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

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1 Once you have left drama school your attention will be on the immediate problems of survival and making progress with your work .
2 He highlights the more challenging places , but says that the skiing tends to be on the tame side .
3 Focus should be on the critical areas .
4 A host of big names will be on the critical list when the wards reopen next Saturday .
5 The erm , second is minutes from Health Action , as you know , a lot of our members are concerned of Health Action , and they next meeting will be on the thirtieth September , with the Chief Execu Executive Kath Kathy , er , who will be speaking .
6 And then to apply for a job , I think should be on the complete basis of what what they are , what they 've achieved , what they 've done , regardless of whether they 're male or female .
7 The focus in this section will be on the present state of the modernized industrial structure as represented by developments on the Chirton and Tyne Tunnel industrial estates in North Shields and on the industrial estates in Cramlington .
8 With correct forearm rotation , the club will be on the correct plane and the toe of the club will point straight up into the air at the halfway stage in the backswing ( main illustration ) .
9 Well would n't it be on the reverse bearing .
10 Er , when you 've finished with it , all I want is the token off the corner of the page it happens to be on the reverse side
11 The programme for the reunion will be on the usual lines including a display .
12 Balding 's Beech Road appears to be on the right trail for a Champion double .
13 Any book on London that opens with Dickens must be on the right lines .
14 It may be said to be on the right lines , but at best it provides materials for an answer to the logical question , materials which it does not combine properly .
15 And he hopes future programmes will be on the right lines once again .
16 BRITISH RAIL believes it could be on the right lines for attracting more passengers in Cleveland .
17 There was then the suspense of waiting for it to come in , and my fear that we might not be on the right platform or that the Great Western had forgotten about it .
18 As far as the charter is concerned they may be on the right track ( if for the wrong reasons ) .
19 You should be on the right track , although your next village might be more appropriate in East Anglia .
20 Think of your hair as a delicate and expensive yarn that needs to be pampered , rather like a luxurious cashmere sweater , and you 'll be on the right track !
21 Their idea seemed to be on the right track but the quantities of helium were never going to fill an airship .
22 The Oxford Saints certainly appear to be on the right track .
23 ‘ My friends tend to be on the right hand side , as it were , but we shall be impartial . ’
24 What assures the Calibra 's success is its pricing : the base model is predicted to cost less than £14,000 , while even the 16-valve four-wheel drive flyer should be on the right side of £17,000 .
25 It would be important to be on the right side of the nuns too .
26 They would already be on the right side of the Border for shopping .
27 If you hang the garment wrong side out you can do a weaving cast-on without waste yarn and nylon cord , as the chain stitch will be on the right side .
28 Chris said it was obvious you would have to be on the right side .
29 I judged from the area occupied by this edifice that the apartment I wanted would be on the second floor .
30 Otherwise it will be on the second syllable .
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