Example sentences of "be [noun sg] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also at this scale has been research on precipitation areas which has shown that the vertical air motion responsible and the areas themselves are organized into a hierarchy according to the horizontal size . |
| 2 | Quoting Cypress chief T J Rodgers , Electronic Engineering Times adds that the Ross Technology subsidiary could be shuttered if Sun Microsystems Inc does n't pick up the 66MHz HyperSparc chip in a next-generation box — there has long been talk on Wall Street of a reorganisation of Ross . |
| 3 | There has been work on imperfect monitoring in reputational models , Benabou and Laroque ( 1988 ) , Fudenberg and Levine ( 1988 , 1989 ) ; and there has also been work on models with a continuum of types , Milgrom and Roberts ( 1982 ) . |
| 4 | Sound a bit more like you 're Nightmare on Elm Street ! |
| 5 | All the measures proposed by Mr Lamont to pull the UK out of the slump — particularly on housing , construction , cars and company tax incentives — are bang on target but there is a strong suspicion that the billions he has pumped in may not be quite enough . |
| 6 | However , recently , there has also been emphasis on inequalities that arise out of gender or ethnic differences . |
| 7 | In the Acers davidii , capillipes and pensylvanicum , the markings are ivory on green . |
| 8 | There had been trouble on Merseyside just once too often , and muddleheaded militants who believed that revolution was spawned in deprivation and poverty would be able to hold a little holiday in their hearts , secure in the knowledge that several more thousand British workers had been gulled into inflicting poverty and deprivation upon themselves . |
| 9 | You 'll feel like a Hollywood star during the journey as the classy chauffeur-driven vehicle comes complete with a television and video and there will be champagne on ice to get you in that million dollar mood ! |
| 10 | We 'll be concentration on spot perms , taking one area of the head , and perming it to create body ’ . |
| 11 | Again there can be concentration on events or on operator decisions . |
| 12 | To fall within Article 85 an agreement must have as its effect or object the restriction of competition in the EC or a substantial part of it and there must be effect on trade between Member States . |
| 13 | That confidence could feed on itself , but what will encourage industry more than anything else would be help on investment allowances , with half those taking part saying that is the one thing above all others they want to see . |
| 14 | Almost two thirds of the £6.75 billion worth of tax increases already pencilled in for 1994-95 will fall on personal incomes , only a third will be fall on spending . |
| 15 | But will she be second on goal difference above Masham Reserves ? |
| 16 | Following that there will be work on specifications and agreements for non-residential services , including how to contract with informal carers ; training on negotiation with service providers ; and building up our monitoring and quality assurance systems . |
| 17 | A revealing passage from Khrushchev 's memoirs , citing a letter written by the Soviet premier to Castro in late 1962 , shows his complete insensitivity to the Cubans ' wounded national pride and barely conceals his irritation at what he evidently believed to be ingratitude on Castro 's part . |
| 18 | We shall say the same if , when the testator had instituted a sole heir , for the sake of the person who would be heir on intestacy he wrote ‘ I ask in place of the estate which I left to you , which would pass on intestacy to my brother , that you be content with 100 gold pieces . ' |
| 19 | Newton waters expected to be bang on form with loads of small fish , good tench on pole and caster . |
| 20 | My hunch that Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer would emerge on top proved to be bang on target . |
| 21 | If there was really be water on top of them . |
| 22 | When a local educational authority demands a policy statement on a particular issue ( eg in 1983–84 the ILEA required each school to produce a statement on racism ) there may be evidence on paper of a change in curriculum emphasis . |
| 23 | In addition to distribution of juice there will also be juice on sale . |
| 24 | In addition to distribution of juice there will also be juice on sale . |
| 25 | Keeley Durham came closest , just 0.77 of a second behind the winner , to be runner-up on Welham . |
| 26 | There will be egg on people 's faces if the 100 is not reached . |
| 27 | But to seal the deal he offered Thornton a place on the board of the nascent company , Jeboda , which was to be News on Sunday until flotation . |
| 28 | Following this there may be discomfort on urination , and a vicious circle is started in which memory of previous discomfort combines with apprehension at the possibility of its recurring and perpetuates the nervousness or fear that was responsible in the first place . |
| 29 | When the supply of labour exceeds the demand for labour ( so that unemployment is above its ‘ natural ’ level ) , there will be pressure on wages to fall : the rate of wage inflation will be negative . |
| 30 | When the demand for labour exceeds the supply of labour ( so that unemployment is below its ‘ natural ’ level ) , there will be pressure on wages to rise : the rate of wage inflation will be positive . |