Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The potential use of databases for data analysis , and spreadsheets for the production of graphic output of numerical data , has recently been introduced to Laboratory staff , and should be built on . |
| 2 | The Commissioners were not surprised to find that the arrangement of the master and the matron of the workhouse not being man and wife had not succeeded , and they concluded that all four should be called on to resign , as ‘ none of these appear fit for their respective offices ’ . |
| 3 | Such patients should be operated on without undergoing imaging studies . |
| 4 | And sitting on the ground , with his back against the sign which told travellers which side they should be queuing on , he found the Campbell . |
| 5 | Ideally , gates should be hung on sturdy posts set well into the ground , but where this is impossible , such as against a house wall , the only secure way to fit the post is to screw it to the wall using large expanding bolts , such as Rawlbolts . |
| 6 | The chart itself should be hung on a well-lit , shadow-free wall at a distance of six metres from where the subject stands . |
| 7 | Ideally , gates should be hung on study posts , set well into the ground . |
| 8 | Not a great deal in the way of interpretation or conclusion should be hung on answers to a single question about ‘ liking ’ housework . |
| 9 | That 's what seems to worry people — that photography should be hung on a wall , not stood in the middle of a room . ’ |
| 10 | We ca n't go on paying ourselves that sort of money , we ca n't go on , and Mr I know in a minute we 'll talk about the number of people who attend committee meetings erm and sit in on them , and that 's increased considerably , erm , so I think it 's important that we do get down to this problem , we grasp the nettle , and I , I believe that will mean that we start to look seriously at reducing the number of times members come and talk here , and perhaps we let the officers get on with the action that they should be getting on with |
| 11 | In the autumn of 1904 he was still rejecting the mild suggestion from Sviatopolk-Mirsky , very much along the lines of Loris-Melikov 's proposals of 1881 , that representatives of public institutions should be co-opted on to the State Council . |
| 12 | If full airbrakes are needed for more than a few seconds , and it looks as though they should be kept on , sideslipping should be used to get rid of the excess height so that for the last part of the approach less than full airbrake approach is required . |
| 13 | The notion that the royal family should be kept on because it is a tourist attraction has always been a ludicrous one . |
| 14 | Extra staff brought in to clear the backlog should be kept on until a thorough review is made . |
| 15 | Pétain , he recommended , should now be put in command not only of the Left Bank , but of the Right Bank as well ; the ‘ fatigued ’ General Herr should be kept on for a while as Pétain 's adviser , then quietly ‘ limogé ’ . |
| 16 | The television or radio should be kept on to drown out the sound . |
| 17 | When asked a question such as ‘ What do you do ? ’ , it is implied that something more should be going on , that standing around on a comer must be a means to an end . |
| 18 | What happens if we go back to the core , and have a really close look at what should be going on ? |
| 19 | Vera : ‘ It 's the other way around it should be going on ; that 's what I say ’ . |
| 20 | IT is unfortunate that NASUWT , the career teachers ' organisation , should be banging on about quality in education in a leaflet just issued . |
| 21 | A 45m or 50m rope should be carried on all climbs , even though only short sections are used when moving together . |
| 22 | It could now be argued that the unity of wartime should be carried on to deal with peacemaking , demobilization and economic reconstruction . |
| 23 | Both ends of this level should be carried on , productive or otherwise , without any delay . |
| 24 | that investment business should be carried on honestly and fairly ; |
| 25 | No deferred tax asset should be carried on the balance sheet . |
| 26 | To avoid damage , Gyproc cove should be carried on edge , whether singly or in a bundle . |
| 27 | This history should be looked on as my attempt to explore the history of the College so as best to understand why it has become what it is today . |
| 28 | The Countryside Commission claims that it will ruin the view from the mountain , but the developers argue that it should be looked on with pride as a source of non-polluting energy . |
| 29 | No one was likely to recommend that a hopeless old chronic like him should be put on the new drugs at this stage , because they were still in short supply and there were many more interesting patients on whom to experiment . |
| 30 | The first two production batches should be put on a full stability test programme at elevated temperatures and , if appropriate , at elevated humidities . |