Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may disintegrate on impact or , if it survives that , it may carry on some distance under water . |
| 2 | My right hon. Friend will be aware that most Conservative Members accept that , while some taxes may fall on income and others on spending , there is scope for a modest tax to fall on what we might describe as the amenity of property . |
| 3 | Process charts may concentrate on material , operator actions or the events in the process . |
| 4 | To consider further the general character of these coordinate singularities in regions II and III we may concentrate on region II . |
| 5 | They may concentrate on car phones , or only offer short term rental facilities : British Airways , for example , offers mobile phones for hire and use within airports . |
| 6 | The core of the vision may focus on product or service , market , process , organization or ideals ; its circumference involves the rhetoric and metaphor of persuasion . |
| 7 | Every party should , so far as practicable , apply for any particular direction he may desire on notice to the district judge and the other parties ( Ord 17 , rr 1 – 3 ) . |
| 8 | L3 may survive on pasture from autumn until late spring in sufficient numbers to initiate infection or occasionally to cause disease . |
| 9 | One State may act on behalf of another , either on a one-off basis , or more regularly , as in the arrangement between a protected and protecting State . |
| 10 | Just as a State may act on behalf of another State or other legal entity , so too an organisation might be seen as acting as agent for its member States . |
| 11 | He must remain on guard . |
| 12 | Board secretary John Morris said : ‘ The Board 's main consideration was whether the title should remain on ice or whether this contest could be accepted for that championship . |
| 13 | OPERA House who is one of the favourites for the Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp at the beginning of next month should stay on course for a Paris success by winning the Guinness Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown tomorrow . |
| 14 | Compact should build on work already developed in the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative ( TVEI ) . |
| 15 | We also argued that training should focus on management as a collective , whole school enterprise rather than on the role of the manager alone . |
| 16 | Right : Sir Ralph Halpern , Chairman of the British Fashion Council : ‘ I think , to compete with Europe , we should focus on brand-consciousness — which means everything from style , colour and image to fashionableness , quality and price ’ |
| 17 | Planning for discharge should commence on admission and include assessment of the home circumstances and support available . |
| 18 | Committees should cease to be executive or administrative bodies and should concentrate on policy determination . |
| 19 | Bedi believes India should concentrate on spin and forget hopes of a ‘ mediocre ’ pace attack making any dent in the England batting , saying : ‘ Kapil Dev is an exception , but you can not expect a one-man army to win for you all the time . ’ |
| 20 | From the start , new product development activity must focus on innovation and continuous product improvement . |
| 21 | I think one must concentrate on marriage being essentially a question of mutual love and respect for each other … |
| 22 | More fundamentally , the insistence that science and technology are linked together and that schools must concentrate on science at the expense of the arts is a long-term weakness of the scheme . |
| 23 | Such firms must , however , maintain a list of all the partners at their principal premises for inspection by interested persons during normal business hours and a statement that such list is available for inspection must appear on business correspondence . |
| 24 | Shaun used to want to argue about essentially trivial things like whether we should appear on Top Of The Pops — and that was just after the first single . |
| 25 | It is essential that a receptionist , whether male or female , should appear on duty immaculate in every way . |
| 26 | Moreover , it is impossible to define what constitutes the ‘ appropriate ’ proportion of time which a 5-year-old , or a 7- or 11-year-old , should spend on task in a school day of some five and a half hours . |
| 27 | Under the Plan , by 1998 , 40 per cent of the cars in the region must run on methanol or other ‘ clean ’ fuels . |
| 28 | Now we must keep on course |
| 29 | Initially , however , the tenant should insist on deletion of the provision . |
| 30 | If no improvement is observed within a few weeks , the therapist must insist on admission since further continuation of ineffective treatment is counterproductive . |