Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is always a lie and never the truth , ’ Questionable though that judgement may be on the aphorism in general , it does seem to me to catch the half-formed nature of this observation — or perhaps , better speaking , its lack of a frame . |
| 2 | A more radical change may be on the way : a report by the UK Institute of Health Services Management concludes that ‘ General taxation must be reconsidered as the major funding of the National Health Service if it continues to fail to deliver adequate levels of resources ’ . |
| 3 | There are some principles upon which the discretion whether or not to award a remedy is exercised , but no public law litigant can afford to ignore the fact that usually there is no right to the remedy sought however strong his or her case may be on its merits . |
| 4 | The two sides might have parted company there and then had it not been for the GLEB 's condition that someone with newspaper business experience should be on the executive . |
| 5 | The front foot should be on the windward edge and well weighted . |
| 6 | His resignation should be on Mr Major 's desk today . |
| 7 | It is much more to do with the image within the hair and from a grooming point of view , the hair should be on a par with the clothes . |
| 8 | But the assumption was always that his first attempt at direction should be on a modest scale . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | For example , it is suggested that : " The rooms should be grouped in a simple manner , easy for patients and visitors to find their way around ; the whole building should be on one level and should look as far as is possible both externally and internally like a house not a hospital : there should be a clearly defined main entry/exit point for patients , staff , visitors and supplies which should have a ramped approach and in which the main door should be lockable : WC and washing compartment should be shared between pairs of single bed rooms and should be readily accessible to the sitting and dining rooms ; the bathroom should be readily accessible to both day and night areas ; the WC and the bathroom should be equipped for wheelchairs and standing users : the sitting and dining rooms and the external enclosure should be accessible by wheelchair : rooms should be differentiated in colour and finish while remaining domestic in scale and character : an informal , welcoming and comfortable reception/waiting area is required at the entrance to provide shelter and waiting spaces for visitors : the area between main entrance and sub-section entrances is likely to be an extensive area of circulation and will be the hub of the building but it could also be , spaciously , rather than an enlarged corridor , a positive amenity and focus if designed as a conservatory , for example , to contain plants or even birds and fish providing a stimulus to patients ' visitors and staff , and , finally : the safe external enclosure ( to which I referred earlier , ) should take the form of a walled garden matching the materials of parent buildings , suitably softened with appropriate planting . |
| 11 | This may be an emotional experience , so trial should be on an individual basis and not within a group . |
| 12 | Examples of this are nowadays quoted in most of the newspapers — the 25–30 year-old trader who is earning £200 000–£400 000 whilst the person who runs the whole department may be on a salary of only half this . |
| 13 | The financial markets may be in retreat and the pound may be on a slippery slope , but it 's not just the insolvency practitioners and bailiffs that are doing well ; some companies in sectors as diverse as retailing , restaurants and medical equipment are also doing more than just make ends meet . |
| 14 | ‘ God knows , ’ he concluded softly , ‘ some of the Duke 's blood may be on my hands . ’ |
| 15 | N.B. Whilst our itineraries are presented for our main departures on Mondays and Fridays , travel by air , rail or car may be on any day of the week . |
| 16 | He has previously been linked with the Chargers and a move down the Calfornian coast may be on the cards . |
| 17 | So , the short-term effect may be on output as firms strive to meet the increased demand , but the eventual effect will be almost entirely on prices . |
| 18 | The Under Secretaries with their political departments and the Consular Department should be on the principal floor with the Secretary of State . |
| 19 | The tenant 's adviser should be on his guard against such a provision since it is little more than a trap for the tenant , particularly since the figure specified by the landlord need not be a bona fide and genuine pre-estimate of the market rent ( Amalgamated Estates Ltd v Joystretch Manufacturing Ltd ( 1980 ) 257 EG 489 ) . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ( The Number one left hard light must be on Silver or Knitmaster electronics and the Number 6 switch down on Brother electronics ) . |
| 22 | The no. 1 right hand light must be on ( as well as the jacquard light when you start knitting ) and you have to start by knitting a single row in the background colour from right to left , then change to the second colour . |
| 23 | But it argues that , in the light of the repeated failure of the ‘ four main constitutional parties ( sic ) ’ to agree , the onus in future should be on them to settle . |
| 24 | Explain to your passengers before you start that your eyes and your concentration must be on the road . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The roof should be on the main building by the end of March and installation of the main process equipment will begin immediately after Easter . |
| 27 | The light should be on the speaker 's face , not in your eyes . |
| 28 | Most of your weight should be on the back foot . |
| 29 | The Pathfinder Force should be on a different basis and these should consist of 45 sorties , but crews could be withdrawn at any time after the completion of 30 sorties . |
| 30 | The equivalent of each ‘ response ’ expected from the input page must be entered as there are no defaults ; each entry must be on a separate line . |