey ( OPCS , 1985 ) shows that in 1973 , 40 per cent of those aged 75 and over lived alone ; ten years later the figure was 47 per cent . |
| 18 | The first of two holidays they spent together was on a cruise ship , the SS Romantica which took them to the Greek Islands . |
| 19 | This , too , has been a frequent component of the instruction , though the emphasis has generally been on the retrieval of information from the stock , with the organization and communication of this information for effective learning left in the background . |
| 20 | By the age of 13 years 24pc have already been on a diet , which is hardly surprising as 38pc do not like the shape |
| 21 | I know has so several of you have already been on a training course so you 'll know the sort of er way in which we work and the way things happen . |
| 22 | His first job was to start his teams to plough : he had already been on the field the day before to mark out the stetches . |
| 23 | How much more able to make that judgement were those colleagues who had already been on the board for seven years or more ? ’ |
| 24 | That was not impossible , for there had been six months between the X-rays , in which case The tumour could have already been on the way down when it was spotted . |
| 25 | New methods will come , no doubt , with the fruition of that research which the Home Secretary has urged and supported ; but we can not even claim to be using existing methods , when 7,550 prisoners are sleeping tonight three in a cell , and when policies which , but for the war , would have been on the statute book in 1939 , and have already been on the statute book for half a generation , have hardly begun to be carried into effect for lack of premises . |
| 26 | Well Hannah 's only just been on a second ago . |
| 27 | Over lunch I overheard Bernadette say to Sarah who 'd just started with us then , Ricky 's a bit strange at the moment because he 's just been on a course , but he 'll be better next week . |
| 28 | Tosh and Les have just been on the phone to us up there have n't they ? |
| 29 | Jesus , Saint Peter and James and John had just been on the mountain top at the site of the transfiguration , a high point in the gospel story , and right on the heels of that they descended into the valley below and there was a crowd with Jesus ' others disciples . |
| 30 | She once reported to Robert Landgrebe , marketing manager , in a voice of genuine shock that she had just been on an aeroplane with three accountants ‘ and do you know , they tried to talk to me about design ’ . |