Example sentences of "are [v-ing] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are building on this . |
| 2 | In an editorial statement later this morning , Akira Kobayashi , the Chief Executive Officer of GenTech East , will explain how unreasonable and inefficient the Soviets are proving on this issue . |
| 3 | ‘ So many runners are depending on this race to qualify for the Olympics , especially the Portuguese , who have been in invincible form in half-marathons , and I would not be surprised if the winner is someone no one has heard of . ’ |
| 4 | Where the tucks occur , the stitches that are knitting on each side are pulled upwards , out of shape . |
| 5 | His standards are binding on all men . |
| 6 | The decisions of this court are binding on all inferior courts trying civil or criminal cases , including divisional courts . |
| 7 | They are binding on all academics engaged in their profession , whatever their discipline . |
| 8 | Aforementioned principles and provisions are binding on all Member State authorities , including the courts . |
| 9 | Because authorities do not have the right to impose completely independent duties on people , because their directives should reflect dependent reasons which are binding on those people in any case , they have the right to replace people 's own judgment on the merits of the case . |
| 10 | His decisions are binding on both parties , subject only to the High Court on a point of law . |
| 11 | The two nations are collaborating on several satellite projects , including the L-Sat communications craft that British Aerospace is building for a launch in 1987 . |
| 12 | Now it seems to me that they are challenging on that basis that they can it can be it can be detailed at the local level that individual boundaries can be challenged . |
| 13 | Is not that why other Governments and employers across Europe understand well today that the Government are reneging on that and wish this country to undercut others by treating workers in the worst way possible ? |
| 14 | Shear waters are landing on all sides , filling the air with their strange cackling , gasping , whooping cries — and an oily musky smell . |
| 15 | The crowd are climbing on each other 's shoulders to get close to them and the hippychicks are dancing acid-trip hand jives in pairs . |
| 16 | If you are writing on this topic you can work out a list of different sorts of tragedy . |
| 17 | CALLAHAN : Those three are communicating on another level . |
| 18 | The European Junior Team Championships , which England last won in 1988 , are to be played here from July 8–11 and all the governing bodies are looking on this week 's championships as the ideal trial run . |
| 19 | ‘ We are living on enough credit as it is . ’ |
| 20 | Most people in Western countries are aware of the ‘ football pitch ’ sized areas of rainforest disappearing by the minute , but are they are aware of the murders and disappearances of the people who are living on these acres ? |
| 21 | We are dwelling on this basic chemistry because it is highly relevant to the study of ecology . |
| 22 | These things are going on all the time . |
| 23 | Why they are staying on this sad occasion is unclear . |
| 24 | We are calling on all victims of capitalist oppression in Britain to : Join the campaign to defend the Cape Town Sixteen and give expression to the demands of youth in Britain . |
| 25 | We are calling on all our helpers , both adults and children , who enjoy music , to spread the word or the song . |
| 26 | The reason for all the excitement over this newsheet was the information it contained ‘ The Allied armies are advancing on all Fronts ’ . |
| 27 | I thank my right hon. Friend for that encouraging response and for the work that he and his colleagues are doing on this . |
| 28 | .. Try it out when you leave here , try it out in the meetings and the presentations that you have to make I encourage you to do that , to try it out in your day to day working and for those people who have either already been on this course or are coming on this course after you that you meet encourage them to do the same , because there 's nothing like encouragement and feedback from each other to be able to use these new ideas . |
| 29 | If at some stage budgeting choices have to be made , decisions will be very much easier if you already know : your total outgoings , what you are spending on each individually and those you variously rate as important or marginal . |
| 30 | Wankers like Tommy Docherty et al are crapping on that Man Utd are well clear now , who can stop them , and they can only see them losing half a dozen games . |