Example sentences of "[modal v] work on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter , stripped of their powers to assume parental rights or to demand notice of a child 's removal from ‘ accommodation ’ , must work on the basis of negotiation and voluntary agreement . |
| 2 | If not , then hopefully you 'll work on the areas on this checklist that still need some practice . |
| 3 | He 'd asked if he could work on the girl , but Frick had refused . |
| 4 | " I 'd work on the assumption that he was n't put in before high water , " Sergeant Burgess said . |
| 5 | From there we 'd work on the sound to develop it , maybe even including different amplifiers . |
| 6 | On odd days he would work on the novel . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He would work on the mathematics of implosion until , in the late afternoon , he cleared his desk , and took his briefcase , with empty sandwich box and empty coffee flask , to his car , and drove home . |
| 9 | He would work on the client by suggesting what he wanted to hear and the client would be entranced . |
| 10 | And in in the circumstances I 'm talking about where I would work on the side , then it 's always gon na be erm turning to the quickest resort , rather than the last resort you know . |
| 11 | In the US , ANSI has formed X3J19 Xbase , a new technical committee which will work on the advancement of the Xbase application development language originally derived from a mainframe-based package at the Jet Propulsion Labs in Pasadena , California . |
| 12 | It is the beginning of a comeback for Liz , who will work on the thriller Faithful next year . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In this project Kempson and colleagues will work on the development of a parser for Kempson 's model by embedding it within an already established computational environment . |
| 15 | ICS says it will work on the design , specification , implementation and testing of the Workspace Manager technology for Motif . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | We can work on the assumption , anyway , and I 'll make discreet inquiries when I get to the office tomorrow . |
| 18 | ‘ You can work on the farm for the next three days , ’ said Dan Parks . |
| 19 | 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 . |