Example sentences of "that the [noun] [modal v] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is expected that the emphasis will be on the 1965 model , though it is hoped that those students who choose this as the topic for more detailed study will learn something or earlier and later development . |
| 2 | The air was full of the smell of burning documents , and in some quarters there was talk that the Germans would be on the Nile within a matter of days . |
| 3 | Was it Henry Longhurst who said that The Rules should be on the back of a cigarette packet ? |
| 4 | They allowed cameras into their Hereford base for the first time , to drive home the message that the public must be on their guard in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 5 | It is clear that the Government are determined that the Bill will be on the statute book before the general election . |
| 6 | Moreover , suspicion may grow in agents ' minds during t - 1 that the government may be on the verge of an about turn on employment policy . |
| 7 | The very optimism of the possibility that the miners might be on the move against the government carried with it a premonition of pessimism , that the miners would save the working class when it could not save itself . |
| 8 | ‘ I think that the boot may be on the other leg ! ’ |
| 9 | It is hoped that the builders will be on site by July and the first shops will open by Christmas 1994 . |
| 10 | It is also likely that the percentages will be on the sliding scale that seemed so attractive to the PFA a fortnight ago when peace was at hand . |
| 11 | It is hoped that the measure will be on the statute book by summer . |
| 12 | There were doubts , however , that the Soviet would be on board for the second leg . |
| 13 | If you agree to be questioned , there is a good chance that the questions will be on your political opinions , your voting intentions , or on your preferences with regard to washing powders , or foreign holidays , or TV programmes , or any of a host of other possibilities . |
| 14 | Linking HLCA payments to agreed stocking levels implies that the payments will be on a hectarage rather than headage basis . |
| 15 | Although the Boundary Commission is unwilling to pre-empt the results of its county-wide review , it is understood that the focus will be on Colchester where both constituencies have far more than the ideal average of 69,000 voters . |
| 16 | The position that we have held ( and continue to hold ) is that the focus should be on retained recourse , which we would generally expect to write off , and on the retention of significant benefit in relation to the expected performance of assets . |
| 17 | There is some evidence in the papers on US , EC , and UK competition policy in this issue that despite differing objectives at the origination of policy , the growing consensus is that the focus should be on economic efficiency . |
| 18 | After his victory Menelik showed marked restraint : he tacitly recognized the Italian claim to Eritrea , stipulating only that the frontier should be on the Mareb river . |
| 19 | SIGNS that the economy might be on the upturn come with another major East Anglian employer back in profit . |
| 20 | From the individual 's point of view , his whole life is governed by whether or not he is on the ‘ go-team ’ or co-ordinator 's list , and when at home , out of working hours , every time the telephone rings there is the possibility that the inspector will be on his way to any place on earth within an hour or so . |
| 21 | that the arrangement must be on a temporary trial basis , |
| 22 | So that the nanny can be on call night and day , the bedroom in the flat connects with the main part of the house and is next to the nursery . |