Example sentences of "[that] it [modal v] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Nenna was not in the witness box , she sometimes saw herself getting ready for an inspection at which Edward , or Edward 's mother , or some power superior to either , gave warning that they might appear — she could only hope that it would be on a falling tide — to see where she could be found wanting . |
| 2 | In other words , the hegemony of the social representation of science can not possibly be total , and there is even evidence that it may be on the wane . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It looks more than possible that it will be on its wheels next year . |
| 5 | When I peer along the track I see that it will be on the track across from me , going south to the river . |