Example sentences of "[modal v] work on the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 " I 'd work on the assumption that he was n't put in before high water , " Sergeant Burgess said .
2 Once again i caught on the three methods that I thought would work on the day and to say the least I was more than confident of getting good points .
3 In addition a group of three design consultancies ( Design Program , Jones Garrard Ltd and SPRL Inov ) will work on the interior and exterior design of the trains in conjunction with the main contractors .
4 Secondly , some of the faunas have not yet been dated accurately , and we must allow a tolerance of +-l — 5 million years for each one that is known , although we can work on the assumption that two faunas that have several animals in common are of about the same antiquity .
5 We are … at a point where we can work on the basis that many of our pupils in primary education are capable of undertaking high level thinking skills , progressive , incremental concept formation and rule learning .
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