Example sentences of "be [adv prt] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IF charities are concerned because sales of their Christmas cards are down on previous years , they have only themselves to blame . |
| 2 | Muldoon nervously introduced the plan , saying that as Fred Klepner had been over on special assignment from Detroit to help Mark in the final preparation of the Plan and the presentation , he would hand over to Fred and let him take the committee through the proposals . |
| 3 | Erm , I was going to mention , as Rob has done the increase in new complaints , which I think is somewhat welcome erm , we 're still taking a long time from the averages over the last twelve months , I think that 's just reflecting being out some days over the ones you 've been talking about , er , we 're down on actual stage one equipments in the month erm , we 're not quite sure why that is , mm it 's just the way things have panned out . |
| 4 | And for the disabled , for a short while , you 're back on equal terms with life . |
| 5 | All 96 staff are out on unofficial strike . |
| 6 | But now , as British airmen are back on active service in the skies over Iraq , the secrets of the SAS are coming out . |
| 7 | The good news is that , aside from being squashed into a tour van , the Kitchens Of Distinction are back on top form again after the various disasters surrounding their last UK tour . |
| 8 | He seems to be enjoying it , but he has a weak chest and really he should n't be out on cold winter afternoons . |
| 9 | Oxford ca n't grumble they 've been winning for 15 years … its Cambridge 's turn but Oxford will be back on top next year |
| 10 | Initial reports suggest that visitor numbers were down on previous years , but that the quality of enquiry was high , helped by the positive reaction of visitors responding to specific areas of business on display . |
| 11 | Once her feet were back on firm ground she said she had thoroughly enjoyed the trip , which took her over Romsey town centre , the Broadlands Estate and her own home in North Baddesley . |
| 12 | ‘ What would you have done if I 'd gone down ? ’ he asked when we were back on level ground . |
| 13 | Almondsbury were back on level terms two minutes after the break when Storey was allowed to centre , and although Tony Price cleared off the line , it was followed up by another player to hammer in . |
| 14 | Clara was astonished ; she could compare the room to nothing in her experience , nothing at all , unless it were perhaps to those studiously , tediously visited ancient homes which she had been round on various bank holidays during her childhood . |
| 15 | At times , his resemblance to George Michael is n't just striking , it 's out on long-term industrial action . |
| 16 | WONDERFUL WOBURN produced a number of surprises this year at the annual gathering of the de Havilland Moth Club in the picturesque grounds of Woburn Abbey over the weekend of August 15/16 although strong winds and generally poor weather in the few days leading up to the event meant that the number of foreign Moths arriving was down on previous years . |
| 17 | It would only be if somebody was off on long term sickness or |