Example sentences of "[noun sg] may 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ God knows , ’ he concluded softly , ‘ some of the Duke 's blood may be on my hands . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He has previously been linked with the Chargers and a move down the Calfornian coast may be on the cards . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Such work may be on an individual or group project basis . |
| 11 | In many cases the buildings show the Nordic influence of the long house with farm buildings attached , sheltering man and his animals under the same roof , and the gallery may be on the house or barn . |
| 12 | In the second movement Allegro con grazia Koizumi may be on the slow side in the main 5/4 theme , but he is very persuasive , and then in the central section brings out an element of fantasy . |
| 13 | Finally , wherever health-care reform may be on the stormy seas of the Clinton presidency , the public wants health-care reform . |
| 14 | ‘ I think that the boot may be on the other leg ! ’ |
| 15 | A speechreader may be on top form and have no problems in understanding unimportant asides or trivial chatter , but at the vital interview panic sets in . |
| 16 | Alternatively if the process is highly complex the emphasis may be on the pattern of events as indicated by a network of blocks with a specialist symbol indicating the many points within the system for which information for the operator might appear and another symbol for points where he can interfere in the system dynamics ( Fig. 1.27 ) . |
| 17 | If you believe your name may be on such an agency 's list , you have the right to see a copy of your file , and to correct any mistakes you may find . |
| 18 | MOUTHFULS of metal may be on the way out . |
| 19 | The project looks at how risk and uncertainty are handled by the decision makers concerned and what the impact may be on the choices made . |
| 20 | Although his career may be on the wane , he should still prove a useful asset to Ballymena , who just pipped top Junior side Coleraine for the veteran 's services . |
| 21 | AN ALCOHOL alert is sweeping parts of Donegal following a warning that bottles of contaminated vodka may be on sale in the county . |
| 22 | The writing may be on the wall for the established system . |
| 23 | Later that week we were given a first indication that the previous three ‘ greenhouse ’ winters may merely have been within the normal climatic variations and that a better season may be on its way , when the first Pitztal race was cancelled due to extreme cold ! |
| 24 | Moreover , suspicion may grow in agents ' minds during t - 1 that the government may be on the verge of an about turn on employment policy . |
| 25 | The effect of such storage may be on either the package or the product or both and these effects may be classified as follows . |
| 26 | START spreading the news — a little Cruiser may be on the way . |
| 27 | His call coincided , however , with the mobilisation in Serbia of reservists , suggesting that the Yugoslav army may be on the verge of intervention in the newly independent Bosnia . |
| 28 | He knows he wo n't live to see his Martian polar dreams fulfilled , although man may be on Mars early next century . |
| 29 | The eyes of the world may be on Microsoft Corp Windows NT , but over at the IBM booth they are pulling out all the stops to show that OS/2 is far from dead . |
| 30 | But there is some danger where co-operatives are created out of economic adversity , for the situation is then one of commercial crisis and , important though the rescue may be on general grounds , it is far from an ideal basis on which to promote the reputation of co-operatives generally , or of Co-operation as an alternative form of organisation . |