Example sentences of "has [verb] on a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither has the polarity between Male and Female which we so take for granted ever been based on rock-solid foundations , but has depended on a variety of shifting meanings . |
| 2 | South Buckinghamshire district council has objected on a number of grounds . |
| 3 | Brown has come on a kind of pilgrimage to the heart of urban blight . |
| 4 | I am aware he has met on a number of occasions with our members , and he was instrumental in selecting a team , which met with the General Secretary of USDAW who said that they had had a er a er reasonable meeting with him . |
| 5 | In Zambia itself the ruling party , UNIP , took virtual control of the Times , but even before this the president had acquired the power to hire and fire its editor : a power he has used on a number of occasions . |
| 6 | Reporting the Lithuanian response , the official Soviet news agency Tass on March 19 announced that Gorbachev had ordered the Soviet government to implement " a number of immediate measures " in the light of information which " bears witness to the fact that the present leadership of the republic has embarked on a path of crude violations of constitutional order and of arbitrarily deciding matters which affect the interest of the USSR " . |
| 7 | Energy generation from renewable resources , such as wind or water , can help conserve fossil fuels and reduce emissions of pollutants ; the Trust has embarked on a number of schemes to exploit renewable energy , as at Aberdulais ( see below right ) , and will assess properties for their energy-generating potential . |
| 8 | So the ANC has embarked on a programme of mass action to put pressure on the government . |
| 9 | The question of an effective British veto on American use of British bases has surfaced on a number of occasions since 1952 . |
| 10 | The relative esteem in which stones have been held at different times has rested on a number of factors . |
| 11 | On 7 May the applicant was admitted to bail , and so far as we are aware has been at liberty ever since , although it appears that he has appeared on a number of occasions at the Guildhall Magistrates ' Court , to what effect we do not know . |
| 12 | Now , your agency creative team has worked on a number of concepts and put up campaigns for all of them : the beneficial effect on the skin of natural ingredients ; the sheer charm of the packs on the dressing table ; the ease and delight of using such products . |
| 13 | The disenfranchising effect of unemployment has worked on a number of fronts . |
| 14 | Underpinning research has continued on a number of topics . |
| 15 | Since the discourse analyst , like the hearer , has no direct access to a speaker 's intended meaning in producing an utterance , he often has to rely on a process of inference to arrive at an interpretation for utterances or for the connections between utterances . |
| 16 | But otherwise it has survived on a diet of small deals while making a nice living rewinding British industry 's electric motors . |
| 17 | The resolution of the problem of compensation and betterment , which has changed on a number of occasions according to political philosophy , has not affected the system of plan and control . |