Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [to-vb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if it does go outside , there is little to hunt on the manicured lawns , and no serious threat from feline neighbours . |
| 2 | PLANS for a voluntary split of business interests is among options which British Gas has proposed to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission which is due to report on the future of the industry next month . |
| 3 | Former North British 0-6-0 Maude No. 673 is due to return on the Bo'ness and Kinniel Railway after a year-long boiler overhaul . |
| 4 | A public inquiry is due to commence on the 16th of February . |
| 5 | At the same time , Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley is due to decide on the future of Bart 's . |
| 6 | It is usual to grow on the cuttings for a year so that the stock stems become somewhat thicker than a pencil but rather less so than your little finger . |
| 7 | In spite of a host of imponderables it is possible to speculate on the composition of some of the smaller properties . |
| 8 | It is possible to say on the basis of these figures that the higher the specification , the more likely it is that the housewife will be satisfied . |
| 9 | In this paper it is possible to expand on the subjects of vertical maturity profiles and inversion estimates based on new interpretations drawn from a suite of good quality vitrinite reflectance measurements for over 60 wells in the Southern North Sea Basin . |
| 10 | The worker 's personal feelings may need to be acknowledged first , before it is possible to embark on the kind of work in which a couple of the generation of the worker 's parents or grandparents are encouraged to express their sexuality and personal needs . |
| 11 | Our examination of one unremarkable sentence from Katherine Mansfield 's A Cup of Tea shows how it is possible to focus on the stylistic value of a piece of language by comparing with unwritten alternatives : " what might have been written , but was n't " . |
| 12 | The justification for protection in these circumstances is that a businessman who is willing to deal on the other party 's standard terms and conditions is probably unable to negotiate a special deal due to an inequality of bargaining power . |
| 13 | All that Keay is prepared to say on the subject is that he will continue to coach Middlesex in the county championship . |
| 14 | If however , the mortgagee is prepared to rely on the wife 's covenant , the husband can be released from liability by the mortgagee , with the wife alone remaining liable . |
| 15 | Several major galleries now claim that they have ceased trading with Saatchi - ‘ I would n't sell him a napkin , ’ said one prominent figure in the New York art world — but since no one is prepared to go on the record with such an assertion , or to have their name directly linked to a quote , it is hard to avoid the conclusion that dealers and artists are hedging their bets . |
| 16 | routine or less important decisions are therefore passed ‘ down the line , to subordinates , and the superior is free to concentrate on the more important aspects of the work ( eg. planning ) ; and |
| 17 | It is interesting to speculate on the possible reasons for his total obscurity during the intervening years of the Restoration . |
| 18 | It is interesting to speculate on the nature of this change if the Labour Party is able to form a government in 1991 or 1992 . |
| 19 | It is interesting to speculate on the likely effect of opting out on the present independent schools . |
| 20 | It is interesting to reflect on the value of a guide dog to a blind person as an aid to independence in the AL of maintaining a safe environment . |
| 21 | It is interesting to reflect on the members of the team and their fortunes since that afternoon in the draining Georgian heat . |
| 22 | It is interesting to note on the old maps how many bridlepaths and footpaths radiate from the mill — it was obviously used constantly by the farmers of the area . |
| 23 | We all have experience of family life but it is dangerous to generalize on the basis of it , especially since contemporary Britain is an ethnically varied society and one with considerable regional disparities . |
| 24 | Although it is dangerous to generalize on the resale value of such a diverse range of items , it is probable that village and nomadic rugs , in particular , will hold their value extremely well . |
| 25 | But another thing to be shown how to do it and that 's what , really what we want to try and do for the rest of the talk is to not just keep preaching at you and telling you what to do , but to show you how , so that 's the purpose of the talk from now on , now in this outline there are , I 've got about fourteen different points here and it 'll highlight ways in which we can er stay awake , what I 'm going to do is to read straight through them and then we 'll go back and pick a couple out , because it 's impossible to concentrate on the entire er amount , so we 'll do that , it 's er a number of things we can do to keep virtually awake keep up with the food at the proper time from Jehovah 's organizations that 's studying and things like that is n't it ? |
| 26 | The lyricism of long-spun melodies is impossible to sustain on the piano , and the rhetoric of hammered chords , thrilling when orchestrated , can seem a mere mannerism , as in the finale of No. 3 and the middle movement of No. 4 . |
| 27 | His first UK outlet is impossible to miss on the ground floor of Harvey Nichols in London — it is a large , open space stacked with make-up shades in clear Perspex packaging . |
| 28 | It is impossible to judge on the basis of a single day , however , and you should be looking for a consistent improvement over a period of time . |
| 29 | The disadvantage of the Helblaster is that it is impossible to reload on the battlefield — each barrel has to be removed and fitted with a new charge before it can be replaced on the gun . |
| 30 | It is easy to see on the dinner plate that the muscles down each side of any fish are arranged as a row of segments , a battery of muscle units . |