Example sentences of "is [adv prt] on the " 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 His cottage is up on the mountain and he 'll be grazing up there … ’
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Juice is up on the top there .
11 IVAN Boesky is back on the streets of New York City .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 Meanwhile , Chris Kelly , now 44 , is back on the Cup trail as manager of Diadora League Kingstonian , who take on First Division Peterborough .
16 Because the Old Trafford show is back on the road .
17 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 .
18 Sidney Sheldon 's The Stars Shine Down ( Fontana ) is back on The Other Side of Midnight Form .
19 Of equal importance are those social factors which come into play when the user or former user is back on the streets .
20 When the striking foot is back on the ground , the student falls automatically into a side-on right back stance .
21 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 .
22 The multi-national enterprise ( MNE ) is back on the political agenda .
23 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 .
24 Going it alone … former Dr Hook singer is back on the road .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 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 . ’
28 Alongside these , the seasonal range of edible flowers is back on the shelves of stores causing great media and customer interest .
29 And erm when Glenys is back on the scene get her to level it all out for you .
30 In words which almost parallel one of Manning 's respondents ( see Manning 1977 : 160 ) , one policeman in Easton said that ‘ real policing is out on the streets ’ ( FN 23/10/86 , p. 5 ) .
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