Example sentences of "they [modal v] [be] [v-ing] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a type of environment used by decision makers where they may be working on one piece of information in the application and they need to make a decision based on an information which is elsewhere in the application . |
| 2 | They may be trying to understand and explain a whole period of the past or they may be concentrating on one individual problem . |
| 3 | To me , northwest Africa is part of Europe and either the division is farther south or , if they must be sailing on different plates , then those plates were very close together long before the Alpine convulsions . |
| 4 | The MPRP needs to improve itself and at the same time if new parties are formed for the interest of the people and the country , they should be competing on equal terms . " |
| 5 | The band were taking a break from each other , but they 'd be working on some new material soon with a view to releasing a new song as a single to coincide with Reading . |
| 6 | Therefore the daily life of the Woodies , which had depended almost entirely on knowing what they would be doing on any given day six months hence , fell into disrepair . |