Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new contracts may improve accounting procedures , but do not appear to offer more choice to either doctors or consumers , who will be bound by contractual arrangements , which the government recommends should be on a three-year rolling basis . |
| 2 | The lesson Haslam learned from his ICI experience was that wherever possible redundancy should be on a voluntary basis if the trauma were to be kept to a minimum . |
| 3 | Oil slicks in Alaska and elsewhere helped Vikoma , the group 's environmental cleaning equipment manufacturer , which specialises in separating oil from water , and although Salvesen brick , is suffering in the second half from a 30 to 40 per cent cut in demand as housebuilding nosedives , the first half was prosperous and full year trading profit should be on a level with 1988 , says finance director Brian Fidler . |
| 4 | But the assumption was always that his first attempt at direction should be on a modest scale . |
| 5 | This attitude had provoked two serious crises in the 1840s , in both of which France was virtually humiliated , and while Napoleon III was resolved on bringing about an understanding , he was equally resolved that it should be on a basis of equality . |
| 6 | Commencement date : should be on a day sufficiently quiet to bear the inevitable disruption and to accommodate staff training and on a day when staffing is not unduly affected by holidays or other absences . |
| 7 | Replenishment of kit or contents or other materials should be on a simple ‘ new for old ’ or ‘ full or empty ’ basis without obstacles , delays or artificial restrictions . |
| 8 | As it should be on a ‘ 59-style Strat it 's a proper thick ‘ slab ’ board , not the curved veneer type , and it 's got reasonably authentic-looking plastic clay-type markers . |
| 9 | He should be on a flight Stateside — in bracelets . ’ |
| 10 | First of all the guidance states that the accountant 's test checks should be on a limited number of accounts and files relating to controlled trusts . |
| 11 | A telephone should be on a half-moon table in the hall . |
| 12 | The section only requires that the constable or warden should be on a road and a driver entering a road from a private drive in contravention of a constable 's signal under this section could commit an offence . |
| 13 | It is much more to do with the image within the hair and from a grooming point of view , the hair should be on a par with the clothes . |
| 14 | A new national organisation he believed should be on a smaller and more economical scale than required by the struggle up to 1833 ; functioning as a watchdog over legislation and supplying information to ministers and public its style had to be ‘ very prudent and discreet ’ . |
| 15 | I saw him move the mat so it should be on a slippery bit and then sort of pretend to slip on it , and then start to shout . ’ |
| 16 | When a transfer is arranged this should be on a trial basis normally not exceeding one month . |
| 17 | For example , it is said that no one should be on a waiting list for longer than two years . |
| 18 | Lord Prior , figurehead at G E C , and former Tory Minister , argued against the government 's original proposal that the employee 's authorization of check-off facilities should be on a yearly basis . |
| 19 | Planting , he says , should be on a small scale , and " geared to local needs — fuel , fodder and fruit — rather than global priorities " . |
| 20 | The Pathfinder Force should be on a different basis and these should consist of 45 sorties , but crews could be withdrawn at any time after the completion of 30 sorties . |
| 21 | Two , that treatment offered should be on a basis of need and not ability to pay and thirdly , that it should be a comprehensive service for all people whatever background they come from . |
| 22 | At the business unit level profits should be on a par with last year , which was a record result . |
| 23 | I should be on a golf course really ! |
| 24 | Rather , ‘ the censure of this essay must be on a somewhat different ground — that of my wishing to have all at once what can only be had in succession in an historical process , a co-existence of the primitive and the most highly sophisticated ’ . |
| 25 | In the case of the postal orderly , his sixty situps must be on a cumulative basis . |
| 26 | The waste dump must be on a site with a suitable underlying geology ; |
| 27 | The rehearsals for a tour this size must be on a massive scale . |
| 28 | At least one member of a party of four must be on a list of persons who have attended a formal safety briefing which will be held at the beginning of each year . |
| 29 | By that reckoning the provos must be on a par with the boy scouts or the girl guides ! |
| 30 | Just as the causes of family failure are many and varied , so too the approach to family welfare must be on a wide front . |