Example sentences of "has [verb] [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the 1916 Rising , the National Museum of Ireland has revised its exhibition on the vital period of modern Irish history between 1900 and 1921 and called it ‘ The Road to Independence ’ . |
| 2 | Wimpey Environmental has built its reputation on the quality of its measurement work , and it is this element that distinguishes us from our rivals . |
| 3 | At the Dunn Nutrition Laboratory in Cambridge , Dr John Cummings has built his reputation on the importance of dietary fibre ( or what he calls non-starch polysaccharides ) . |
| 4 | It has turned its back on the elitism of many consumer organisations and has based itself on a democratic structure in which the voluntary efforts of the members determine policy and action . |
| 5 | On the other hand , we tend not to see the intense depression in a motionless and unresponsive horse , or the annoyance in one that has turned its back on the horse or person offending it , or the anxiety in the tightened abdominal muscles of the showpony expecting the pain of the spur . |
| 6 | The second point , briefly , is that the white paper has turned its face on the establishment of an environmental protection agency , and independent environment protection agency , and erm , you may feel strongly , I know there was another report that came out just about that time that erm was advocating it , and you may feel that what is needed is a central , independent environmental protection agency . |
| 7 | Morrissey is needed , not as an ombudsman , or a figure of the eighties , but as a horrified figure against the eighties , who has turned his back on the march of pop time as the last keeper of the sanctuary of self-pity , apartness , exile ’ ( David Stubbs ) . |
| 8 | ‘ He is a very great artist , ’ he told Lunia Czechowska , ‘ it is disgraceful that he has to sell his work on the café terraces . ’ |
| 9 | Your correspondent has re-read his report on the 1968 Glasgow Actuarial Students ’ supper and considers the article probably conveyed as much on his changing view of the world as it did on the supper itself . |
| 10 | It is known that the Museum of Modern Art , which has no accommodation at the moment , has had its eye on the Krymskaya Naberezhnaya location for a long time . |
| 11 | One project that Warnke has had in mind since he came to Hamburg in 1982 , has been finding more space for the art history department , and to this end he has had his eye on the former Warburg house with its famous oval reading room , conceived by Aby Warburg and opened to readers in 1926 , one year after his death . |
| 12 | ‘ Al Capone has got his finger on the trigger at long last . ’ |
| 13 | While he has staked his reputation on the tangled European question , his government has behaved dismally , using legalistic chicanery rather than sustained argument to force its case through parliament . |
| 14 | He has based his game on the prime virtues of line and length , backed by great stamina . |
| 15 | His boss has praised his work on the estate , saying it shows the value of community policing . |
| 16 | The preceding composite has focused our attention on the effects of the forthcoming legislation . |
| 17 | Murray 's club-mate , Tom McKean , has set his store on the World Indoors but first he has a personal score to settle with his GB team-mate , David Sharpe , who pipped him on Saturday to make it 1-1 between them indoors this winter . |
| 18 | He has to keep his finger on the pulse . ’ |
| 19 | We have a system of local government finance which has concentrated its attention on the poll tax payer , bringing in gearing which has resulted in enormous increases in bills , without any material increase in spending or improvements in services . |
| 20 | All round the feeling has been that by developing political representation , cooperation has increased its hold on the general public and is daily attracting new adherents to its principles . |
| 21 | Some news in brief now — Labour 's new Scottish spokesman , George Robertson , has stamped his authority on the job , introducing his new front bench team , and announcing his plan to involve back benchers in the political process . |
| 22 | Anyway , with the topsy-turvy results this season has thrown up , it 's anybody 's guess what we 'll end up with after Man U v Forest has run its course on The Match on Sunday ( ITV , 3.25pm ) . |
| 23 | There are two explanations put forward for why the King has relaxed his grip on the government . |
| 24 | This too has taken its toll on the traditional freedoms of university life . |
| 25 | A mother who has put her daughter on the stage and made her into a teenage star is obviously aware that she is moulding something special . |
| 26 | I am very grateful to my hon. Friend , who has put his finger on the real point . |
| 27 | I think Willi has put his finger on the essential me ! ’ |
| 28 | The court therefore has to approach its construction on the footing that the new Act may exhibit policies and intentions which are not necessarily the same as those in the earlier Act , and which require similar words to be given different meanings from those which the courts gave them under the earlier legislation . |
| 29 | This is the recommendation of an Independent Panel on Intractable Waste , which has submitted its report on the disposal of toxic waste to the Australia and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council , the body which brings together the environment ministers of the two countries ( including those of the Australian states ) . |
| 30 | This suspicion of parties has left its mark on the names of the right-wing parties in France : his successors ' party is called ‘ Rassemblement pour la République ’ , the word ‘ rassemblement ’ ( rally ) connecting a wide popular extra-parliamentary movement . |