Example sentences of "have gone on [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The WRU and its leading 18 clubs are deadlocked over the issue of leagues , with no sign of a thaw in the cold war between the two bodies which has gone on for two years . |
| 2 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It has gone on for 15 months and so far most firms have managed to survive , but they ca n't go on like this for ever . ’ |
| 4 | In our case this iteration has gone on at great lengths and I and my colleagues have had to struggle to ensure that we have allocated enough time to deciding the direction in which the company should be going , and the changes that have to be carried out in order to get it there . |
| 5 | In the face of this central problem , the valuable work that has gone on in recent years in narratology , and other aspects of fictional form , is curiously difficult to apply in practice . |
| 6 | So out of that stalemate negotiations have begun and they 've gone on for three years . |
| 7 | Seven cases in the sample ( 14 per cent ) had gone on for four years or longer . |
| 8 | On our first meeting he thought I was a removal man working for Frank and Salome who had gone on to higher things ( mainly higher rates , mortgage repayments , so fourth , so fifth ) . |
| 9 | Whatever had gone on in those weeks apart , whatever course of action their friends had counselled , a minor transformation had occurred . |
| 10 | Secondly , the bird could copy what another more experienced bird had done ; the process of selecting the actions best adapted to the environment had gone on in previous generations and been transmitted socially . |
| 11 | It makes clear , firstly , that Eighth Army and AF HQ were brought fully into the picture as to the methods being used by 5 Corps to effect the repatriation of the anti-Tito Yugoslavs and , after all the discussions which had gone on in previous days , gave those methods their complete support . |
| 12 | This week the Solidarity trade union — the workers , that is , bereft of old leaders who have gone on to other things — led a two-hour nationwide protest strike . |
| 13 | Alex Redpath and Willie Gribben , two workaholic officials , have traced all previous 20 programmes of the finals and have ear-marked a number of players who have gone on to greater things at international , inter-provincial and senior club level . |
| 14 | A few pupils have gone on in recent years to study Classics at universities including Oxbridge . |
| 15 | At Chessington attendances pretty well stood still , again a very good performance in my view and er , justification for the capital spending that 's gone on in recent years to bring that er , to bring Chessington to where we want it to be . |