Example sentences of "is [v-ing] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point Giddens is touching on the deep-lying emotional instincts outlined in Chapters 1 and 2 . |
| 2 | Gentleman is touching on the other matter about the STUCC and its remit — a matter that was mentioned by the Hon. |
| 3 | It is touching on the social sciences in the sense that Woodrow Wilson was an important political figure , and there is an historical dimension . |
| 4 | Has the Secretary of State read the last sentence of the Cardiff Business school report , which states : " If as we are led to believe , Wales is drawing on a new era , nobody has informed Mountain Ash about it . " ? |
| 5 | If exclusion is to be permanent , the LEA 's decision on whether to order the pupil 's reinstatement is binding on the head teacher , although the governors may appeal against an LEA 's refusal to reinstate a permanently excluded pupil , using the same machinery which the LEA is required to establish for such appeals by parents ( and pupils if aged 18 or over ) . |
| 6 | The study is building on the substantial data collection made by the Personal Social Services Research Unit in 1983 from these sectors . |
| 7 | I think this is policing on the cheap , and it is something profoundly to be regretted . |
| 8 | John Hayward , with whom he wed to live , is keeping on the old flat , and Eliot has paid up the rent for another two years . |
| 9 | In many ways , he believes his situation to be a microcosm of what is happening on a larger scale in the industry . |
| 10 | All this is happening on the main bed , of course . |
| 11 | there is evaluation plan for this year is meeting on the fifteenth of September , so for C Os there 's some work on consumer evaluation . |
| 12 | The Ulster branch annual general meeting at the House of Sport , commencing at 7pm is operating on a new constitution and offers the chance for all affiliated players to gain access to the table tennis , with delegates from clubs carrying voting rights . |
| 13 | Halfway round its orbit , the moon is lying on the opposite side of the Earth to the sun , and we see a full moon , with all of its light side in view . |
| 14 | Knowledge is growing on the physiological effects of life stress . |
| 15 | Cope confidently and calmly with whatever is waiting on the other side of it . |
| 16 | When such a plan has been lodged it will only be necessary for a buyer to search against the plot he is buying on the appropriate form for a search of part ( Form 94B ) , indicating thereon the plot or flat number " as shown on the estate development plan lodged in the Registry on the " — no plan being then necessary as would be the case if no estate plan had been lodged . |
| 17 | Work is beginning on a geotechnical database , extending the current holding of shear-strength measurements to include values of moisture content , liquid limit and a variety of further data . |
| 18 | All all it 's doing is staying on the outside dear . |
| 19 | ‘ They 're living off beans and cheese and horse and ass-meat if they can pay for it , but even the price of dogs and cats is getting on the high side . |
| 20 | Amnesty International is calling on the Cuban Government to release all prisoners of conscience immediately and unconditionally ; to permit political detainees to see their lawyers immediately after arrest and regularly thereafter ; and to incorporate international fair trial standards into Cuban law and legal practice . |
| 21 | The Oxford based charity is calling on the United Nations to relax sanctions against Saddam Hussein 's regime on humanitarian grounds . |
| 22 | The Racial Equality Council in Cleveland is calling on the next government to strengthen the Race Relations Act . |
| 23 | On the the hon. Gentleman 's second question , he will know that work is proceeding on a statutory code under the Northern Ireland ( Emergency Provisions ) Act 1991 . |
| 24 | Work is proceeding on the economic feasibility of making a fuel pellet from commercial waste and anthracite dust . |
| 25 | An economic model has been built to determine the sensitivity of this project to the variation of input parameters and work is proceeding on the commercial possibilities of a plant in the South Wales area . |
| 26 | Although the speaker is obviously not denying the fact that the Senate dared to criticize the National Film Board in this use , he is saying on the other hand that he would not have thought it possible for Senators to dare to do such a thing , given the sacrosanct character of the media . |
| 27 | In the meantime , development work is continuing on the European fighter and production is due to start in 1997 . |
| 28 | The problem is to decide when one party is dealing on the other party 's standard terms and conditions . |
| 29 | THE Pru is jumping on the green bandwagon and as one of Britain 's major motor insurers is encouraging car owners to convert their vehicles to unleaded petrol . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , the Tory Party is counting on the bitter disputes over Europe being set aside when Chancellor Norman Lamont presents what may be his last Budget tomorrow . |