Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] on [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we 're waiting on two fronts in a sense . |
| 2 | I think it 's also worth just bearing in mind that we 're talking about only one percent of the erm of the farmed land i in this county , we 're not talking about banning hunting in in er in Leicestershire , we 're talking about what we 're saying on one percent there are tens of thousand of fields in in this county nothing can change overnight , even if this er motion goes through because the tenants will still have the rights to decide , it 's only when you actually start getting to new tenancy agreements that you will be in a position if you wish , to start to change things and therefore I suppose at the end of erm , at the end of five years you might have a hundred or two hundred fields on which this ban will apply but you will still have tens of thousand of fields on which the , the hunt will still be , the hunts in this county will still be free to , erm , to operate . |
| 3 | Oh they , they say it 's all controllable so that I 've , I 've answered , I have n't just let the Environmental Health wash over me I 've actually written back to them again , er I 'll be interested to see whether I get a letter back from them , but I phoned up the Council this morning and they 're rejecting on two grounds , one is to do with the highway and the sort of the traffic situation coming in there , although the , the authority , the Highway Department are n't objecting to it and the other one is erm , on local environmental issues I think you know that is , is unsuitably , unsuitable environmentally to the area well I can only say that I 'm grateful to the planning , to the planning offices for they 're going out on a limb if you like because I think they 're on thin ice erm and so long as the committee will , will back them up I mean I do n't know of what else I could of done as a person |
| 4 | ‘ And you 're concentrating on three sites : Belmodes , Rose Hilaire 's flat , and my house in Mouncy Street ? ’ |
| 5 | And I 'm singing on one track , I think , in the background … very quietly ! |
| 6 | I 'm standing on one hip , propped up like a nonchalant horse on a summer 's day , making heavy work of waiting for him . |
| 7 | The 15-strong crew are putting on two shows tomorrow afternoon and Saturday evening . |
| 8 | Most are banking on two things : that the finance ministry will raise the limit on foreign ownership of Korean firms from 10% to 15% , and that the current bull market will continue . |
| 9 | If you are dieting on 1,250 calories a day , choose meals adding up to 850 calories a day . |
| 10 | If you are dieting on 850 calories a day , choose meals adding up to 450 calories a day . |
| 11 | If you are dieting on 1,500 calories a day , you can choose meals adding up to 1,100 calories a day . |
| 12 | If you are dieting on 1,000 calories a day , choose meals adding up to 600 calories a day . |
| 13 | Education Catering Services are working on two fronts : the production of the quality assurance manual , under the direction of Joanna Carroll , for the central production unit in Ealing ; and the operations manual for school meals which will be installed initially at the mobilisation of the Sunderland school meals contract . |