Example sentences of "has [adv] [verb] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the middle of the nineteenth century this has produced a persistent surplus of population in the countryside with a consequent depression of wage levels-Rural depopulation has rarely proceeded on a scale to compensate for the reduced demand for labour in rural areas and neither has the demand for labour in the countryside been adequately stimulated by the provision of sufficient alternative employment opportunities to agriculture . |
| 2 | It is true that this is likely to happen when a whole class has just embarked on a subject and may be thought ready to take Grade 1 all together . |
| 3 | And to coincide with the temporary exhibitions , LACMA is showing its own new Cezanne , ‘ Sous-bois ’ ( c. 1890 ) , a large oil purchased last year for a multi-million-dollar sum believed to be the largest the museum has ever spent on an acquisition . |
| 4 | For its part , Scottish Nuclear has also embarked on a programme to reduce the cost of electricity it produces for the Scottish power companies from 3.2p per unit last year to a target level of 2.5p to ensure the operation remains financially strong and profitable for whatever the future might hold . |
| 5 | Anyone who has been walking across grassland and has nearly trodden on a hare , will know what a shock it is when the animal suddenly leaps up and darts off . |
| 6 | The er , Business Grants Panel share has , has , has now met on a number of occasions , and the three results of its decisions are set in the report . |
| 7 | Malcolm Beavers , a former inspector , has now retired on a police pension after contracting an infection when he dived into a polluted stretch of the River Aire at Selby , North Yorkshire . |
| 8 | Mr Reilly has now embarked on a job which even the cynical Mr Darman should applaud . |
| 9 | The EC has now agreed on a minimum of 15% VAT for most goods , but reduced rates ( minimum 5% ) will be applied to some categories , such as books and transport . |
| 10 | It has n't passed on a penny to the landlord … and his tenancy agreement may not now be worth the paper it 's written on |
| 11 | We seem to have heard it all before , but EIT Group Plc , trading in whose shares has been suspended at 9.5 pence since February , told the Sunday Telegraph that it was close to an agreement with its bankers that would enable it to put together a refinancing package ; it says its relations with its own bank , Midland Bank Plc , are good , but that Barclays Bank Plc , which had a £2.8m loan out to Sintrom Plc when EIT bought the firm for £1.7m , reckons it has prior claim on a part of any new money coming into EIT . |
| 12 | Since finishing Juice , Dickerson has again worked on a Spike Lee movie , this time the Malcolm X biopic . |
| 13 | The ‘ son of super-group ’ has yet to settle on a name . |
| 14 | The line-up was impressive , featuring Pops Staples , literally the founding father of the gospel band the Staple Singers and who has recently embarked on a solo career at the tender age of 77 ! |
| 15 | As adjunct to its education policy the BDA has recently embarked on a youth policy for reasons spelt out in a resolution passed by the Rothesay Congress in 1986 : This Congress recognises that the future development of the deaf community requires the full participation of deaf children and young people . |
| 16 | The poison is seldom dangerous but anyone who has accidentally trodden on a sea-urchin while bathing knows how painful the swelling can be . |