Example sentences of "[modal v] be [v-ing] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shadow Trade and Industry Secretary Robin Cook accused the Tories of being obsessed with their own ‘ civil war ’ when they should be working on a strategy to revive industry . |
| 2 | You should be working on a , I would recommend a three month rolling basis , in terms of your current for the daily diary pages . |
| 3 | erm Yes , certainly , I , I would suggest East and St Clements because they have got quite high ethnic populations , and we can perhaps be hoping to start there , because Environmental Health 's already worked there , targeting some of the multi-occupation properties , so they 've got a very high proportion of black people living there , which means that they 're also quite important in the sense of deprivation , but , I mean , we are also very conscious that we should be working on a council estate , and what we , what I would like to do is to simultaneously be starting working in erm a particular sets of communities , is to be given work in consultation in other wards , so that you know , six months down the line before . |
| 4 | You have the sense that , from now on , you 'll be travelling on a different line , you 'll be seeing different views through the window . |
| 5 | I shall have flown into who knows whose airport , or I 'll be sleeping on a ship steaming slowly out the English Channel , or I 'll be dead and rigid on a lonely piece of ground . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll be starting on a new book entitled The Thinking Dog 's Book of Doggerell , which is being written by a marvellous guy called Leslie Bricusse . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll be starting on a new book entitled The Thinking Dog 's Book of Doggerell , which is being written by a marvellous guy called Leslie Bricusse . |
| 8 | I often hear and read stories of anglers spending weeks on end in search of Fenland zander with very little to show for it and yet with a little thought they could be catching on a regular basis . |
| 9 | Now , you see , in Rafferty 's here we could be sittin' on a gold mine . ’ |
| 10 | Even if a human pilot could get those birds up there , he 'd be flying on a kiss and a promise . |
| 11 | For instance , we 'd be working on a style of music , like maybe rockabilly , and he 'd say , ‘ Have you ever done any psychedelic drugs ? ’ |
| 12 | I may be getting on a bit but I still know a thing or two . ’ |
| 13 | Check , recharge and/or change as required any ion exchange media that you may be using on a frequent and routine basis . |
| 14 | THE US is planning to ship bomb-grade uranium to Romania despite fears that it may be working on a nuclear weapons programme . |
| 15 | Or she may be working on a rabbit and be boxed in in one direction while another ferret has backed one or more rabbits behind her . |
| 16 | And if you 're working on a spreadsheet , you may be working on a spreadsheet during the day , start in the morning , you 're working several hours , you may find yourself running low of memory , then the memory light comes on or you get a memory full up message at some stage , and you think oh that 's not fair , because I have n't made the spreadsheet any bigger . |
| 17 | By these , creditors would meet to consider proposals for a voluntary arrangement which would be binding on a dissenting minority , and approve a trustee . |
| 18 | Mrs Beckett , announcing her candidature , said she would be standing on a ‘ modernisation manifesto ’ . |
| 19 | Well ’ — he choked now with laughter — ‘ I would go in among those pigs and they would all start scratching a hole and there I would be standing on a clapboard looking down and nearly sick with the smell . |
| 20 | She would be lying on a different bed , of course . |
| 21 | Instead , I shall be working on a novella and some short stories … that 's my kind of thing . ’ |
| 22 | Whilst you 're a student you will be living on a limited income so it 's important to make your money work for you all the time . |
| 23 | While every effort is made in our processes , we can not guarantee that every line will be manufacturing on a particular day . |
| 24 | Ten companies have already joined the programmes and will be meeting on a regular basis . |
| 25 | This may itself cause environmental problems , so we will be insisting on a full Environmental Assessment . |
| 26 | The issue has already stirred strong passions in Wiltshire where County Councillors will be voting on a measure to ban foxhunting on all land under its control . |
| 27 | In an assurance oriented engagement the firm will be reporting on a valuation prepared by a third party . |
| 28 | The N.D.T. will be starting on a new programme after the Reunion . |
| 29 | In North-East , however , Taylor will be concentrating on a period of consolidation followed by growth . |
| 30 | Most importantly , UK students will have the ability to compete with other EC students in more than one language , which means they will be playing on a level field . |