Example sentences of "could be on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In 10 years ’ time Cammell Laird could be closed and yards in France and Spain could be on the crest of a wave because they retained their shipbuilding capacity . ’ |
| 2 | But he could be on the run . |
| 3 | The response of the good data analyst is to welcome the discrepancy , and to examine the data even more closely to understand why the techniques differ ; new insights could be on the horizon . |
| 4 | Littlewoods could be on the verge of a decision over the future of the mail-order operations but making the business an irresistible buy will take a dramatic burst of salesmanship by the Moores family which owns this Liverpool group , and their merchant bankers at Kleinwort Benson . |
| 5 | Goram , like the rest of the Ibrox playing staff , understands that his club could be on the verge of something exceptional in their history , and wants to be able to remember everything . |
| 6 | suggests that some of the answers could be on the McCain Stadium doorstep . |
| 7 | He added that Keith 's return to the airwaves was a one-off for the time being , although he could be on the look-out for a job when he finished work on a book . |
| 8 | You could be on the floor this weekend for your world seems somewhat dull , listless and dreary without a flicker of excitement on the horizon to look forward to . |
| 9 | Amstrad was a weak market , falling 3.5p to 62.5p on worries that even more profit downgradings could be on the way . |
| 10 | A heavy punishment could be on the way . |
| 11 | If he can convince the 19m north-easterners that he and his recently formed New Aspiration Party will give them a better deal , and he manages to form an electoral pact with the honest and popular governor of Bangkok , he could be on the way to becoming Thailand 's next prime minister . |
| 12 | More environmentally sensitive areas could be on the way — if agriculture minister John Gummer can persuade the Treasury to give him the cash |
| 13 | The old man could be on the way out , and anyone on the way out is inevitably a centre for drama . |
| 14 | But changes could be on the way . |
| 15 | PAINT could be on the way out as a way of marking lines on roads . |
| 16 | With Hewlett-Packard Co heading for $18,800m turnover this year and Fujitsu Ltd at around the $26,000m mark , while Digital Equipment Corp looks hopefully to Alpha to rocket it off its $14,000m-a-year launchpad , the contenders to take over leadership of the mainstream computer industry from IBM Corp are lining up — and a major new round of mergers and acquisitions could be on the way . |
| 17 | Lawrence refused to discuss speculation that striker Bernie Slaven could be on the way out in the summer . |
| 18 | THE long-awaited upturn in the devastated property market could be on the way , the developer , Countryside Properties , predicted yesterday . |
| 19 | PAUL AFFLECK , the 26-year-old tournament assistant attached to Heswall , could be on the way to becoming the most successful tournament professional produced on Merseyside since John Morgan , the former Royal Liverpool pro . |
| 20 | and er could be on the way to a regular spot . |
| 21 | She looked as if she could be on the cover of a fashion magazine . |
| 22 | Dodson , 22 , who boxed in two Olympics , will be managed by close friend Colin McMillan , the former WBO featherweight champion , while his first fight could be on the undercard of Riddick Bowe 's first world heavyweight title defence against Mike Dokes at Madison Square Garden in New York on February 6 . |
| 23 | By the time a Newent ambulanceman gets up , gets down to the garage , unlocks , etc , another ambulance could be on the scene . |
| 24 | Identify the plants above and you could be on the road to a brand new five-door Renault Clio . |
| 25 | BSAD hopes national governing bodies will organise their own championships for disabled people and Darlington could be on the list of venues . |
| 26 | So to be able to the sweepstake in the past another church and they could be , they could be on the interest you know , the amount towards running costs such as this . |
| 27 | Half-a-dozen younger players could be on the fringe before long . |
| 28 | Dancing River , from the local stable of Arthur Stephenson , is a tip , but Stay Awake could be on the upgrade . |
| 29 | Apart from what Dora would see as a disaster for her friend , her own life-style could be on the line . |
| 30 | LAWRIE McMENEMY 'S job as Graham Taylor 's England No 2 could be on the line tomorrow . |