Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To travel through Ireland without visiting a pub would be to miss out on a huge chunk of Irish life . |
| 2 | Such a move is less than entirely satisfactory because the relationship between the theory of competence and the data on which it is based ( ultimately intuitions about acceptability ) becomes abstract to a point where counter-examples to the theory may be explained away on an ad hoc basis , unless a systematic pragmatics has already been developed . |
| 3 | We have thus established that PHB mobility in vivo can be explained solely on the basis of the intrinsic material properties of the polymer . |
| 4 | Curriculum adaptations and support teaching sessions are provided by the resource teacher , and these sessions may be given either on a withdrawal basis or within the classroom . |
| 5 | The curved backpieces can be roughed out on the bandsaw , then finished on the router table , using a cutter with a bearing following a template . |
| 6 | Naturally , such allegations will rarely be made , although the defence of " justification " requires them to be proven only on the balance of probabilities , and not on the higher criminal standard , " beyond reasonable doubt " . |
| 7 | Mike needs to be filled in on the latest developments . ’ |
| 8 | In the end , de Gaulle could only secure peace at the expense of a series of humiliating concessions to the FLN — concessions which could be justified only on the grounds that they averted the yet higher costs of not making them . |
| 9 | and this is a solemn 's teaching of God 's word , the bible nowhere teaches the doctrine of universalism , that everybody 's gon na go to heaven , it does n't teach that , it does n't say and it does not teach that ultimately every body will be saved , there are plenty of those around who 'd teach that today , but the bible does n't teach that there are those who will tell us that the sinner and the saint , the man who has no thought of God or no love for God and the Christian that all be gathered together on the final day , you all have another chance , Jesus never said that , the bible does n't teach that , it 's quite unscriptural . |
| 10 | I 'll be catching up on the progress of our women in management . |
| 11 | junk mail can be placed clearly on a continuum with the press . |
| 12 | the transfer of the polymer chain from a pure , perfectly ordered state to a state of disorder which has the necessary freedom to allow the chain to be placed randomly on a lattice , and |
| 13 | This policy is back in the desk drawer at the moment , but it is clearly going to be placed back on the table , since the government is even considering charging thirty pound a night for N H S beds . |
| 14 | On successful completion , and will ultimately be placed offshore on the Shell MMS contract . |
| 15 | In an ideal situation the staff to be trained will be taught externally on an identical system to the one being installed . |
| 16 | We were a long way from Orange , isolated in the farmhouse , and we knew how unpleasant the next month was going to be depended entirely on the whims of the staff . |
| 17 | All the following drinks are calorie-free , or negligible in calories , so they can be consumed freely on the F-Plan : water ; tea and black coffee ( without sugar , of course , though you can add milk from your daily half-pint allowance ) ; all bottled drinks like bitter lemon , Diet Pepsi and Tab which are specially labelled ‘ low calorie ’ . |
| 18 | He tried , though perhaps without much success , to restrict the use of chrism to bishops , and , making a further distinction between royal and episcopal consecration , he ordered that kings , like emperors , were to be anointed only on the arms or shoulders and hands , not on the head . |
| 19 | This means that a management policy that is injurious to employee interests can be attacked only on the grounds that the directors lacked good faith , meaning that the directors did not honestly believe that the policy constitutes an appropriate balancing of interests , or that they have altogether disregarded the impact of their decision on the employees . |
| 20 | His thinking , with its faith in science and brave new worlds , is very old-style ‘ Soviet ’ , at its core a belief that climate can be modified beneficially on the grand scale . |
| 21 | The representatives met again on 29 March to consider the Finlay and Shelmerdine reports , and Stanley Bruce , the Australian High Commissioner , stated that the USA and USSR should be approached immediately on the subject of civil aviation . |
| 22 | However , the responsibility for the resultant problem can not be blamed solely on an overbearing parent ; there is also a marriage partner who is failing to stand firm on biblical priorities at the expense of his or her partner . |
| 23 | The Klasies River Mouth site is made to sound almost idyllic by Ronald Singer and John Wymer , who excavated there during two seasons from 1966 to 1968 : ‘ while the sea was close , the attractions of the site were numerous : an almost unlimited supply of shellfish ; large and small mammals available for hunting in the immediate hinter land and at watering places along the adjacent river ; abundant fresh water ; seals , dolphins and fishes from the sea ; marine birds to be caught easily on the beach ; natural caves and rock shelters for protection ; and an unlimited supply of good quality siliceous quartzite for making tools and weapons . |
| 24 | It is amazing how often you ( well I ) can be caught out on the very point you are trying to make . |
| 25 | The anxiety that I will be caught out on the hustings by a clever swine in a corduroy jacket asking ‘ What is the current rate of child benefit ? ’ is one which is shared by all those rash enough to offer themselves for election . |
| 26 | Aunt Sarah would be curled up on the sofa , in guernsey and old jeans , having chased Robin and Jenny out so that she could phone in peace . |
| 27 | A vertical window covering which can be rolled up on a spring-roller attachment , or drawn up by cords threaded through rings . |
| 28 | Usually , an artist can be booked out on the strength of a record 's popularity and radio air play . |
| 29 | Tug felt the call to join her , to leap to his feet and let himself be carried up on the tide , into a high and heroic world . |
| 30 | Stamina ( 15 credits ) : If a player runs out of energy or stamina , he 'll be carried off on a stretcher . |