Example sentences of "be [adv] on [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The student chooses their own subject ; most of these subjects are right on the fringes of the course , or overlap several different courses , and what surprised me when I sent round a questionnaire was how much the students said they enjoyed essay-writing . |
| 2 | Among the dozens of glues now available the arguments for and against are mostly on the grounds of ease of application , durability and cost . |
| 3 | But at its finest , it reaches heights of eloquence that can not have been most on the leaders of the next generation and it is music that ought to be heard in our halls . |
| 4 | This original small port and fishing village had been down on the marshes adjoining the Rother , not far from Rye , and given to Fécamp Abbey by Cnut . |
| 5 | The assistants price the items as they stack them on the shelves , or when they are already on the shelves . |
| 6 | Of course I heard I 've heard all the arguments about co-opting , but I 'll tell the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh this that who 's going to do the co-opting , those who are already on the police authority |
| 7 | When even the milkmen and the postmen are not on the streets , he sets off for his daily three hour run , then swims for an hour before finally starting his day 's work as a leather goods salesman . |
| 8 | ( If they are not on the shelves , you can always request them on inter-library loan . ) |
| 9 | The Code provides that the search should be discontinued if it is clear that the goods are not on the premises unless the police have the right to continue the search under different power . |
| 10 | Well quite obviously if you are going to curtail something like that , some of those who had been on the police authorities will now find that they are not on the police authority and therefore that causes understandable anxiety and therefore rumpus . |
| 11 | You 're just on the approaches to Jerusalem , you 're just coming in to Jerusalem right ? |
| 12 | But we 're not on the flats in the daytime , |
| 13 | But he wo n't come in Wrexham now they 're not on the wards much . |
| 14 | Apparently when they 're not on the lines , there 's . |
| 15 | Well then you 're going across , you 're not staying st er you 're not on the pavers are you ? |
| 16 | No , we 're not on the tea-bags this week , |
| 17 | If you 're out on the roads this weekend , there 's a chance you could see a squashed beetle . |
| 18 | We 'd lived there three years , decorated it and everything and then bang we 're out on the streets . |
| 19 | I hope the effects continue once they 're back on the streets . |
| 20 | However , the drums are still on the oceans beds , and many are starting to leak . |
| 21 | The team is gradually beginning to take ona more familiar look although Duncan Ferguson , John Brown and Andy Goram are still on the sidelines . |
| 22 | New laws are also on the cards . |
| 23 | Directors are especially valued if they are also on the boards of other organisations , and these interlocks bridge the worlds of manufacturing , banking and investment institutions . |
| 24 | But the new sport means that areas once only accessible by foot , are now on the cyclists route and as walkers and horse riders now vye with the bikers for the limited open space . |
| 25 | ledgers that are now on the archives could be l placed down there and fascinated me because he could add a column of pounds , shillings and pence , he 'd take his three fingers at the bottom of the long ledger column , and as fast practically like a computer , would add to the top and then put it in pencil . |
| 26 | Ballroom and Latin American Dance classes are now on the Sports & Social Club agenda at Hammersmith . |
| 27 | Large murals from the mansion are now on the walls of Prestwick Indoor Bowling Club . |
| 28 | They both refused to surrender to a ‘ man of two faces ’ , but Joseph said , ‘ Many of our people are out on the hills , naked and freezing . |
| 29 | adolescent boys are out on the streets and more likely to join gangs , and this is where they can become involved in minor law-breaking which may lead to more serious criminality . |
| 30 | So far nearly 2,000 extra bed spaces have been provided , and the number of people who are out on the streets is substantially lower than 12 months ago . |