Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After washing sufficient numbers may remain on the hands to cause harm and the skin may become recontaminated from taps , the towel dispenser and the exit door of the washroom . |
| 2 | In that context , the designation by article 5(1) of the Convention of the courts for the place of performance of the obligation in question expresses the concern that , because of the close links created by a contract between the parties thereto , it should be possible for all the difficulties which may arise on the occasion of the performance of a contractual obligation to be brought before the same court : that for the place of performance of the obligation . |
| 3 | These five workers have been forced to become adept at tackling the complete range of jobs which may arise on the farm over the year . |
| 4 | Ophiopristis may be defined as follows : the jaw longer than broad with one or two apical papillae flanked on each side by 4 or more rounded or slightly pointed oral papillae which form a continuous series with 2–4 slightly larger tentacle scales associated with the second oral tentacle pore , these scales may arise on the adoral shields , in some species there may also be papillae on the inner edge of the first ventral arm plate , the adoral shields long and narrow separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields covered and inconspicuous ; tentacle pores of the arm not open but armed with one or two leaf-like or scale-like tentacle scales . |
| 5 | Let's build on the good news , that Heseltine and Cook understand the need for a national industrial strategy . |
| 6 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
| 7 | Also , you may throw on the fire something that gives off toxic fumes . |
| 8 | On the disappearance of the archedictyon , or of an individual vein , the macrotrichia may persist on the wing-membrane in their original positions ; their presence there is regarded by Tillyard as evidence of descent from more densely veined ancestors . |
| 9 | Information on employees may exist on a company 's mini or mainframe computer but is stored in a form not usually usable or accessible by the personnel department , and mainframe information does not lend itself to interrogation on a real time basis . |
| 10 | The investigation is held in private but the authority and individuals concerned may comment on the allegations . |
| 11 | Let's concentrate on the important , serious issues and spend less time worrying about such matters as the quality of the beer . |
| 12 | Let's concentrate on the wedding and set aside minor matters like setting up home together , buying furniture and the honeymoon . |
| 13 | Attempts to improve occupational mobility for them may concentrate on a few professional openings where their colour is defined as an occupational advantage ( e.g. race relations advisers ) or on employers ( e.g. local authorities ) with positive action policies , or self-employment ( small businesses ) . |
| 14 | Because of the obvious symmetry , we may concentrate on the singularity in region II . |
| 15 | Where their interests overlapped with the Maud Committee they reached similar conclusions , and we may concentrate on the latter as dealing in greater detail with the concerns of this chapter . |
| 16 | If the petition is advertised , more creditors may jump on the bandwagon . |
| 17 | For example , an adult may focus on a non-social action , such as tongue-poking or arm-waving , and interpret this as if it were , in fact , performed as an expression of some kind of social intention . |
| 18 | For example , an assessment of a child 's command of phonology may focus on the child 's use of certain problematic contrasting phonemes , and it may only be necessary to transcribe phonemically those words in which particular contrasts normally occur . |
| 19 | Autofocus does have draw-backs though — when an animal is in foliage the camera may focus on the undergrowth and not the animal . |
| 20 | In fairly simple markets , agreements may focus on the price of a standardized product ( including agreement on exactly what constitutes a standard product , e.g. terms and conditions of sale ) , or on production quotas for the participating firms . |
| 21 | A more realistic approach to leadership may focus on the situation . |
| 22 | The physiotherapist may sit or stand in front of the patient , or may kneel on the plinth behind him , according to the type of guidance she intends to give him . |
| 23 | Snow may linger on the high passes as late as June . |
| 24 | I may object on a point of fact ( ‘ There are no gibbons there now ’ ) or by appealing to some other end or principle ( ‘ You ought not to put that problem off any longer ’ ) . |
| 25 | I plugged into a Zoom and everyone said , ‘ It 's just a reference guitar so let's focus on the drums . ’ |
| 26 | We must knock on the earth for ourselves . |
| 27 | Now to be honest if they had come to us first we would have got them into another union the t&gwu or ACTT but having said that , one thing we should knock on the head straight away . |
| 28 | If true love should knock on the door , Ego will coolly slip the bolt and pretend to be out . |
| 29 | We must build on the success and continue to press all political parties to develop financial and social policies which ensure that sufficient affordable homes for rent are made available as a matter of policy . |
| 30 | We must build on the experience of regional disputes which shows that there can be a role for international law , the United Nations and , above all , the permanent five of the Security Council . |