Example sentences of "[det] [be] on the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 PAYOUTS of up to £1 million each are on the way for survivors of the M1 air crash .
2 Many of the traditional monopolies applicable in the legal profession are under attack and some are on the point of disappearing .
3 As there is only one fixing point , this being on the base , it would have had to have been fastened to a stable item , such as furniture .
4 However , this is on the way to casting doubt on Butler 's whole tendency to divide the person , along lines rather similar to Plato 's , into different faculties .
5 This is a letter er submitted by on behalf of who I believe is and this is on the question of the absence of an agricultural appraisal so we will be carrying that out prior to the decision of the Planning Committee .
6 Perhaps the most interesting example of this is on the Burroughs B6700 , illustrated in Figure 2.10 .
7 Um now of course when they 're talking about things like physiological responses , when they 're talking about things like having orgasms and the like , erm this is on the part of the victims , it 's not too difficult to detach these physiological responses from pleasure .
8 This is on the project quality plan now is it ?
9 16 ) of the evacuation of Attica that the Athenians took it so badly because it was like leaving one 's polis ; this is on the face of it a paradox because they were going from their country demes to the polis .
10 All this is on the assumption that the proposed issue is exclusively for cash ; when it is proposed to allot shares as consideration payable to the vendor on the acquisition of a business or real property it would be impossible to make an offer to the existing shareholders on the same terms .
11 ‘ Of course , ’ she continued , avoiding his eye , ‘ all this is on the assumption that he 's going to be charged . ’
12 This is on the assumption that everything is going ahead all right ?
13 This is on the motion of a minister but can be prevented if 20 members object .
14 This is on the tape .
15 And I saw your mother and I was going on saying all your virtues and how she 's been a good girl , how does that , how er , how erm self discipline she was and all this is on the tape
16 I imagine this is on the grounds that there can be no profitable reclamation of the goods in default of settlement !
17 This is on the grounds that people who value services ‘ will consume as much as they are willing to pay for ’ .
18 This is on the grounds that there are no high-temperature incineration facilities in sub-Saharan Africa and no plans to build any .
19 ‘ I presume this is on the itinerary for the royal tour . ’
20 And this is on the bus going in to Clearwater on the free trolley as they call it .
21 This is on the basis that the acquirer is entitled to profits and responsible for losses .
22 Could I , what , what is not , touched on in the notes , but is , I I think the other side of the coin is that , if justice means treating people fairly , this is on the basis of treating the accused fairly .
23 Often , the applicants are recommended to re-contact their unions formally to seek access to accounts , stating that this is on the recommendation of the Commissioner , and access has been provided .
24 Er the account of contribution towards cost of the installation of two new footpath lights , this is on the footpath that runs between the School , Church Street side and the minster .
25 This is on the conversion is it ?
26 Whilst this is on the screen , you will also hear the disk spinning in the disk drive .
27 This is on the house . ’
28 This is on the understanding that it is you personally who will be preparing the material .
29 Last time she had slipped out in the dark like this was on the night the Doyles had come , the night that had ended with a mystery and a death .
30 This was on the north coast of New South Wales , in a place called Kempsey , three hundred miles north of Sydney .
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