Example sentences of "have been [verb] on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the past 150 years our politicians have been droning on about the need to train the British worker to the level of the German , oblivious to the somewhat obvious fact that we are not Germans so can not be expected to behave like them . |
| 2 | Two square escutcheon plates , each incised with a cross , have been riveted on to the surface above and below the keyhole . |
| 3 | But wherever they end up , there 's a good chance they 'll be moved on again in the next few weeks — 28 groups have been moved on in the last 18 months and the County Council is moving on another group from Kirtlington , north of Oxford tomorrow . |
| 4 | ‘ It should be stressed that no debts arising from non–payment of the community Charge have been added on to the Council Tax bills . ’ |
| 5 | Other events have been laid on for the old-timers , including a tour on Wednesday of Craigantlet hillclimb , one of the oldest events in the British championship , and an autotest at Ballywalter on Thursday afternoon . |
| 6 | Discussions over the need for increased powers for the Scottish party were initiated by its nationalist wing but have been seized on by the left as a means of ensuring that Labour 's different electoral aims north and south of the Border do not lead to alienation of the party 's traditional supporters in Scotland . |
| 7 | today the two counties have been playing on in the championship and here 's how it finished … they tried hard to get a result but rain stopped play … and the game ended in a draw … |
| 8 | These and similar questions have been forced on to the theological agenda by the way in which the modern western world has grown . |
| 9 | Is he not ashamed that so many children have been thrown on to the streets of Scotland while he has been Prime Minister ? |
| 10 | Sixty extra Scottish Office staff have been taken on for the agriculture department 's area offices , plus a further 30 at its Edinburgh headquarters . |
| 11 | Children have been taken on by the Institute and given trial periods . |
| 12 | Once graphics have been loaded on to the Working Area , the Studio facility is then used . |
| 13 | The avenues explored in applying neural computing to these three applications and the results from these have been reported on at the regular monthly Club meetings . |
| 14 | The Disability Alliance , Mencap and other disability groups are outraged at the way in which these four affirmative orders have been spatchcocked on to the normal debate . |
| 15 | This allowance is very limited — it is available only for married women whose child/children are over four years of age and who have been signing on for the previous six months . |
| 16 | Sexy blonde curls have been pinned on to the crown for this look from John Peers |
| 17 | Letters addressed to the AIBS concerning Vic Williams have been passed on to the IS . |
| 18 | In a highly competitive market the returns would be a satisfactory performance measure ; for a monopolist it might merely reflect that any inefficiencies in service have been passed on to the customers who have no choice but to pay the higher prices . |
| 19 | Those costs have been passed on to the residents , so the gap has widened . |
| 20 | Therefore , from the dealer 's point of view , the hire-purchase transaction has the advantage that he will not be prevented by either of those sections from recovering the goods after they have been passed on by the hirer to an innocent third party . |
| 21 | Some are looking to sell their practices or merge their way out of problems that have been brought on by the severest recession the UK has experienced since the 1930s . |
| 22 | They have been spied on by the paparazzi , betrayed by trusted servants , embarrassed by indiscreet friends , and have had to endure a constant torrent of innuendo , gossip , lies and half-truths in newspapers , magazines and books — none of which are they able to repudiate . |
| 23 | As the prospects of a Tory victory recedes , the likes of Sunderland car magnate Sir Tom Cowie and Tyneside bus burgher Martin Ballinger have been banging on about the Tory cause . |