Example sentences of "[noun] has [verb] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forest boss Brian Clough has agreed on a swap deal involving Northern Ireland winger Kingsley Black going to Hillsborough plus £200,000 cash coming Forest 's way . |
| 2 | Mr Hawke has embarked on a crusade to join the airlines in smashing the pilots ' claim , seeing it as a crucial challenge to the cornerstone of his government 's economic policy , the wages accord between government , employers and unions . |
| 3 | IBM Corp 's board has settled on a pay and benefits package for new chief executive Louis Gerstner , who takes up his post today , valued at over $7m : he will receive an annual salary of $2m , a one-time transition payment of $5m and a string of other incentives including a performance incentive potentially worth $1.5m a year , $500,000 long-term incentive tied to performance over three years and options on 500,000 IBM shares — far more than predecessor John Akers got . |
| 4 | The relative esteem in which stones have been held at different times has rested on a number of factors . |
| 5 | Beauty therapy has moved on a pace . |
| 6 | Underpinning research has continued on a number of topics . |
| 7 | Demolition work has begun on a factory which was damaged by fire . |
| 8 | Work has begun on a £13.3 million development for Foss Development Corporation to build three , four and five storey office buildings and three storey car park in York . |
| 9 | Maps in the eastern Irish Sea area have been updated , and work has begun on a review , incorporating newly released commercial data , of the maps from the Moray Firth . |
| 10 | Work has started on a £17.6 million project to build a five storey office headquarters in Rochdale for Co-operative Retail Services . |
| 11 | Work has started on a £5.3 million project for Netherhall Educational Association to demolish existing premises at Netherhall Gardens and build a school building , two accommodation blocks and a conference centre . |
| 12 | So the ANC has embarked on a programme of mass action to put pressure on the government . |
| 13 | South Buckinghamshire district council has objected on a number of grounds . |
| 14 | Now , your agency creative team has worked on a number of concepts and put up campaigns for all of them : the beneficial effect on the skin of natural ingredients ; the sheer charm of the packs on the dressing table ; the ease and delight of using such products . |
| 15 | Just as an actor has to take on a role as an inner state , rather than relying solely on costume and a loud voice , so , in this case , guarding is achieved primarily through an inner attitude of alertness , watchfulness and a readiness to act swiftly . |
| 16 | The question of an effective British veto on American use of British bases has surfaced on a number of occasions since 1952 . |
| 17 | In many cases the granting of such credits has depended on a country 's general creditworthiness . |
| 18 | A bomb has exploded on a train in London , there were no injuries . |
| 19 | UNDERCOVER star JOHN MATHEWS has gone on a crash diet after ballooning to 15 stone … |
| 20 | A former television presenter who hit the headlines amid claims he was the Son of God has embarked on a lecture tour to set the record straight . |
| 21 | While words could be flashed around the world a century ago , the quantity of data traffic has increased on a scale comparable to the motor traffic increase in the same period . |
| 22 | The European Eagle Owl Thumper has landed on a house on the estate where her owner lives . |
| 23 | The disenfranchising effect of unemployment has worked on a number of fronts . |
| 24 | America has embarked on a project for a vast Superconducting Super Collider , under construction south of Dallas ( see page 112 ) . |
| 25 | An inquest has opened on a man and woman who were shot in the carpark of a D-I-Y store . |
| 26 | An inquest has opened on a man whose badly burnt body was found in a blazing barn . |
| 27 | An inquest has opened on a Honda car engineer killed at work . |
| 28 | An inquest has opened on a teenager killed in a car accident on her way to an illegal rave party . |
| 29 | An inquest has opened on a woman who was found in her submerged car in the River Severn . |
| 30 | Energy generation from renewable resources , such as wind or water , can help conserve fossil fuels and reduce emissions of pollutants ; the Trust has embarked on a number of schemes to exploit renewable energy , as at Aberdulais ( see below right ) , and will assess properties for their energy-generating potential . |