Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] on " in BNC.

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1 The pilot 's left hand should be on the airbrake lever during any climb in cloud , ready to pull and open the airbrakes if the speed increases by more than 15 knots or so above normal .
2 In a field landing , or whenever you are trying for a spot landing ( which , of course , should be on every landing ) , the moment you find that you are having to keep full airbrake on continuously , you should start to side-slip and use up the excess height .
3 She feels imperialized , that everything familiar to her is being disturbed , the peace is being disturbed , and that our ways of telling ( form ) and what we have to tell ( content ) are simply not something that should be on an agenda of any kind .
4 The new contracts may improve accounting procedures , but do not appear to offer more choice to either doctors or consumers , who will be bound by contractual arrangements , which the government recommends should be on a three-year rolling basis .
5 What assures the Calibra 's success is its pricing : the base model is predicted to cost less than £14,000 , while even the 16-valve four-wheel drive flyer should be on the right side of £17,000 .
6 The agreement must specify that this 20 per cent should be on money actually received by the artist , not on items such as bad debts , and that there should be allowances for exactly what the commission is chargeable on in certain circumstances .
7 The lesson Haslam learned from his ICI experience was that wherever possible redundancy should be on a voluntary basis if the trauma were to be kept to a minimum .
8 The required accommodation was a residence for a family of five and the new owner requested that the living accommodation should be on the first floor to take advantage of the splendid views to the west over the Cherwell Valley .
9 Academics , like accountants , should be on tap , and not on top . ’
10 Oil slicks in Alaska and elsewhere helped Vikoma , the group 's environmental cleaning equipment manufacturer , which specialises in separating oil from water , and although Salvesen brick , is suffering in the second half from a 30 to 40 per cent cut in demand as housebuilding nosedives , the first half was prosperous and full year trading profit should be on a level with 1988 , says finance director Brian Fidler .
11 In a few months , however , the Lynx should be on sale here , and the tables will turn .
12 But the assumption was always that his first attempt at direction should be on a modest scale .
13 ‘ What happens is that maybe I 'll just see the shape of some chords , or where my fingers should be on the frets .
14 Someone should be on watch .
15 Strawberry plants should be on sale next month .
16 Remember that the information such as sowing times , temperature requirements together with the plant 's ideal growing conditions should be on the back of each packet .
17 If views are enough to satisfy watery aspirations , the Somerset coastline should be on your list .
18 Voters of conservative inclination should be on guard against demolition squads from other parties which want to knock it about in order to prove their radicalism .
19 The debate has continued ever since on whether the main emphasis should be on their economic or their social role .
20 Just as the child in dramatic playing concentrates on the task or the problem to be solved , so the advice from Stanislavsky to his actors is that concentration should be on the mainspring of action in the character 's behaviour , not his feelings .
21 I am suggesting that within the one is the other — in some respects a Chinese Box would have provided a better diagram than a polarisation continuum , although it would have been difficult to decide which box should be on the outside .
22 This attitude had provoked two serious crises in the 1840s , in both of which France was virtually humiliated , and while Napoleon III was resolved on bringing about an understanding , he was equally resolved that it should be on a basis of equality .
23 Maybe you should be on your way .
24 Commencement date : should be on a day sufficiently quiet to bear the inevitable disruption and to accommodate staff training and on a day when staffing is not unduly affected by holidays or other absences .
25 Replenishment of kit or contents or other materials should be on a simple ‘ new for old ’ or ‘ full or empty ’ basis without obstacles , delays or artificial restrictions .
26 The emphasis should be on quite small units — for both retail and restaurant use .
27 They look as though they should be on horseback flying towards the sun .
28 One the Sun enters the sensitive and secretive sign of Scorpio on the 24rd , new sights , scenes and associations beckon and if not this month then certainly next , you should be on the threshold of some quite remarkable and far-reaching changes on all fronts .
29 Most of your weight should be on the back foot .
30 The front foot should be on the windward edge and well weighted .
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