Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If some unexpected problems are revealed by the disclosure letter , the acquirer may want to insist on special provisions or indemnities being included in the agreement . |
| 2 | Similarly , within any stage , different agencies may need to focus on different aspects . |
| 3 | Even then you may consider relying on outside designers to create the masters while your operators simply fill in the gaps . |
| 4 | For the moment , at least , I should prefer to rely on that process of negotiation rather than on anything else . |
| 5 | I should like to attend on 9 May , and look forward to the evening 's entertainment very much . |
| 6 | Once a CFE treaty was signed talks should begin to build on additional measures including ones to limit manpower in Europe ; a commitment would be given at the time of signature of the CFE treaty concerning the manpower levels of a unified Germany . |
| 7 | Within the State Department it has been argued that two competing strategies — one ‘ Asian-oriented ’ and the other ‘ Europe-oriented ’ — had emerged and that the critical question was whether the US should have insisted on French concessions to Vietnamese nationalism as a condition of US support . |
| 8 | Given the traditional English attachment to the extravagant version of the judicial independence doctrine , it is perhaps not surprising that even these modest calls for reform should have fallen on deaf ears . |
| 9 | The ship has been at Rosyth for some weeks and work should have started on 1 March . |
| 10 | It is wrong that we should have to reply on voluntary information in such an extremely important matter . |
| 11 | In her view , past promotions should have focussed on individual sections of the population instead of trying to interest everyone at once . |
| 12 | It was natural , therefore , that when the ancestors of plaice and sole took to the sea bottom , they should have lain on one side rather than on the belly like the ancestors of skates and rays . |
| 13 | And most of the passengers , she thought , must have relied on similar thoughts to see them through . |
| 14 | Unlike the Mantuan and Ferrarese madrigalists , Marenzio composed mainly for the pleasure of the performers themselves , not for courtly audiences listening to brilliant executants , though he did make some essays in the three-upper-part style associated with the Ferrarese ladies , notably the exquisite ‘ Hor chi Clori ’ in his Sixth five-part book ( 1594 ) , and he must have reckoned on good performers to tackle the chromaticisms of ‘ O voi che sospirate ’ ( Book II , 1581 ) . |
| 15 | Rest of time must have gone on fruitless speculations as to why Coventry end without similar paperwork , could it be in post room , could it be mistake of Coventry end 's secretary , did Coventry end actually have it on desk but had n't looked ? |
| 16 | To an extent the friendship between Minton and Vaughan must have rested on shared interests . |
| 17 | It 's a little surprising , then , that similar phenomena had not been recognized prior to 1902 , since they must have occurred on numerous occasions in the past . |
| 18 | We should aim to build on bilingual pupils ' increased potential for divergent thinking , and their abilities for concept transferral between languages . |
| 19 | How much you should allow depends on three factors : 1 . |
| 20 | He understands that the flight is only temporary and the bird must come to rest on solid ground again at some point just as the next stanza provides a landing area for his mind . |
| 21 | We must continue to campaign on this issue and support taking legal action in Europe against the attack on women 's pay . |
| 22 | They 'll want to land on this side anyway . |
| 23 | Er all of you , all of you prioritising some sort of organisation and planning of revision , so I 've got some ideas that you might want to try on that score so first years , I 'm sure like Clare you must have some work to do . |
| 24 | you 'll need to practise on both arms . |
| 25 | But I think the twenty pounds extra for another telly is the one that er you might like to comment on this morning . |
| 26 | The leader of the Bosnian Serbs has given an assurance to the United Nations that they 'll stop firing on non-military targets in Sarajevo . |
| 27 | Hilary Wade was taken by the question about what might have happened on these islands had the Romans left us alone . |
| 28 | Yet his own researchers have confirmed that the ‘ British ’ tag on food has about as much impact now as ‘ made in Hong Kong ’ might have had on other commodities a couple of decades ago . |
| 29 | Oliver Gregory , who set High Street trends as co-founder of the Habitat chain , might have slipped on wet grass while carrying his shotgun in the garden of his home at Collingbourne Ducis , Wilts . |
| 30 | You could choose to move on different paths through space-time , but nothing you could do would modify the background of space and time . |