Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Furthermore , this Convention also requires that acceptance of the right or obligation by the third party organisation be in accordance with its constitutive rules , which again assumes that they are binding on the organisation , although contained in a treaty to which it is not a party . |
| 2 | Most importantly the heads can contain terms that are binding on the vendor and purchaser . |
| 3 | Hewlett-Packard Co and Colorado-based Ellery Systems Inc are collaborating on a development environment for OSF 's Distributed Computing Environment . |
| 4 | Two of America 's hippest and quirkiest directors , Paul ‘ Eating Raoul ’ Bartel and Gus ‘ Private Idaho ’ Van Sant , are collaborating on a feature version of the biography of prime hipster Warhol . |
| 5 | Because the presentation is diagrammatic , needing no specialist knowledge to construct or discuss , it encourages discussion between workers of different disciplines and backgrounds who are collaborating on a project . |
| 6 | BGS and the Geological Survey of Ireland are collaborating on the compilation of a new tectonic map of Great Britain , Ireland and the surrounding seas . |
| 7 | Look for them where fairly large , heavy objects are resting on the soil , for example , under large stones , a garden roller or a log . |
| 8 | they 've got a girl that works there right and her name her name is Linda and they run this big machine and it 's really long and he said if she 's at the top machine he ca n't see down the other end of the machine cos her boobs are in the way and he 's got I said you do n't ask her can sh he said yeah well he said I 've got ta ask her can she move out the way , he said if she sits on the table her boobs are resting on the table , I said oh I 'd crack up . |
| 9 | With the Insurance Corporation League beginning in a fortnight 's time , Instonians , like most senior outfits , are experimenting on the opening day of the season to quickly assess their strengths and weaknesses . |
| 10 | But Germany and Japan , as well as several other not-so-rich but big countries , are knocking on the door . |
| 11 | We are knocking on the door of the League and I said to him : ‘ Why not do a Barnet here ? ’ ’ |
| 12 | They have claimed the shirts and while there might be those who are knocking on the door , because those who are in are producing the goods , it means they are keeping the door tightly shut at the moment . ’ |
| 13 | The young are walking on the riverbank , |
| 14 | I am dallying on the brink , and for an ex-smoker , the brink is a perilous place to be ; for an ex-smoker of the left , it is more perilous still . |
| 15 | Glue-sniffers are going in there and lads are climbing on the roof . |
| 16 | They are checking on the legacy they want to leave behind them . |
| 17 | These then monitor the geometric relationships as they are developing on the CAD system , and check to see whether the desired function being monitored exceeds a set range of values . |
| 18 | Councillors say they are doing the best they can but Bill Dixon , chairman of the authority 's housing committee , admitted : ‘ We are operating on a knife edge . ’ |
| 19 | The company are looking on the thriller as ‘ a challenge ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ We are living on a time bomb here . ’ |
| 21 | Yet the 1986 figures from the Department of Health and Social Security suggest that almost 9 million , a sixth of the total British population are living on a wage which is on or below the SB poverty line . |
| 22 | What do you think the impact is on erm you know a community such as Flats when erm you know , when a majority of the people in the flats , are living on the poverty line , or below it ? |
| 23 | We are passing on a letter we have received from a firm of accountants that is acting for the BSM , asking you to contact them . |
| 24 | So really it 's for information Chairman , but it 's a watch this space one , I think , because , I think there is probably more behind the steps that have been taken here , as we 're seeing on the face of it at the moment . |
| 25 | ‘ You 're sucking on a lit bunsen burner . ’ |
| 26 | we 're deviating on the subject |
| 27 | I think that you should have a small amount , just what you 're using on the day |
| 28 | And they 're not just doing it for the money because , you know , if you just sort of give them a mundane task like trolleys for example , they 're banging on the door , you know , when can I get off this , when am I going to get some responsibility . |
| 29 | We 're banging on the door going Mark , are you alright ? |
| 30 | We 're checking on every person who spent the night under this roof , in order to build up the fullest picture of events . |