Example sentences of "is on [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the Partisans who may be a little bit weaker , and certainly Croydon Rank is on a Sunday erm rather than Saturday . |
| 2 | Sit her on a stranger 's knee and she may seem content , but compare her rigid posture with how relaxed she is on a parent 's knee . |
| 3 | EVERYONE knows the election is on a knife 's edge , but consider just how sharp the knife is . |
| 4 | Once a project is on a donor 's priority list it takes on a life of its own , and may become unstoppable . |
| 5 | Pompey manager Jim Smith and Blackburn 's Kenny Dalglish have already agreed a £300,000 fee and Agnew is on a month 's loan at Fratton Park . |
| 6 | The rental of each office is on a month 's licence the fee for which includes the cost of a receptionist , rates , water and electricity , heating , lighting , insurance , cleaning maintenance , security , 24-hour access and secure parking . |
| 7 | That is on the Government 's agenda for the final Session of this Parliament — not privatisation . |
| 8 | She is on the Speaker 's panel of chairmen for Commons committees , so has experience of the chair . |
| 9 | However , in [ 26 ] the emphasis is on the speaker 's commitment to the propositional content of the utterance . |
| 10 | Perhaps the most interesting example of this is on the Burroughs B6700 , illustrated in Figure 2.10 . |
| 11 | The emphasis here is on the individual 's capacity to understand and interpret what other individuals mean by their social actions . |
| 12 | ‘ The bordello of which I talk is on the Rue la Boutie under the charge of Madam Edith . |
| 13 | Mr Hampel , who is on the firm 's takeover-defence team , hides a strong will beneath an affable exterior . |
| 14 | Children 's line had been forced to close through lack of cash , but now funds have been raised to get the service off the ground again ; June Nash who is on the service 's committee has been instrumental in the relaunch . |
| 15 | And once again China is on The Economist 's cover . |
| 16 | Gould is on the Fabians ' executive committee , while Smith and Beckett are mere members , and Prescott is not even that . |
| 17 | Her cottage is on the prince 's 325-acre Highgrove estate in Gloucester , a polo ball 's throw away from his own home . |
| 18 | The commander view would say that the superannuation fund balance sheet should be consolidated : the authority is responsible for managing the fund , although it is on the employees ' behalf not the community 's . |
| 19 | But the greatest problem , as revealed by a recent report from a bipartisan commission , is on the nation 's farms . |
| 20 | Logic is on the banks ' side . |
| 21 | The emphasis in the surveys is on the landowners ' attitudes towards forestry , their responses to existing fiscal measures and the kinds of measures which might lead to landscape improvement and increased opportunities for public enjoyment . |
| 22 | Then a bridle which is on the horse 's head and a bit , in the horse 's mouth and reins attached to the bit which we hold on to . |
| 23 | Here , the focus is on the temples ' place in the growth of the towns . |
| 24 | Ostensibly showing ‘ the fatal end of an ungoverned passion — virtuous in its object , but vicious in its excess ’ , the novel 's conflicting and more convincing emphasis is on the heroine 's defiance towards the ‘ moats and walls [ which ] are feeble barriers to a determined will ’ . |
| 25 | City make three changes from the side beaten at Hartlepool Rovers last week , with scrum half Steve Kirkup returning for Charlie Turvil , who is on the replacements ' bench . |
| 26 | In these instances , the stress is on an individual 's ability to bear misfortune stoically , to overcome hardship by drawing on one 's internal resources . |