Example sentences of "have been on [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1991 , the emphasis has been on the achievement of ISO 9002 registration and the introduction of MRPII as Kodak works towards manufacturing excellence associated with World Class Companies . |
| 2 | Beyond the fringe Nicky Mason , who has been on the fringes of England 's best men 's team for 30 years , showed during England 's outstanding 5-1 victory that he can still … |
| 3 | Tim Roth has been on the edge of major success for years . |
| 4 | The conflict over housing land has been on the edge of the conurbation with a still undecided battle being fought over suburbanization by addition on a site-by-site basis . |
| 5 | First , the fact that those in residential care are young people not children ; second , that the main emphasis in child care work has been on the discussion of personal family relationships and in working towards the return of children to their own families or placement with another family . |
| 6 | Philadelphia has been on the brink of going bust for months . |
| 7 | Madonna has been on the cover of every major magazine . |
| 8 | The biggest single chunk of the firm 's spending over the past four years has been on the development of Windows NT , due to be launched on May 24th and aimed at the large and fast-growing market for the software that can link together sprawling networks of PCs . |
| 9 | Emphasis has been on the development of premium products such as block and random copolymers , although the gas phase technology is also naturally suited to homopolymer manufacture . |
| 10 | Since Ptolemy tried to solve this problem in the second century , it has been on the agenda of theorists of perception and is still , I understand , not fully resolved . |
| 11 | The traditional approach to the training and selection of headteachers has been on the basis of technical competence reinforced by practical experience . |
| 12 | Similarly , the emphasis in large-scale Japanese companies has been on the creation of organisation-oriented , bureaucratic policies ( emphasising job security , seniority-based promotion , incremental pay scales , etc . ) . |
| 13 | Apart from a year at Westfield College she has been on the staff of the Department of French at Reading University since 1962 , progressing from Tutorial Assistant to a personal chair as Professor of French . |
| 14 | Most of the restoration has been on the exterior of the buildings ; most of the interiors are still as they were the day the Germans were defeated . |
| 15 | Also , much of the money for the campaign has come from the community itself , and where outside groups have provided assistance , either financially or otherwise , it has been on the terms of the YCCC rather than anyone else . |
| 16 | Until an hour or two ago I certainly did n't know that this problem had arisen , but the date April has been on the lips of my er Honourable Friend er and of the Noble Minister er I used to represent part of the City of Leeds and Honourable er a and Noble Lord you 'll have heard recently of behaviour at Elland Road Football Ground on the death of Sir Matt Busby and one can only wonder what sort of people er we 're dealing with , but many of them arrive at Leeds City Station on the day of a match and they come early and they have then to get their way to Elland Road and there are often real problems . |
| 17 | Opinion , certainly overt opinion , has been on the side of the university disorder . |
| 18 | University opinion has been on the side of it , and public opinion has been on the side of it . |
| 19 | University opinion has been on the side of it , and public opinion has been on the side of it . |
| 20 | Brain , the team 's only international , has been on the point of resigning both as a player and as the club 's salaried steward , and his decision will not be known until today . |
| 21 | A shadow fell across my sunny table and I looked up to find Kenneth who 'd been on a recce of the hospital , so after a lunch of ribs , skins , wings and blueberry pie , he was able to lead me through the appropriate doors of the vast , multi-entranced building . |
| 22 | We 'd been on the bit of fast dual carriageway between Dumbarton and Alexandria , not long after Verity and Lewis had picked me up . |
| 23 | She knew they 'd been on the verge of drawing at least a little closer to each other , yet she had been the one to ruin the opportunity . |
| 24 | For a moment she 'd been on the verge of telling Penny why she was in such a hurry , but the moment passed , and she was glad she had n't given in to the impulse . |
| 25 | He 'd been on the binge of all time , wrecking cars , hitting her , almost breaking two of her fingers . |
| 26 | They 'd let him resign , just when they 'd been on the point of sacking him . |
| 27 | Besides , Mr Ramaphosa 's claim that the negotiations would otherwise have been on the threshold of a breakthrough is questionable . |
| 28 | ‘ I should have realized at once — that Frenchman who was killed , the same poison must still have been on the skin of his attackers , and it would almost certainly still have been strong enough to affect him as well ! |
| 29 | Some of it I ca n't disclose , some of it would have been on the lines of : ‘ Make sure you do this or that ’ . |
| 30 | The boat was just as it should have been on the night of the murder and had not been . |