Example sentences of "they may be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as the charter is concerned they may be on the right track ( if for the wrong reasons ) . |
| 2 | Manufacturing and service companies in the Midlands believe they may be on the brink of an economic turnaround . |
| 3 | These two images , however irreconcilable they may be on the surface , are , nonetheless , merely variants of a single conception of human beings and human behaviour , exemplars of a paradigm within which the character of human relations is seen not as growing out of human purposes and choices , but as determined by some natural state of human beings . |
| 4 | Will he therefore do his best to defuse the present unhappy situation and assure the people of that great continent that , although they may be on the other side of the world , they are close to the hearts of the people of the United Kingdom ? |
| 5 | Initiating pupils into theology is an essential part of RE , so that they may be on the wavelength of the major religions and be able — if they wish — to use their language and outlooks to make sense of their own personal experience . |