Example sentences of "to be on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the British playwrights , Pinter is often thought to be on the edges of ‘ absurdism ’ and you could also read N.F. Simpson 's One Way Pendulum and Cresta Run . |
| 2 | ‘ OK , we 'll make it half-eight just to be on the safe side . ’ |
| 3 | However , to be on the safe side , it is better to take cuttings in August to overwinter under glass . |
| 4 | Built in 1903 it has bronze and marble panels in an Art Nouveau style depicting the friars from the monastery that used to be on the site . |
| 5 | With the economy predicted to be on the upturn it is perhaps the right time for Allied to invest in the Firkin chain and cash in early on the next consumer boom . |
| 6 | We bought one ( a mistake , we should have got two ) to supplement an old ladle-handle type of thing dug out from my past , and a hammer and a few pegs to be on the safe side . |
| 7 | And with these words he points towards an icon of the Saviour before which he has lighted a lamp — ‘ to be on the safe side , ’ Peter suggests . |
| 8 | As Senna raced towards the victory he needed in Spain on Sunday , James Hunt , a driver familiar with the pressures of a late challenge for the championship , was saying Senna had no right to be on the track at all . |
| 9 | Allied-Lyons was also said to be on the Goldsmith hit list . |
| 10 | However , the Lions believe British Isles rugby to be on the way up after their win in Australia and at least feel they have something to prove . |
| 11 | Our concentration has got to be on the teaching and on the stretching of children . |
| 12 | The subject is expected to be on the agenda when the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board , Alan Greenspan , becomes the first US central bank chief to visit Moscow this weekend . |
| 13 | You did n't have to be a client or a famous face to be on the receiving end . |
| 14 | With Ferranti needing to raise a minimum of £150m in new equity , the issue would have to be on the basis of one for two . |
| 15 | Southeastern Asset Management , a US group , was said to be on the verge of selling on its 10 per cent stake . |
| 16 | But just to be on the safe side Mrs Lawson was stationed in 11 Downing Street , giving her husband a convenient reason to visit the capital if circumstances took a sudden turn for the worse . |
| 17 | Willis Faber , the insurance broker said to be on the verge of selling its 20.5 per cent shareholding in MG to a potential bidder , was unchanged at 242p . |
| 18 | But , as a general principle , Northern Ireland 's social divisions ensure that police management prefer neighbourhood police to be on the street , as is their purpose , and in practice about three-quarters of the normal shift is taken up with beat duty , which is much higher than in Great Britain . |
| 19 | I was pleased to be on the move again . |
| 20 | Pockets of resistance still remained in 1922 , in Tambov , Siberia , Georgia , and Central Asia : seemingly safe areas , like the Smolensk and Kursk gubernii , were not as stable as they seemed to be on the surface . |
| 21 | ‘ She seems always to be on the tramp these days . ’ |
| 22 | Those concerned about football hooliganism today idealize the stable post-war years when it was safe to be on the terraces and one could walk the streets at night . |
| 23 | Dry skin tends to be on the sensitive side , so choosing a moisturiser can cause problems . |
| 24 | To be on the safe side , he burnt his when he got home , presumably unaware that this was , liturgically , the ‘ correct ’ and Catholic thing to do , though some forty-six weeks too early . |
| 25 | It would be important to be on the right side of the nuns too . |
| 26 | In that event , a hung parliament is bound to include large numbers of non-Congressmen who will shamelessly desert to Mr Gandhi , to be on the winning side . |
| 27 | But for all the changes , the prime emphasis in the retail market , so far as movies are concerned , still seems to be on the past , and predominantly on the mainstream Hollywood past . |
| 28 | However , with both companies you need to be on the share register for 12 months . |
| 29 | If the directives were to be criticised , it would have to be on the basis that any use of the power would damage the reputation of the British broadcasting authorities for independence and that that price was not worth paying for so small an effect . |
| 30 | Balding 's Beech Road appears to be on the right trail for a Champion double . |