Example sentences of "[modal v] be on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Toyota has a pair of Simulknit levers labelled 0 and S. These should be on S for Simulknit and O for everything else . |
| 2 | The new chairman upset visiting speakers by introducing them incorrectly ; he ‘ picked his nose and wore jumpers with holes and even wrote to a local newspaper saying that new members should be on s ; weeks probation , and if they missed a meeting they should be expelled ’ . |
| 3 | The issue of conscription was a particularly tender one for the union , for it had for some time been under pressure from the Admiralty over breaches of the obligation of seamen , nominally enforced by the Board of Trade , that sailors should be on board their ships on time and hence not delay sailings . |
| 4 | All the fans should be on board for that one . |
| 5 | Academics , like accountants , should be on tap , and not on top . ’ |
| 6 | But Javed 's men should be on top of the world |
| 7 | It should be on top of the , erm , discard the erm , instruction sheet . |
| 8 | The compression of the state pension down to income support levels has gone so far that it has superseded the income support level , so that every pensioner , as of right , should be on income support . |
| 9 | But for whole class playback sessions the general focus should be on things which affect everyone in the group . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | It should be on ability , on what you make of yourself , as you say . |
| 12 | Someone should be on watch . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Women in particular should be on guard against apologizing for themselves indirectly by this sort of tentative behaviour . |
| 16 | In today 's changing legal and economic climate , business focus should be on market position ( not to be confused with market share ) and differentiation , and a personal injury practice raises some fundamental issues that require strategic thought . |
| 17 | Remember each person in our catchment area should be on tape for one tenth of a second . |
| 18 | The key worker should be on hand for part of the time to settle in the new resident . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , past accounting statements will be one prime source of information used to project future cash flows , and the accountant should be on hand to avoid misinterpretation of those data . |
| 20 | The ports of entry should be better manned and in some instances medical advice should be on hand so that certain people have a medical examination before they are allowed into the community . |
| 21 | A forfeiture order should be on Form N 27 , or where the property or part of it consists of premises subject to the Rent Acts on Form N 27(1) or ( 2 ) , or if the order is made on breach of covenant , other than covenant to pay rent , on Form N 27 adapted . |
| 22 | The focus of governors should be on planning and policies . |
| 23 | Briefing on this topic should cover the incidence of crime , whether it is usual for expatriates to employ security staff and , if so , when such staff should be on duty , and procedures for dealing with the police . |
| 24 | Is the information used centrally to determine the proportions of staff which should be on duty at any particular time of day ? |
| 25 | The emphasis should be on objectives , programmes and programme elements , all stated in output terms . |
| 26 | If the Hotel is part of a group , brochures of other hotels within the group should be on display and receptionists instructed to see that they are well distributed to guests and casual enquirers . |
| 27 | But the real issues had nothing to do with the balance of power , which merely dictated that Britain should be on terms of benevolent neutrality with whoever won in Spain . |
| 28 | probably destroyed but they should be on disk . |
| 29 | His resignation should be on Mr Major 's desk today . |
| 30 | In a few months , however , the Lynx should be on sale here , and the tables will turn . |