Example sentences of "is [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The post-mortem report is in on the Needham business ! ’ |
| 2 | It is down on the 22.6 per cent the Liberal-SDP Alliance secured in the 1987 election . |
| 3 | Last year 3,284 were killed or seriously injured , which is down on the figure of 4,302 in 1981 , but a long way from the Department of Transport 's aim of cutting it to below 3,000 . |
| 4 | 1After the first few days , when I come into the room , Birdie is down on the floor of the cage , running back and forth , looking out over the barrier that holds in the gravel . |
| 5 | Some of it , notably the spa buildings and the generous park that goes with them , is down on the floor of the valley , the rest of it up on a terrace to the west , so that from the little square in the middle of the upper town you get quite large views of the mountains . |
| 6 | I mean yeah somebody just retired , cos is down on the now , that 's where is . |
| 7 | He is off on a stravaig past Atholl , looking for cheap horses . |
| 8 | HELEN THOMAS IS OFF ON A GLObetrot next year — she has been selected to take part in an Operation Raleigh exercise and Guinness has agreed to contribute towards her expenses . |
| 9 | Dr Apps is off on an expedition of a lifetime to the Arctic Circle next month and three chocolate bars are part of his daily diet . |
| 10 | His cottage is up on the mountain and he 'll be grazing up there … ’ |
| 11 | Once the application is up on the HP Apollo 9000 Series 700 workstation family , Hewlett-Packard promises to provide marketing and sales programmes , such as promotions , through its direct sales force , resellers and distributors . |
| 12 | When he went home to his parents ' house in Ealing or to the Barbican , his grandmother drove him the mile and a half to Rickmansworth station , which is up on the northern end of the Metropolitan Line . |
| 13 | Juice is up on the top there . |
| 14 | IVAN Boesky is back on the streets of New York City . |
| 15 | Time now to put out the stuff from the back of the shelves , holding back the normal fare until everyone is back on the treadmill again . |
| 16 | His son Michael has in recent years become the more famous actor , but with the re-release of Spartacus , Kirk Douglas , now 74 , is back on the big screen again . |
| 17 | Two weeks after the premature birth of her fourth child , Eleanor Adams-Robinson , Britain 's finest female , ultra-runner , is back on the road and expects to be competing at the European 100K Championships in Holland in September . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , Chris Kelly , now 44 , is back on the Cup trail as manager of Diadora League Kingstonian , who take on First Division Peterborough . |
| 19 | Because the Old Trafford show is back on the road . |
| 20 | The 36-year-old San Francisco 49ers quarterback , out for almost two years with an elbow injury , is back on the team 's practice roster . |
| 21 | Sidney Sheldon 's The Stars Shine Down ( Fontana ) is back on The Other Side of Midnight Form . |
| 22 | Of equal importance are those social factors which come into play when the user or former user is back on the streets . |
| 23 | When the striking foot is back on the ground , the student falls automatically into a side-on right back stance . |
| 24 | With continued social unrest in Britain through the eighties and into the early nineties , it is clear that social protest , particularly with regard to the attitudes and responses of those in authority to collective violence , is back on the political agenda . |
| 25 | The multi-national enterprise ( MNE ) is back on the political agenda . |
| 26 | Its seven years since the American band Dr Hook split up : now the lead singer from the group who were known for their naked encores is back on the road . |
| 27 | Going it alone … former Dr Hook singer is back on the road . |
| 28 | A pirate radio station , which was forced to close down eight years ago , is back on the air — but this time it 's completely legal . |
| 29 | And Nevin is back on the wanted list after enjoying an excellent season at Prenton Park , in which he carried his goal scoring form for Rovers into international competition . |
| 30 | McEvoy , 39 , is back on the amateur circuit after being chosen as England captain , and has been having lessons for the first time ‘ to stimulate my game . ’ |