Example sentences of "they [am/are] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But certainly when we in the regional office get that that advice before before we put a submission to ministers , we will of course try to reconcile the figures so that they are on a consistent basis . |
| 2 | Both sides have a point to prove Saints that they can bounce back quickly from the Bradford disappointment ; Leeds that they are on a consistent run of wins . |
| 3 | The answers do confirm one applicable criterion , namely , whether the relevant regime is able of itself to ‘ exercise effective control of the territory of the state concerned ’ and is ‘ likely to continue to do so ; ’ and the statement as to what is to be the evidence of the attitude of Her Majesty 's Government provides another — to be inferred from the nature of the dealings , if any , that Her Majesty 's Government has with it and whether they are on a normal government to government basis . |
| 4 | Two sets sit General/Foundation Mathematics ie : they are on a General Course but sit Foundation as a safety net . |
| 5 | There 's something about a pot that fires the imagination : normally they are on a human manageable scale , are often made to be handled , and have attractive and eye-catching decoration . |
| 6 | In the St. Nicholas Street pavement in fact , they are on a square background and are given bulbed tips between every second petal . |
| 7 | It went down to forty four , forty two and now I believe they are on a forty hour week . |
| 8 | So long as they are on a well-drained surface above ground-water level , moisture from above will not harm them , and clamps may be built outside anywhere sheltered from strong winds . |
| 9 | ‘ They are on a special Premier League committee looking at the development of youngsters . |
| 10 | They are on a different scale though . |
| 11 | TORTURERS BELIEVE THEY ARE ON A TRANSCENDENTAL MISSION TO DEFEND THE STATE . |
| 12 | The fighting in Mostar and central Bosnia has forced the UN Security Council to condemn the Bosnian Croats , despite their claims that they are on the defensive . |
| 13 | There are no comprehensive statistics in this area , but a CRE survey ( 1 ) concludes that the number of ethnic minority teachers the eight LEAs is very small , that they are on the lowest scales and have no career progression . |
| 14 | ‘ The bookies are offering longer odds on Doncaster winning anything than they are on the first Martian landing in Newton Aycliffe . ’ |
| 15 | They are on the other side of the valley . ’ |
| 16 | If one says that they are both in the second row you will know they are on the two n's of nomen . |
| 17 | So valuable is it that some scientists regard it as a scent and as soon as they detect it , they know that they are on the right track . |
| 18 | Work done by the Senegalese group has convinced Papert that they are on the right track . |
| 19 | For they are on the right track to the discovery of treasures steeped in antiquity and an atmosphere charged with the presence of the past . |
| 20 | Ca n't help thinking that they are on the right track and it 's we who are barking up the wrong tree . |
| 21 | Previous application of this method ( viz. a 1-stage Delphi with interactive feedback ) earlier in this research programme has shown that many employers embarking often for the first time on strategic employment policy-making require some means of obtaining confirmation they are on the right lines . |
| 22 | A great proportion of our farmers , large and small , know in their hearts that they are on the wrong road , but have neither the wisdom nor the courage to strike out on radically new lines . |
| 23 | Politicians can only be trusted when they think that they are on the winning side and will ignore any democratic mechanism to prove that they are ‘ right ’ . |
| 24 | And on the landward side of all the trenches ( except those between the Solomons and the New Hebrides , where they are on the seaward side ) are the island chains — Japan to New Zealand — whose birth is in whole or in part a consequence of all that colliding and jostling beneath the blue horizons . |
| 25 | They are on the same side . |
| 26 | In Figure 4.15 , the fact that LECTURER is placed to the left of SUBJECT , even though they are on the same level , means that the former will be processed first in any search . |
| 27 | They are on the doomed planet below . |
| 28 | They 're employed now by the I P A , now , so they 're on a regular basis , th th th boatmen today what they call boatmen today , as I say they 're not boatmen , they 're just ropemen I call it . |
| 29 | By the time they 're ten or eleven they 're on a six handicap . |
| 30 | They 're on a worldwide scale rather than a national scale , but you have to recognise that there are only so many hours in the day in which you can be efficient . |