Example sentences of "have [verb] on a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been pointed out by various ‘ consumer experts ’ and journalists , who feel they have stumbled on a minor scandal that deserves an exposé , that many mineral waters contain significant amounts of metals and salts . |
| 2 | ‘ I have come on a scientific investigation to rectify the freak effect which brought those poor unfortunates , ’ he waved at the screen , ‘ to this forsaken place . |
| 3 | That was but a seed , but it was a seed well sown and matters have moved on a great deal since then . |
| 4 | If we have decided on a moderate degree of modulation , it is well to know what is most effective and what subsequent progressions ( to return to the tonic ) are good . |
| 5 | The 43 French-speaking states have decided on a common approach to environmental issues which is to be their platform at next year 's UN Conference on Environment and Development . |
| 6 | ‘ For some time now we have operated on a customer-led basis , ’ explained Paul . |
| 7 | For instance , recent graduates have embarked on a wide variety of interesting careers , generally in industry , the financial world , science or education . |
| 8 | The French , as the previous section showed , have accepted this challenge and have embarked on a wide range of measures to offset the adverse effects of the Tunnel and capitalise on its potential . |
| 9 | In Heriot 's we take this very seriously , and we have embarked on a major enhancement of our language provision , to give all our pupils a grounding in two languages — either French and German , or French and Spanish , depending on the year of entry . |
| 10 | ‘ Too often chief executives fail to recognise that they have embarked on a major project until they are well into it and it had run into difficulties . ’ |
| 11 | In Gwent we have embarked on a major study to do this and will be offering a prostate health check to over 10000 men aged between 55 and 70 in a study that is associated with the European programme concerned with early prostatic cancer . |
| 12 | In Northern Ireland we have embarked on a major programme of investment covering all sectors of the region 's transportation system . |
| 13 | Against the dominant dullness and grossness a growing band of lively and intelligent spirits have embarked on a hopeful struggle , calling in aid the power of ideas from other parts of the world , particularly , France . |
| 14 | Archivists have embarked on a three year project to meet the growing public demand for access to ancient documents . |
| 15 | New Zealanders Wade and Jan Doak have embarked on a life-long study into the cetacean mind , called ‘ Project Interlock ’ . |
| 16 | erm so I mean for example with something like statistics that covers different techniques and activities from , you know , different books erm something like erm something like social most of it comes out of that which is a thing we did because people were experiencing difficulty with it so we thought well right we 'll , we 'll , we 'll sort of anchor the syllabus mostly to , you know , one particular book erm so different , different staff use different techniques , some people ha have drawn on a whole variety of things and , and , and some people have just drawn on one erm I think the main priority is to try and do some coursework though in your case erm |
| 17 | Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the Government have agreed on a separate system for Wales and Scotland and that , within Wales and Scotland , there are considerable disparities in property prices ? |
| 18 | There is no consensus on what the relative concentrations of the components should be , however WHO and UNICEF have agreed on a standard formula which they recommend . |
| 19 | AFTER A YEAR of negotiations , 122 A tape and electronics companies , 97 from Japan and 25 from the West have agreed on a new standard for home video . |
| 20 | Six countries bordering the Black Sea — Bulgaria , Georgia , Romania , Russia , Turkey and the Ukraine — have agreed on a three year programme to tackle pollution of its waters , after an international scientific group warned that it faced ecological death unless urgent measures were taken . |
| 21 | Many sites have advanced on an incremental basis by developing one area on a small-scale system . |
| 22 | I suppose parents have to put on a brave face . |
| 23 | It was a rare study ; most precipitation analyses of late have concentrated on a sexier topic , acid rain ( which also appears to be on the rise over the Chesapeake ) . |
| 24 | Let us assume that we have fixed on a particular language . |
| 25 | Some advertise their trips as environmental Journeys and have hit on an ingenious method of sponsorship . |
| 26 | It is for instance a continuous and powerfully effective factor in the change of lexical meaning ; and as it happens , we have touched on a syntactic case in this very chapter , in the development of fixed relative order for classes of adjectives in prenominal position ( cf. , too , the emergence of " characteristic " and " occasion " values for prenominals and postnominals , respectively ) . |
| 27 | We believe that a continuation of this activity could in the long term be detrimental to the welfare of their less privileged neighbours , who have to depend on a weekly wage for their survival ’ . |
| 28 | It may be objected that my argument defines individualism too narrowly ; for rather than contrasting the properties of individuals as such with those of social wholes , I have focussed on a particular range of traits , and in doing so may be said to have neglected properties to which the individualist can legitimately appeal . |
| 29 | Their small eyes and poor eyesight , combined with their often murky environment , means they have to rely on a short-range echolocation system to find food . |
| 30 | It 's an anomaly that a ) we want the parabear to descend safely and not too far distant , while b ) we have to rely on a fair breeze to elevate the lifting kite and carry the droppable load . |