Example sentences of "be [adv] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one teacher said , ‘ I rather resent people coming in and criticising when they have n't been in on a regular basis ’ . |
| 2 | A number of pupils and staff are away on a four-day school trip and efforts were being made today to contact them and break the dreadful news . |
| 3 | I am away on a short holiday in Scotland between August 14th-26th but would be pleased to discuss this over the telephone when I 'm back . |
| 4 | She had been away on a little holiday in Spain and knew nothing . |
| 5 | A teacher who has been away on a short course including elements of both these skills , and can therefore give useful general advice . |
| 6 | Exuberance will characterise them , according to Robert Stern , simply because ‘ unlike the corporations of more recent times , the owners are not on a theological mission ’ . |
| 7 | I do not mean just dating by this ; there are all sorts of relationships that you can enter into that are just on a one-to-one basis . |
| 8 | I 've just come from the Foreign Office , and you 're immediately on a new assignment . |
| 9 | It has been nigh on a full month since we first made a landfall on to the north shore : since we rode in the longboat on the crest of the shining surf and I set my foot withal on this fair land in the name of the King . |
| 10 | If s and f are both on a strong upward ( or downward ) trend , it may be difficult to obtain true estimates of the parameters α and β . |
| 11 | I am also on a limited budget . |
| 12 | Culture , on the other hand , refers to more deep-rooted assumptions , beliefs and values which are often on a preconscious level , things that are taken for granted . |
| 13 | I am sorry to have to say I shall not be able to attend the AGM since I will be away on a short holiday with my family . |
| 14 | I 'm based on the moons of Jupiter from now on , and the only time I 'll come back to earth will be strictly on a day-trip basis . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm here on a two-year contract . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm here on a belated honeymoon . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm here on a photographic assignment ; the camera is temporarily parked in the ticket office . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , I know my friends are n't on a high intellectual plane like yours ! |
| 19 | My life and that of Benstede are under threat from God knows whom , for people believe we are here on a secret mission connected with the succession to the Scottish throne . |
| 20 | You are here on a different basis , ’ she had said , smiling very sweetly all the while . |
| 21 | ‘ Most of the residents are there on a permanent basis , but there 's a brand-new wing that has just been opened and is almost exclusively for short-term patients — people like Jennifer who ca n't be left alone , who need constant attention . ’ |
| 22 | just on a , were just on a general high anyway after the election results . |
| 23 | She and Sebastian were off on a long honeymoon , to spend two months in Tuscany in an old farmhouse belonging to friends of Deborah and Stephen : it was temporarily in need of a caretaker . |
| 24 | Its available agricultural land , the Tenantry Laines spread out along the downland valleys , was largely in the form of scattered individual strips and , although attempts were made to consolidate holdings in the 1780s , these were still on a small scale . |
| 25 | Heather 's face displayed a mixture of ecstasy and relief ; we were both on a big high . |
| 26 | House prices were also on a rising trend despite the 1.2pc fall reported by the Halifax Building Society , Britain 's biggest lender , last month . |
| 27 | As it was , we were often on a sticky wicket when the rummage crew had to deal with the crane drivers for a smuggling offence . |
| 28 | Recently , an ambassador told me that issues such as defence and foreign policy were surely on a different plane from economic issues , involving as they did considerations of history , culture and identity . |
| 29 | Indeed , the two M boys themselves were not totally happy at first at having these initially undisciplined children visiting their home and generally being around on a regular basis . |
| 30 | But all the radical social workers who were there on a political and class base were asking the most difficult questions I have ever heard , saying ‘ We 're not here to service the medical profession . |