Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By contrast the Sergeant Major has already finished , and is jogging on the spot with an air of contempt for the rest of us mere mortals . |
| 2 | The word light is flashing on the screen or shall I just not worry about it ? |
| 3 | Any decision taken by the individual , head or subcommittee with delegated authority is binding on the whole governing body . |
| 4 | This is made clear by s8 of the Partnership Act as follows : If it has been agreed between the partners that any restriction shall be placed on the power of any one or more of them to bind the firm , no act done in contravention of the agreement is binding on the firm with respect to persons having notice of the agreement . |
| 5 | ( c ) Liability of partners to third parties By s6 of the Partnership Act : An act or instrument relating to the business of the firm and done or executed in the firm-name , or in any other manner showing an intention to bind the firm , by any person thereto authorised , whether a partner or not , is binding on the firm and all the partners . |
| 6 | It also appears from the court 's case law ( see , for example , Stanton v. Institute National d'Assurances Sociales pour Travailleurs Indépendants ( Inasti ) ( Case 143/87 ) [ 1988 ] E.C.R. 3877 , 3912 , para. 10 ) that article 52 , as a directly applicable rule of Community law , is binding on the member states even though , in the absence of Community legislation , they retain legislative jurisdiction in the particular field . |
| 7 | ‘ Nothing in this Act shall be construed as enabling any court to make an order that is binding on the Crown or on any person in his capacity as an officer or servant of the Crown . |
| 8 | ( 5 ) Where a determination of the adjudicator under a recognised scheme is binding on the building society or associated body , the adjudicator shall , at the request of the society or associated body , state a case for the opinion of the High Court on any question of law and the High Court may direct the adjudicator to reconsider the complaint . |
| 9 | No addition to or variation of these terms is binding on the Buyer unless agreed in writing signed on the Buyer 's behalf by its Purchasing Director . |
| 10 | Next thing they know , all hell breaks loose upstairs : they find their best brass candlesticks snapped in half as if they were toothpicks , and the pot where their dinner is cooking on the hearth fills up with ashes . |
| 11 | Well I understand that you get fifteen , it 's just that I 've got a lot of customer where I got business that is depending on the kind of insurance that we give them , based on what our |
| 12 | The company is building on the Object Management Group 's Common Object Request Broker Architecture standard , and says its new environment provides the benefits of distributed object technology without requiring users to adopt a new operating system . |
| 13 | As Mr is hinting on the paper . |
| 14 | And there , i Peter when he 's preaching on the day pentecost , he says this is was has happened , God has done just that , just as Jesus promised . |
| 15 | In the labour market , the commodity being bought and sold is labour power ; in the political market , the union is trading on the power to prevent disruption . |
| 16 | What the hell 's happening on the publicity front ? ’ |
| 17 | As a story line it 's not all because it does n't say anything about the girl , it does n't say where she 's going , where she 's come from and what 's happening on the way . |
| 18 | NEXT MONTH What 's happening on the wine front in July and exotic vintages from the supermarkets |
| 19 | Make sure that everyone in your team knows what 's happening on the revenue front today , this week , this month . |
| 20 | Zoe 's knocking on the window tomorrow . |
| 21 | come down with the stairs to chap , young chap , I told you he 's knocking on the door , it must of been then . |
| 22 | and the secretary 's knocking on the door , the telephone rings , and I got a bit of work done . |
| 23 | Repeat these four rows knit and six rows slip several more times , until you have knitted a sizable piece of fabric , and are happy that you understand what is happening on the machine . |
| 24 | Let's Watch also has some exercises which encourage the viewer to interact with what is happening on the screen . |
| 25 | The truth is that Ministers who mouth those grandiloquent guarantees know little of what is happening on the ground . |
| 26 | He makes it his business to know what is happening on the street — although he is rarely if ever seen there himself these days — and feeds these spontaneous trends into the crucible of high fashion , to make it fizz and bubble . |
| 27 | Although a ‘ mature ’ lady , I am a supporter of ‘ save the terrace ’ and can not agree that seats are necessary — fans will stand up most of the time anyway , as we did last Sunday , and seats are more of a hazard when leaning over to see what is happening on the pitch . |
| 28 | It is against a background of near hysteria that we set out to propose an alternative account of what is happening on the football terraces — an account based not on the second-hand rhetoric of myth-creating media men but on our faith in people 's ability to render their own social action intelligible and meaningful . |
| 29 | After the answers that I have given , I do not know how anyone can say that nothing is happening on the matter . |
| 30 | The E C C rather inward looking Even Turkey is knocking on the door , what are your Poland , Hungary , Romania knocking on the door and coming in . |