Example sentences of "has [be] [verb] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strength of the stock market has been built entirely on the belief that the economy is about to start growing again at a time when inflation , earnings growth and interest rates are all low and falling , creating ideal conditions for a period of non-inflationary growth . |
| 2 | A great deal of technological work has been done recently on the seasoning of wood , and safe accelerated drying schedules have been worked out for all kinds and dimensions of timber . |
| 3 | Eroticism has been placed firmly on the feminist agenda , a challenge to the desexualisation of lesbianism which represented a significant strand of seventies ' feminism . |
| 4 | I thank the Minister for that answer and the confirmation that during the Government 's tenure the burden has been placed firmly on the shoulders of those who are least able to bear it . |
| 5 | Marginal plants , as their name implies , grow in the shallow water at the pool 's edge and can either be grown in planting baskets , like waterlilies , or in soil that has been placed directly on the marginal shelf . |
| 6 | The evidence supporting Sivapithecus- orang-utan relationship has been questioned recently on the basis of new postcranial remains of Sivapithecus . |
| 7 | A large white cross has been painted roughly on the ground . |
| 8 | I think I can claim that the whole last part is bound to make an impact on our musical public ; at least , if I compare it with what has been said recently on the same problem by Hanslick and others … |
| 9 | Suffice it to say here that the word ‘ feudal ’ is used frequently and loosely in relation to Japan , and this use has been based either on the existence in Japan of certain features associated with European feudalism , such as a military code of honour , or on a specific interpretation of the relations of production in Japanese society before the late nineteenth century . |
| 10 | The government 's case for retaining lead in petrol has been based heavily on the 1981 Lawther report . |
| 11 | It has been developing away on a polymer foam that is intended to fill an entire building ‘ from floor to ceiling ’ in a few seconds after an alarm is tripped . |
| 12 | His gaze has been fixed firmly on the future . |
| 13 | The usual area of wood has been dressed away on the upper edge of the body , in the name of player comfort . |
| 14 | Increasing attention has been focussed recently on the role of free radicals , in both normal metabolism and defence against disease , and also in a wide variety of conditions , for example rheumatoid arthritis , diabetes mellitus , atherosclerosis , pancreatitis , and peptic ulcer , in which oxidant stress seems to exceed homeostatic mechanisms . |
| 15 | No decision has been taken yet on the fate of the old station , but it is likely to be used in some form by Essex County Council , possibly by the probation service . |
| 16 | No decision has been taken yet on the fitness of Trevor Steven ( groin injury ) and Gary Stevens ( foot ) . |
| 17 | In the US , some observers point out that single-mode fibre has been produced only on a small scale and the technology is not proven . |
| 18 | It has been criticised there on the grounds that any decision on lending which is based on how many characteristics an applicant shares with good or bad payers can not directly reflect the reality of whether or not that individual will be a good payer . |
| 19 | The first ‘ official ’ race was held in 1972 and it has been held annually on the first or second Wednesday in May ever since . |
| 20 | Otherwise elegant and beautiful theories have been rejected because they do n't agree with observation , but I do n't know of any major theory that has been advanced just on the basis of experiment . |
| 21 | Emphasis has been laid before on the commercial environment in which we operate , and also of the good , practical , commonsense business efficacy that any conveyancer ought to possess before entering into private practice . |
| 22 | The Government has been relying heavily on a pick-up in consumer spending to provide the basis for recovery but worries about job security and unemployment have encouraged saving rather than spending . |
| 23 | The Tour has been won twice on the last stage . |
| 24 | On the more negative side , however , the social purpose tradition of workers ' education has been concentrated overwhelmingly on the white , male , manual , working-class trade unionist , to the virtual exclusion of other sections of the working class . |