Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , to date this exciting new technology has only adopted on a voluntary basis . |
| 2 | At first glance it appears that Braudel has merely hit on a convenient fashion of dividing up the past , to bring it under control and make it easier for historians to encompass . |
| 3 | Use has thus evolved on a pragmatic basis : casual observation by the author showed that vehicles rarely crossed the junction at more than 15 km/h ; that they gave way to walkers and cyclists in nearly every case ( Figure 6.15 ) and indeed that some pedestrians failed even to bother to look for traffic before crossing . |
| 4 | " For it often happens that in such discussions , in order to promote the common good , talk has nevertheless centred on a single individual . " |
| 5 | The faculty has lately embarked on an exciting programme of research in a large urban community near the medical school , with most of the projects being pioneered and conducted by the students themselves . |
| 6 | Work has already started on a new 14 acre ferry terminal costing £7 million . |
| 7 | Her prose has always relied on a certain musicality and lyricism to seduce and keep us spellbound . |
| 8 | Both may eventually wish to remarry , but the Queen has always insisted on a cooling-off period of at least two years before the start of divorce proceedings . |
| 9 | Pearl has also embarked on a four volume three-CD ‘ History of Covent Garden on Record ’ ( 1930–1936 ) . |
| 10 | The company has also embarked on a second phase of building at Port Clarence , near Stockton , providing cheap housing . |
| 11 | The company , which entertained the Princess of Wales at Covent Garden last night , has now decided on a cumbersome compromise : the Kirov Opera and Ballet of the Maryinski Theatre . |
| 12 | The surplus has now risen on a year-on-year basis for 11 months in a row . |
| 13 | I must begin by rejecting a notion that is circulating at the moment that Christianity has only recently discovered the importance of green issues and has simply jumped on a topical band-wagon . |
| 14 | There is no general evidence as yet to link second home ownership with house price increases ( de Vane 1975 ) , but in local instances this has undoubtedly happened on a property-for-property basis , and it is easy to be convinced that dire housing consequences can come about for the ‘ traditional ’ rural population . |
| 15 | Though he has yet to finish on a winning side — Great Britain lost both tests and were defeated 8-O at Leigh — & name is confident the side will come up with the goods this time . |
| 16 | He or she has been eating a very large quantity of food and has recently embarked on a calorie-counting slimming programme . |
| 17 | [ For bloodshed resulting from ethnic power struggles in 1963 and 1973 see pp. 20085-86 ; 25814 ; for massacres in Burundi in 1988 , where the Tutsi-dominated government had since embarked on a power-sharing experiment with the Hutu , see pp. 36328-29 . ] |
| 18 | A female cuckoo , ready to lay her egg , had apparently fixed on a particular reed warbler 's nest as her destination . |
| 19 | He retired in 1863 and , like other well-known professional cricketers of the age , had already embarked on a small-scale business venture . |
| 20 | ‘ You 've just hired someone to help you with the children , and I 've already laid on a cleaning lady . ’ |
| 21 | It was a summer 's evening as beautiful as God had ever blessed on a wicked world . |
| 22 | Yes , we had clearly failed on a hard pitch , but that bulging wall above , rising blank and massive into the sky , surely could n't be climbed at the grade given in the guide ? |
| 23 | The company secretary had simply passed on an oral instruction . |
| 24 | We had spent much time looking for the right place and seemed to have explored almost every corner of the country , from Devon to Cumberland , and had almost settled on a disused mill at Fisherton-de-la-Mare , near Amesbury . |
| 25 | As of the end of March the Security Council had yet to agree on a further resolution to establish definitive ceasefire conditions . |
| 26 | He had never raced on an oval nor ever driven more than 200 miles in a race . |
| 27 | Finally as a Church Fellowship we have just embarked on an exciting journey which I believe the Lord is going to honour . |
| 28 | This could be either because you have reached a voluntary agreement between yourselves regarding money or because you have both agreed on a clean financial break . |
| 29 | Other nations , such as Turkey , have also arisen on a linguistic basis , while the modern Arabic language and its association with the sacred language of religion is an important element in Arab nationalism . |
| 30 | We have also agreed on a further £3.9 million worth of food aid to Zimbabwe , Zambia , Mozambique and Mozambiquan refugees in Malawi . |