Example sentences of "could be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could be on a regular basis , for example once a week , or could be available in an emergency . |
| 2 | Amstrad was a weak market , falling 3.5p to 62.5p on worries that even more profit downgradings could be on the way . |
| 3 | If the product is approved , genetically engineered tomatoes could be on the supermarket shelves by 1993 . |
| 4 | Dancing River , from the local stable of Arthur Stephenson , is a tip , but Stay Awake could be on the upgrade . |
| 5 | A heavy punishment could be on the way . |
| 6 | If he can convince the 19m north-easterners that he and his recently formed New Aspiration Party will give them a better deal , and he manages to form an electoral pact with the honest and popular governor of Bangkok , he could be on the way to becoming Thailand 's next prime minister . |
| 7 | ‘ I think it could be on the cards . |
| 8 | More environmentally sensitive areas could be on the way — if agriculture minister John Gummer can persuade the Treasury to give him the cash |
| 9 | Identify the plants above and you could be on the road to a brand new five-door Renault Clio . |
| 10 | But although increases in pay have tailed off , Mr Page said : ‘ Professional firms are not as aggressive as they could be on cutting salaries . |
| 11 | Littlewoods could be on the verge of a decision over the future of the mail-order operations but making the business an irresistible buy will take a dramatic burst of salesmanship by the Moores family which owns this Liverpool group , and their merchant bankers at Kleinwort Benson . |
| 12 | ‘ She could be on another floor . ’ |
| 13 | It could be on the other side of the island or asleep or waiting to leap out the water and swallow them whole . |
| 14 | This communal support for older people in early modern England could be on a remarkably generous scale . |
| 15 | And I may not need your services now , so you could be on a train back to Frankfurt tomorrow . ’ |
| 16 | In energy , as opposed to environmental , terms the most serious potential consequence of acid rain could be on coal as a power station fuel , a fact which led the IEA in a study published in November 1983 to recommend governments to increase basic research on acid rain pollution . |
| 17 | The response of the good data analyst is to welcome the discrepancy , and to examine the data even more closely to understand why the techniques differ ; new insights could be on the horizon . |
| 18 | The old man could be on the way out , and anyone on the way out is inevitably a centre for drama . |
| 19 | But changes could be on the way . |
| 20 | A nine month design study is now under way , and the station could be on line by 1986 . |
| 21 | PAINT could be on the way out as a way of marking lines on roads . |
| 22 | It could be on the market within four years . |
| 23 | Registration could be on a site or company basis and will allow companies to use a recognised logo . |
| 24 | Winners will be chosen at random at the end of December , when a Jack-in-a-Box could be on its way to you . |
| 25 | Simple things like the rain on the window pane , the cat mewing to come in or the noise of a bus which could be on top of you before it is seen . |
| 26 | But it is the solar eclipse on the 24th that holds the greatest potential for you : an addition to the family or change of location could be on the cards for next year . |
| 27 | Of the former criteria , arts broadcaster Melvyn Bragg could be on this weekend 's list . |
| 28 | If field trials are successful the Dracula hormone pill could be on the market by 1996 . |
| 29 | But Silverstone 's position as one of the world 's premier circuits could be on the last lap … |
| 30 | Dodson , 22 , who boxed in two Olympics , will be managed by close friend Colin McMillan , the former WBO featherweight champion , while his first fight could be on the undercard of Riddick Bowe 's first world heavyweight title defence against Mike Dokes at Madison Square Garden in New York on February 6 . |