Example sentences of "have [verb] [noun sg] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The past decade has seen labour-shedding on a massive scale . |
| 2 | The role of step-parents can be hard , especially if the problems have not been foreseen and the marriage has taken place on a powerful wave of emotion and little else . |
| 3 | But such union-government bargaining has taken place on a wide range of issues ; for example , over new investment in poorer regions ( e.g. Eisenhammer 1985 : 42–4 ) , rescue bids for ailing private sector companies ( e.g. Grassini 1981 : 82 ) , extension of union participation in management ( e.g. Batstone et al. |
| 4 | When the Offline System has finished work on a particular media item it will request the Offline Operator to dismount that item . |
| 5 | The chairman of a company like British Aerospace has to anticipate change on a global scale . |
| 6 | For example , in Indonesia LASMO is sponsoring a land rehabilitation scheme involving a number of villages ; in Colombia , LASMO is actively involved in the construction of schools and providing financial assistance for the supply of educational material and scholarships and has begun work on a Small Business Development programme to generate economic activity and assist local communities to become increasingly self sufficient ; and in Scotland a LASMO Arts Trust has been set up to provide cash awards for promising musical students . |
| 7 | Gerald was impatient : ‘ Do we have to waste time on an empty box ? ’ |
| 8 | Having spent money on a new washing machine or fridge-freezer , you may be tempted to pay a bit extra to cover the cost of potential repairs . |
| 9 | However , it is inappropriate that business from a non-UK office should be regulated if it would not have required authorisation on a stand-alone basis . |
| 10 | Doherty , from Strabane , had joined Derry on a one-month contract after being released at Old Trafford , the intention being to see how things worked out at the Brandywell . |
| 11 | Someone had dropped jelly on an expensive rug and she was attacking it forcefully with a brush to relieve her feelings when the bristles came in contact with a pair of smart leather shoes . |
| 12 | By 1567 Thurland and the Germans were able to inform the Crown that at last they had manufactured copper on a commercial scale and that their prospecting had revealed much in the way of exploitable minerals . |
| 13 | BRITISH troops shot dead three Croat gunmen after they had opened fire on a huge Muslim aid convoy near the town of Vitez in central Bosnia today . |
| 14 | The clash marked only the second occasion in 70 years on which police had opened fire on a white crowd . |
| 15 | After an extended process of negotiation Gorbachev was able to announce on 24 July that the nine republics had reached agreement on a new treaty of this kind , bringing into being a ‘ Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics ’ in place of the overcentralised association of the recent past . |
| 16 | For Draper , the Darwinian debates had focused attention on a crucial issue — whether the government of the world is by incessant divine intervention or by the operation of unchangeable laws . |
| 17 | Posing as a philanthropist , he had distributed largesse on a big scale to the locals . |
| 18 | James Richardson , prosecuting , said Bedworth had caused chaos on a vast scale and worried the experts . |
| 19 | Local authorities began to acquire properties as a response to the inadequacies of the 1932 Act and even before the LCC announced its green belt scheme in January 1935 some authorities , notably Middlesex and Surrey had commenced acquisition on a large scale ( Thomas , 1970 ) . |
| 20 | If Gregory 's ordering of events here is right , and there are no means of testing this part of his account , then the last years of Clovis 's reign were concerned with the internal power politics of the Franks , whereas much of his earlier activity had taken place on an international stage . |
| 21 | Wolfgang had begun work on an operatic version of Beaumarchais ' controversial play Le Mariage de Figaro , which had been performed for the first time in Paris the year before . |
| 22 | It is believed to be the first time that prospective officers have sought election on a collective basis . |
| 23 | Increasingly , Israel 's own interest lies in winning the recognition that the Arabs have made contingent on a decent settlement for the Palestinians . |