Example sentences of "be [adv] on the " in BNC.
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1 | They are likely to be somewhere on the following continuum |
2 | So I must be somewhere on the edge of — of Steel City . |
3 | Redpath was puzzled for the body seemed to him to be rather on the slight side . |
4 | If this is done , the tyres should be right on the tip and not half on the ground , otherwise if the glider does move , the tip will slide out from under the tyre and be freed . |
5 | Most chairmen remained implacably opposed to any rethinking of their basic commercial philosophy as a result of the limited investigations which were possible , and Schiller 's results were deliberately and systematically suppressed , since they showed the outside critics to be right on the space heating load . |
6 | With the fighting so close , we had to be right on the border between Amal and Hezbollah territory . |
7 | He may well be right on the evidence she thought , but he 's rather too glad he 's got something on Wheeler at last . |
8 | If Mansell does put pen to paper , our own local Williams team should be right on the pace come the first Grand Prix next year . |
9 | If you can show genuine enthusiasm for the company the interviewer will be reassured that you will stay a reasonable time with the firm and not be constantly on the lookout for something better . |
10 | By contrast , Jesus called us to be constantly on the move , moving as pioneers into new situations in which we have to rely on God . |
11 | The water should be constantly on the move , with no dead spots . |
12 | There are more opportunities for quick thinking and it should make things very interesting with the need for players to be constantly on the alert . |
13 | Night Goblins are not the only creatures that like to eat fungus , so they have to be constantly on the look out for dangerous subterranean denizens . |
14 | They have to be constantly on the move , seeking the fruit and insects on which they live , but their babies , usually twins , are particularly large and have to be carried piggy-back until they are quite old . |
15 | I am preparing papers for the relinquishment of the claim , but once she signs them she will be literally on the streets and penniless . |
16 | The hope that at least the disappearance of the Party might be one thing to emerge from a lost war was said in one report to be more widespread in rural areas than appeared to be so on the surface . |
17 | They may know more than they realize , for it may be only on the occasion of a question that they see or realize applications and utilities of writings with which they are perfectly familiar . |
18 | He had dealt with her honestly , not as with a mere woman , one who must necessarily be only on the fringes of her menfolk 's concerns . |
19 | In effect the distribution and quality of health care will be entirely on the basis of personal wealth . |
20 | On the other hand , some social survey projects do not necessarily require a great deal of theoretical background reading and the emphasis in this case will be less on the library and more on fieldwork . |
21 | The emphasis will be less on the mechanics of neutralisation and more on the means to exclude certain forms of involvement in Southeast Asia by outside powers . |
22 | It did but er it 's a two way switch this business you know , you 've got to er you 've got to be together on the job have n't you really two sw two way switch . |
23 | Shortwood attracts thousands of visitors and the idea behind the revival of the horse powered cider mill , is to demonstrate how life used to be down on the farm . |
24 | If you want to be in on the action then Club Benitses is the place to be . |
25 | All around the harbour there are tavernas , restaurants , bars and cafés and there is a disco on the ground floor of the Loggia called Bora Bora , so if you want to be in on the action there is nowhere better . |
26 | And the ESF , just down the road from the Council of Europe 's building in Strasbourg , may well be in on the planning , particularly in areas in which the Council of Europe does not yet have its own contacts . |
27 | That is neither right or wrong ; we both have an interest and both want to be in on the decision . |
28 | P.B. Chris was saying that she should be in on the interviewing . |
29 | This does n't cut any ice with me because I believe that none of these directors would be in on the board if they were n't invited there by yourself . |
30 | It had to be in on the 7th October and we came back the beginning of September , so it was a bit of a rush , and that 's really one of my feelings about it — I sat down and wrote it off the top of my head and not an awful lot is very considered . |