Example sentences of "have [been] [verb] [adv] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deciding which to use and where is obviously important , a theme that has been explored before on these pages , but many users seem bewildered by the range of typefaces that are available . |
| 2 | The question of arming our cutters has been discussed fully on several occasions and a decision against this step has always been reached . |
| 3 | The truth is that Libya has been stiched up on several occasions since Libyan oil was nationalised in 1969 and Gaddafi refused to behave like the American client his predecessors used to be . |
| 4 | Since the introduction of A levels , English , Welsh , and Northern Irish schools , unlike schools in Scotland , Europe , or America , have expected pupils to study at most three examinable subjects in their years in the sixth form , these three being generally either all arts or all science subjects , though mathematics has been found commonly on either side of the divide . |
| 5 | As a consequence the struggle for Palestine has been carried out on many levels , creating a complexity which even the participants have at times found difficult to follow . |
| 6 | The large buildings at Zakro , Mallia and Phaistos possess plans that have many features in common , though with significant variations ; their designs may have been based loosely on that of Knossos or they may have evolved independently from a common set of functions . |
| 7 | Yeah so , there 's a bit more , more could have been written down on that . |
| 8 | They must have been washed up on this ancient beach after being torn from their moorings , perhaps by a storm . |
| 9 | I could not have cared if he had been lying out on those wild moors bleeding to death . |
| 10 | The assumption here is that if the pound had been devalued earlier on this would have made it possible to adhere to the growth path of the plan , but in the light of the comments made above this view is open to doubt : it gives the plan more credibility than it merited . |
| 11 | Well that 's the been the problem issue we 've been struggling through on that basis |
| 12 | ‘ I guess I 've been getting back on that horse ever since . ’ |
| 13 | I find that is the situation that I 've tried to er , guard against with the budget that we 've been put in on this occasion , and I hope that answers er , er , Mr but er , I 'll answer any other questions that are put up . |
| 14 | In fact , women have been speaking out on this issue for some time — among them Sue Cavanagh , co-author of a report on women 's loos published by the Women 's Design Service . |
| 15 | ‘ Despite this , planning applications for change of use to offices have been turned down on this ‘ residential ’ side of the road . ’ |
| 16 | Job shops have been set up on both sites , manned by trained staff . |
| 17 | However , the conflict between modern farming practice and environmental conservation is by no means an irreconcilable one and , although entrenched positions have been taken up on both sides , there are now a few signs of a more sophisticated awareness of the Problems involved and a more constructive desire on the part of both farming organizations and the environmental lobby to overcome them . |
| 18 | He is blind to the independent studies that have been carried out on that programme , such as that by Professor Snower of Birkbeck college , which demonstrates clearly and beyond doubt how damaging those proposals would be to the creation of jobs in this country . |
| 19 | So they came back but of course , if it 's jus if it 's been pouring in on that bathroom ceiling again it 's , it , when I took , when Elsie called up to me , come and look at this , the bathroom ceiling was black mould ! |