Example sentences of "[noun prp] be on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I do n't like to seem stuffy friend , but if Bonanza and Mahoney were on the outs I would know it . |
2 | As Ward has signed Lance Key on loan from Sheffield Wednesday until the end of the season , Marples is on the sidelines and will play again only if first choice Dean Kiely is injured , Key being unavailable for Fourth Division fixtures as he was signed after the transfer deadline . |
3 | The loss of reserve scrum-half Robert Davies to Aberavon is on the cards . |
4 | A repeat of the Stormseal UK final between Davis and Stephen Hendry is on the cards . |
5 | A repeat of the Stormseal UK final between Davis and Stephen Hendry is on the cards . |
6 | Perhaps a quick trip back to Aspen was on the cards , after all . |
7 | But the most important result for Edwards was on the terraces where 5,769 fans braved the damp , dismal weather and paid around £15,000 . |
8 | Bertha Johnson was on the committees that organized a series of lectures for ladies from 1874 , set up the more ambitious Association for Promoting the Higher Education of Women in Oxford ( AEW ) in 1878 , and founded the Anglican hostel , Lady Margaret Hall , which opened , together with the undenominational Somerville Hall , in 1879 . |
9 | The Power 's played for Caroline and Co while the McConnells were on the Frazers Select team . |
10 | Well , Birmingham 's on the cards cos Steve , Stevey-boy works there does n't he ? |
11 | Now , it would appear from this article , that this ideal is shattered and a two-tiered Europe is on the cards . |
12 | Thorn-EMI was on the skids again , down 14p at 778p , following news of a new Chrysalis music venture headed by former Virgin man Steve Lewis . |
13 | A WIN on the Daily Mirror 's sparkling Diamond Bingo means a trip to Euro Disney is on the cards for David Hughes 's eight grandchildren . |
14 | It is a contender : a colleague of Ackroyd 's on The Times announced that it was a ‘ sure contender ’ for the Booker Prize of 1987 ( which it did n't receive ) . |
15 | Two sales of historic British pictures took place at Sotheby 's and at Christie 's on the mornings of Tuesday 6 April and Wednesday 7 April respectively . |
16 | Snow is on the peaks and blocks some passes . |
17 | By that time Dinah was on the boards again , this time without fear of a shortened run . |
18 | And then Pip , my boy , you told me Compeyson was on the marshes too . |
19 | If it has proved impossible to find positive evidence in favour of Mecdi 's claim , one can , perhaps , question what appears to be Taskopruzade 's on the grounds that no source for the life of Hizir Bey records that he ever taught at the Darulhadis , and , indeed , only . |