Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each of the half-dozen military regimes since then has eventually foundered on the strength of the miners . |
| 2 | The barge carrying the body springs a leak , his ceremonial uniform is soaked as he frantically bales , he worries about the expensive watch which he has inadvertently left on the coffin , the ceremony leaves him with a bad cold which he tries , not altogether successfully , to hide when he is presented to the King . |
| 3 | Lloyd 's has hitherto relied on the promises of rich men and women to meet exceptional insurance losses from their personal resources ; in recompense for this personal risk , they were often handsomely rewarded . |
| 4 | While political science has greatly concentrated on the role of governments and the executive , at the cost of examining the role of legislatures , it is clear that academic comment now presents a more varied picture of the role of parliaments than that of the decline of which Lord Bryce wrote . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , ’ Athelstan replied , ‘ we should be looking for a man or woman with no background , someone who has suddenly appeared on the scene , but everyone we have talked to has their own little niche . ’ |
| 6 | The European-style Kunsthalle has suddenly arrived on the scene — in triplicate |
| 7 | Modern discussion of the issue has normally centred on the role of the Woodvilles , who are identified as the cause of a split within the ruling group which lay at the root of the crisis . |
| 8 | Modern discussion of the issue has normally centred on the role of the Woodvilles , who are identified as the cause of a split within the ruling group which lay at the root of the crisis . |
| 9 | Although some sex education programmes have been introduced into schools , the nature of these has largely depended on the attitudes of the local authority , the individual head teacher , and the teachers assigned to the subject . |
| 10 | The potential for disease biocontrol systems has largely focused on the soil . |
| 11 | This has largely occurred on the Downs , where perhaps the greatest changes likely to affect birds in Sussex have taken place . |
| 12 | The debate about whether the bureaucrats of communist regimes have emerged as a new ruling class has largely centred on the relationship between state functionaries and collectivized property ( Lane 1982 , Ch. 5 ) . |
| 13 | Industry is in no position to undertake a surcharge on its costs , and will probably reply , as it has just done on the question of arts funding , that industrial sponsorship is a supplement to government funding : it is not available as a substitute for it . |
| 14 | Well I 've just come out of the debate which has just finished on the Palestine and Israel situation and er we passed the voting paper which will become policy for the party , calling for er a non-violent solution recognising the P L O and urging the U N to facilitate negotiations between Israeli government and the P L O. |
| 15 | David has just ejaculated on the back seat ! |
| 16 | But the conservatives ' influence has lately seemed on the wane . |
| 17 | The Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin has already called on the government to indemnify several exhibitions this year , including the ‘ Entartete Kunst ’ show that originated in Los Angeles . |
| 18 | The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising has already called on the ITC to monitor spots given to self-promotion on Thames ( MW last week ) , but the rest of the ITV broadcasters are likely to protest loudest if this becomes a reality . |
| 19 | Although he has only been rallying for one year he has already appeared on the BBC Top Gear championship series when viewers saw him win his grand touring class . |
| 20 | I can only emphasise the point that Her Royal Highness has already made on the requirements for us to have a much larger membership to allow us to speak with strong voice in the many debates we find ourselves involved on behalf of our sport whether it be windsurfers , dinghies , offshore sailing craft , motor cruisers , powerboat racing , anything that virtually goes on the water we look after . |
| 21 | Wedgewood sets out to find it and both parties discover that someone has already arrived on the Moon before them … |
| 22 | Western philosophy , with Plato as an exemplary first instance , has generally acted on the presupposition that language is subservient to some idea , intention or referent that lies outside it . |
| 23 | Sociological and anthropological literature on South Asian minorities has generally concentrated on the significance of caste and sectarian communities as a basis of primary affiliation . |
| 24 | Mrs Reveley said : ‘ Nobody else has ever sat on the horse over jumps . |
| 25 | Word processing on the Macintosh has always bordered on the realm of page makeup and recent announcements here only serve that view . |
| 26 | Apart from the support ( for which we were most grateful ) of one or two companies and several individuals , it has always fallen on the team pilots to get Great Britain to the World/European Championships . |
| 27 | Their way of life has always depended on the snow , the weather , the clouds and the human strength and frailties of their clients . |
| 28 | Altman has always operated on the margins of the industry . |
| 29 | ( The focus of the human relations school has always centred on the possibility of reconciling these social and technical rationales . ) |
| 30 | Susan Hekman ( 1986 ) has also built on the links between Mannheim 's sociology of knowledge and Gadamer 's hermeneutics . |