Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [verb] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Two months after Apple Computer Inc released a Catalan version of its System 7 , Microsoft Corp has jumped on the bandwagon and announced Catalan editions of MS-DOS 5.0 , Windows 3.1 , and a spell-checker and dictionary for Word for Windows 2.0 .
2 However a glimmer of hope has appeared on the horizon .
3 A debtor appears unable to pay a debt if the debt is payable immediately and either : ( i ) the petitioning creditor has served on the debtor a statutory demand in the prescribed form requiring him to pay the debt or to secure or compound for it to the satisfaction of the creditor , at least three weeks have elapsed since the demand was served and the demand has been neither complied with nor set aside ( s 268(1) ( a ) ) ; or ( ii ) execution or other enforcement action on a judgment has been returned unsatisfied in whole or in part ( s 268(1) ( b ) ) .
4 A debtor has no reasonable prospect of being able to pay a debt if the debt is not immediately payable and : ( i ) the petitioning creditor has served on the debtor a statutory demand in the prescribed form requiring him to establish to the satisfaction of the creditor that there is a reasonable prospect that the debtor will be able to pay the debt when it falls due , ( ii ) at least three weeks have elapsed since the demand was served , and ( iii ) the demand has neither been complied with nor set aside ( s268(2) ) .
5 Finkelstein has written on the shift from ‘ phase two ’ to ‘ phase three ’ within the shaping of social disablement .
6 I hope this will cut down on the time your typesetter has to spend on the job and , therefore , on the final cost .
7 The European Parliament has called on the EC to ban imports of exotic birds , 1.5 million of which are brought into the continent each year , often in appalling conditions .
8 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 .
9 The medieval/religious paradigm split on issues of theology ; our materialistic paradigm has split on the basis of our economic systems , with socialism and capitalism at the extremes of the shift .
10 Each shows the wide pad clearly , as well as all five toes and their claws ( longer on the fore foot ) ; and , characteristically , the hind foot has overprinted on the fore .
11 This chapter has concentrated on the challenges of bureau work .
12 A GLIMMER of light has appeared on the horizon for Britain 's hard-pressed tin-mining industry .
13 The FOE study has called on the government to make CFC recycling compulsory .
14 Beauty therapy has moved on a pace .
15 B. Since the start of the Industrial Revolution , about 200 years ago , the way most of the people in Northern Ireland make their living has depended on the links that business managers and factory owners have made with the mainland , especially with Scotland and England .
16 His research has concentrated on the nature of language and the apparent fact that it is a social instrument , socially constructed and thus dependent upon language of curriculum justification ( see , for example , his ‘ The revolutions in philosophy and philosophy of education ’ , 1982 ) .
17 Consequently most of the speech recognition research has concentrated on the pattern recognition level , and references to the use of higher level information of the language are mainly theoretical .
18 Underpinning research has continued on a number of topics .
19 Most research has focused on the effects of aerobic exercise such as running and swimming , with the conclusion that low intensity aerobic exercise during low risk pregnancy is safe .
20 Most research has focused on the role of local authority managers ( Gray 1976a ; Phillips and Williams 1982a ) and building society activities ( P. R. Williams 1976 , 1978 ; Boddy 1976 , 1980 ) .
21 Historically this research has focused on the role of technological innovations as a source of competitive advantage , but more recent efforts suggest that a marketing orientation is strongly associated with corporate success .
22 Much research has focused on the messages coming from plasmid DNA which somehow codes for new versions of DHFR , subtle altered in shape ( stereochemistry ) , to prevent the TMP performing its task of inhibiting the active site .
23 Much recent research has focused on the degrees of co-operation and collusion between the mass media and those with the power to impress their own definitions of the world onto the practices of news organizations .
24 Nebbins was Mr Cooper 's only horse who worked very hard , pulled the plough and the hay cart , and his , all the other jobs that a horse had to do on a farm .
25 Previous attempts to establish a common tariff had foundered on the objections of the smaller CARICOM members , who feared that it would have a negative impact upon their economies .
26 United States officials refrained from commenting directly on the death sentences , but a State Department spokesman said on June 20 that the Bush administration had called on the government to respect human rights .
27 The blood had dried on the wounds leaving gaping holes showing the bones .
28 A beggar had died on the corner of Threadneedle Street .
29 They ran the cell all day , after which time a green crust had formed on the cathode .
30 Whether or not the subject of a mosaic was chosen by the client , the mosaicist had to rely on a number of aids and methodical practices when organising his work .
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