Example sentences of "be on [noun] [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | On each such line , there are on average some c*n possible middle points , where c is a number independent of n . |
| 2 | Salary increases in the accountancy profession were on average two per cent in the private sector last year , the lowest in 25 years . |
| 3 | a lot about it and sha n't be , frankly I 'm relieved I do n't actually know a lot but when the meeting to discuss what we 're supposed to do is on December tenth yo so I 'm a bit torn cos I in a way that 's what I ought to be doing even though the welfare business in a way that 's wh that 's what I ought to be doing cos it 's entirely . |
| 4 | Although the company is on Sparc International 's executive committee and Tsunami chips are reportedly available to firms other than Sun , the boxes will not be available until June . |
| 5 | But this time , everyone was on George Merry 's side , and they began to climb out of the hole . |
| 6 | For example , a recent German study , which aimed at controlling blood phenylalanine concentrations between 60 and 300 µmol/l , produced IQ results no better than those in British subjects , in whom the aim was more relaxed control ( 180–600 µmol/l ) , though the blood phenylalanine value was on average 100 µmol/l lower in the German subjects . |
| 7 | Anyone failing to pay the total amount shown on that account when they received it ( the end of the ‘ free credit ’ period ) would have to pay what he owed plus interest , which in 1990 was on average 2.2 per cent monthly or 29.8 Annual Percentage Rate ( risen from 23.1 per cent in 1988 ) . |