Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] a [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , some may treat a scar on the forehead as comparatively trivial , but to another it would be a source of serious worry . |
| 2 | Let's make a decision on Friday management meeting . |
| 3 | Alright let's review at but let's make a decision on Friday about what we do on the shift pattern on Monday . |
| 4 | If all the women are not registered , the police may make a raid on the brothel , taking the unregistered women to prison until the owner of the brothel pays a fine . |
| 5 | These rights , as we have seen , may include a charge on all or some of the company 's assets . |
| 6 | In addition he has a duty to consider whether , in the public interest , he should make a report on any matter arising out of , or in connection with the accounts , in order that the matter should be considered by the council or brought to public attention . |
| 7 | The qualification to motion one six six is that the C E C believe we should prepare a paper on relationship between Apex Partnership and all other sections of the Union , not just the public services section . |
| 8 | This Review must include a report on the competition between different categories of alcoholic drink . |
| 9 | Whenever Keith has been good for a day Mr Smith should watch a programme on the television with him . |
| 10 | So I went upstairs and proposed that we should do a house-to-house on those two areas . |
| 11 | He denied his own authority had been over-zealous , a complaint levelled by one or two schools in the county , and he said inspectors should keep a watch on corporal punishment . |
| 12 | But I must keep a grip on my priorities here . |
| 13 | However , weight is not the be-all and end-all and you must keep a check on your general shape and fitness . |
| 14 | Having been a teacher for over 30 years it might seem strange that I should begin a book on primary education by reflecting on the significance of schooling . |
| 15 | If the government wishes to raise tax revenue in order to subsidize the poor , it should levy a tax on films . |
| 16 | Harry Greenway , Conservative MP for Ealing North , said the Home Secretary should set a limit on the expenditure of the inquiry and reassure people the money was being spent wisely . |
| 17 | known , you should have a head on you girl . |
| 18 | " You should have a shot on one of the pianos in a pub sometime , " he said . |
| 19 | And it should have a view on , on issues like education and transport , and those kind of things because they 're all critical to the long-term future of economic viability within Shropshire . |
| 20 | More commonly , the parties ( or the court ) may consider that the matrimonial home should stand in the sole name of the wife but that the husband should be compensated by the payment of cash , or ( if cash is not available ) that the husband should have a charge on the property for a fixed amount ( as opposed to an interest in the equityas to which see Chapter 6 ) , the calling in of the charge being deferred until a specific time or happening of a specified event ( eg death of wife , remarriage of wife or youngest child attaining the age of eighteen years ) . |
| 21 | The difficulty here is best demonstrated when Honderich , analyzing the notion that Conservatism is a ‘ defence of the familiar ’ , argues that if this were central to Conservatism ‘ we should have a mystery on our hands , the mystery of how an egregious idiocy could have become a large political tradition ’ . |
| 22 | Well when you collected the dues er it meant taking it up to the office every Monday and when you got up to the office and got talking to the officials and such like the interest became greater and er it developed from there that er the workers of thought they should have er should have a representative on the committee . |
| 23 | He must take a grip on himself . |
| 24 | Listen , I hope you wo n't think this rude , but I really must take a turn on deck ; it 's becoming quite stuffy in the bar here . |
| 25 | but the fact that , in an open court of law , someone has been shown to have failed to meet their credit obligations without sound reason must have a bearing on whether or not it is sensible to lend to them again — both from their own personal point of view ( whether or not they will find the payments an unduly heavy burden ) and from the pint of view of consumers generally , whose credit costs must rise if the level of bad debt rises . |
| 26 | So long as there is uncertainty about the matter , that must have a bearing on whether enforcement proceedings are taken by the Attorney-General up and down the country in a necessarily very large number of cases . |
| 27 | We must have a drink on it . |
| 28 | Zeta 's Lad beat Docklands Express , Bradbury Star and Royal Athlete that day and must have a chance on this sort of form . |
| 29 | Dr Howe is the culprit and we must have a conviction on this matter . |
| 30 | Dr Howe is the culprit and we must have a conviction on this matter . |