Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [been] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Funding for research of this kind has been on a scale not approached by any other area of sociological enquiry . |
| 2 | While human evolution has oriented around the use of hand and eye , and developed down a highly visual and linear path , the dolphin mind has been on a very different track — acoustic , non-linear and non-manipulative . |
| 3 | The 23-year-old has been on a weekly contract since last season , but emerged as a leading figure following the injury to Paul Elliott . |
| 4 | The engine has been on an electronic diagnosis machine ( like a Sun tester ) and everything was shown to be set just about right . |
| 5 | Over the past few weeks , their National Team has been on a British Tour and wherever they play , the house is packed . |
| 6 | Although it is less the case now than in the past , the longer a person has been on a particular committee the greater the likelihood that he or she will eventually succeed either to its chair or to the senior minority party position . |
| 7 | He and a friend had been on a cycling tour of the Himalayas , when they paid for the papers from a local travel agent . |
| 8 | She would go back to Sea House and tell Stephen that his father had been on a train at the time of his mother 's death . |
| 9 | Police in the Co Armagh area have been on a state of alert since a massive IRA bomb devastated the centre of nearby Lurgan in March last year . |
| 10 | But since that time British manufacturing has been on a strengthening long-term trend . ’ |
| 11 | The sales centre has been on a very steep learning curve as to the needs of individual appointed representatives . |
| 12 | Pre-Windscale , he recalled , two Secretaries of State had been on a collision course . |
| 13 | However , the emphasis in LMS training has been on a whole-school approach , with governors , teachers , office staff , cleaners , caretakers , technicians , ancillary staff and LEA representatives working together for a full day in a particular school . |
| 14 | Valerie Way had been on a teachers ' course concerned with gender and the curriculum and described what happened when she returned to school . |
| 15 | Her last large expenditure had been on a Royal Doulton tea-service . |
| 16 | Mr Hurd said Mr Smith 's speech had been on a motion of no confidence he had not tabled : ‘ And why has n't he ? |
| 17 | The jet had been on a routine training mission when it came down , destroying thirteen parked cars . |