Example sentences of "and have [verb] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It leaves less to the discretion of the court and has decided on a maximum sentence of just five years .
2 Alison is a ‘ people person ’ and has served on the consultative committee .
3 Powder Byrne , which offers off-piste skiing courses as add-ons to its hotel and chalet holidays in the Swiss Alps , is a confirmed user , and has hit on the bright idea of recycling some of last winter 's footage as a low-key promotional device .
4 Work continues on listing the Crawford papers , and has begun on the additional Sutherland papers .
5 BDO Binder Hamlyn ( phone 071–489 9000 ) has recently expanded its investment management service and has embarked on a joint venture with Matheson Investment managers to give a broader base and access to greater research and expertise .
6 Hence the weedkiller train could not be put into the loop and had to remain on the main line , being put right up to the buffer stop because a passenger train was due .
7 He had made some fragmentary notes on some of the competition entries , and had commented on the recent Parliamentary debate at the meeting of the Architectural Photographic Association in February 1859 , at which Street was the main speaker .
8 The National Democratic Front ( NDF ) , a front organization for both the CPP and the NPA , had offices in the Netherlands , and had insisted on an overseas venue , rather than meeting on Philippine soil , partly out of concern for the security of its negotiators .
9 The defence allege he was still there the next day and had insisted on the compulsory repatriation of Cossack prisoners to Soviet forces .
10 Those taking part included President Mitterrand ( who had condemned the " particularly abject " attack at Carpentras and had called on the French people to " pull themselves together " ) , Prime Minister Michel Rocard , and other members of the government and senior politicians excluding the FN .
11 The President had seen the polls forecasting heavy defeat and had decided on a high-profile last-ditch effort to free the Iranian hostages .
12 The gasman had told us it would blow up and had stuck on a waning sign to remind us .
13 A communiqué issued after the meeting said that delegates had declared Iraq to be a " democratic federal country " , and had agreed on a federal structure based on wilayats or provinces , reportedly as a gesture to Islamic parties which had insisted on Arab-Islamic nomenclature .
14 He had been feeling a bit better for the last few days : He had repaired the fence between the Britches and Ron Paget 's yard , filled two black plastic sacks with rubbish and had embarked on a vigorous assault upon dead and decaying trees .
15 Perhaps Marcus had read her previous reticence to give herself completely to him as boredom with the scenario of casual individual relationships which were par for the course for their contemporaries , and had laid on a partner-swapping party to titillate her interest .
16 Some advertise their trips as environmental Journeys and have hit on an ingenious method of sponsorship .
17 The French , as the previous section showed , have accepted this challenge and have embarked on a wide range of measures to offset the adverse effects of the Tunnel and capitalise on its potential .
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