Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] on " in BNC.
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| 31 | You should be on the right track , although your next village might be more appropriate in East Anglia . |
| 32 | As much as 85% of the materials should be on open access , and stock relegated to store should remain there for a trial period of five years before being returned to the main library , or transferred to a permanent back-up collection such as the British Library . |
| 33 | And he showed his cynical disregard for the system by suggesting that promotion and relegation should be on an eleven-up , eleven-down basis . |
| 34 | It was only natural that my thoughts should be on the life and work of my friend Robert W. Service as I walked the untidy streets of Whitehorse four decades after the roaring pandemonium of the gold rush days . |
| 35 | The officials of the Ministry of Development were keen that the new building should be on the tennis courts because a new road was planned to run through Bachelor 's Walk parallel with the present buildings . |
| 36 | The Under Secretaries with their political departments and the Consular Department should be on the principal floor with the Secretary of State . |
| 37 | The Passport Office , the Slave Trade and Chief Clerks ' departments and the library should be on the ground floor . |
| 38 | The focus of governors should be on planning and policies . |
| 39 | For progressive building to be successful , it was essential that the supply of completely manufactured parts should be on the ground at the point of erection , before the building of a vehicle was commenced . |
| 40 | The key worker should be on hand for part of the time to settle in the new resident . |
| 41 | The ancient university town of Cambridge should be on every visitor 's itinerary . |
| 42 | The new model — to be known as the 840Ci — goes into production next summer and should be on sale in the UK in August . |
| 43 | Franco Ferrero wishes to apologize for the delay in sending out his Kayak & Mountain brochure but by now it should be on the way to all who requested it . |
| 44 | You really should be on the telephone . ’ |
| 45 | We should be on the steps right in front of the door . ’ |
| 46 | Women in particular should be on guard against apologizing for themselves indirectly by this sort of tentative behaviour . |
| 47 | The emphasis with the old , as with any other age-group , should be on prevention before the need for cure arises , and some elderly people suffer quite unnecessarily from the ‘ silent ’ types of illness which show no dramatic symptoms in their early stages ( such as anaemia ) , and which might well be diagnosed if they visited their doctor at six-monthly intervals when feeling at all ‘ off colour ’ . |
| 48 | Here the toe of the club should point straight up into the air , the clubshaft should be on the plane established at address and the back of the left wrist should be facing outwards , not turned down towards the ground or facing the sky . |
| 49 | Was it Henry Longhurst who said that The Rules should be on the back of a cigarette packet ? |
| 50 | As it should be on a ‘ 59-style Strat it 's a proper thick ‘ slab ’ board , not the curved veneer type , and it 's got reasonably authentic-looking plastic clay-type markers . |
| 51 | The light should be on the speaker 's face , not in your eyes . |
| 52 | This may be an emotional experience , so trial should be on an individual basis and not within a group . |
| 53 | ‘ I do n't think you should be on your own , ’ she said in what she hoped was a calming voice . |
| 54 | Misreading the crumpled instructions I took the steps to the first floor , realised I should be on the fourth , so ran and eased myself through the closing lift doors , coming face to face with Malc . |
| 55 | He should be on a flight Stateside — in bracelets . ’ |
| 56 | They had not been schooled in the symptoms of such abuse , but she told reporters that the abuse of children was such a terrible problem in society , that everyone should be on the look-out for it . |
| 57 | Entries should be on A4 or A3 paper and sent to : . |
| 58 | You 're probably sick and tired of the word carbohydrate , but that 's what should be on the menu for your evening meal . |
| 59 | Both the Ford and Nissan models should be on the market in time for summer . |
| 60 | Big Ron 's job lot are joint market leaders with Manchester United , but if they do lift the Premier League referee Raymond Bigger should be on the celebration party guest list . |