Example sentences of "been [verb] on [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It has caused collection problems on a hitherto unprecedented scale , and more than £100 million worth of taxpayers ' money has been squandered on administering the wretched tax in Wales alone . |
2 | A start has therefore been made on improving the social and economic conditions influencing Aboriginal health , but of course much more remains to be done . |
3 | And any hope Laura might have had of at last having that ‘ long talk ’ which Ross had so faithfully promised her had been dashed on opening the front door of the apartment . |
4 | The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Nov. 3 that " unanimity " had been reached on delineating the major part of the 2,600-km eastern border . |
5 | Over £200,000 has been spent on transforming the old Patons ballroom in McMullen Road into a plush nightspot which will feature some of the top names in show-business on stage . |
6 | Core programme activities have been focused on interpreting the existing datasets , with an emphasis on picking up evidence of underlying structural controls and increasing our three-dimensional understanding of the crust . |
7 | Research groups in Europe and the US have been concentrating on altering the genetic structure of certain animals to make their organs more acceptable to the human body . |