Example sentences of "[noun sg] have been [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than £1m of derelict land grant has been spent on reclaiming the site of the former Bromborough power station . |
| 2 | Hair has been set on rollers to achieve loose curls . |
| 3 | Glen Plake 's hair has been standing on end ever since he started watching his own ski movies . |
| 4 | In the.process of researching and writing Hampden Babylon , the story has been recounted on at least four separate occasions . |
| 5 | The following story has been told on more than one occasion : |
| 6 | Ultimately , a new currency has to be issued by the central bank and the financial system is rebuilt , but not before much political and social damage has been inflicted on the country . |
| 7 | Noone knows just how much damage has been inflicted on the Iraqi airforce . |
| 8 | The champagne has been put on ice at Stockton . |
| 9 | Neighbourhood Watch A neighbourhood watch has been established on Foulis Crescent and Woodhall Avenue , Mrs. Moug has agreed to inaugurate a scheme in Baberton Crescent and preliminary moves have been made to encourage other parts of the village to participate . |
| 10 | Neighbourhood Watch A neighbourhood watch has been established on Foulis Crescent and Woodhall Avenue , Mrs. Moug has agreed to inaugurate a scheme in Baberton Crescent and preliminary moves have been made to encourage other parts of the village to participate . |
| 11 | No final decision has been made on whether there will be legislation , but it would be unlikely to be tabled before next autumn , according to Department of Employment sources . |
| 12 | The decision has been made on financial conditions and not to meet the needs of the team . |
| 13 | No decision has been made on whether to renegotiate with EASE , sign up with one of the several other electronic systems now operating , or , like County Auctions , develop its own system . |
| 14 | The first Plan identified twenty action points and progress has been made on them all . |
| 15 | So far wheels , frame and chimney have been built and I believe that progress has been made on the boiler . |
| 16 | Will the Minister tell us what progress has been made on the procurement of air-to-air missiles for the aircraft ? |
| 17 | A great deal of progress has been made on equal rights . |
| 18 | A driver has been remanded on bail after three women from the same family were knocked down and killed on their way home from a funeral . |
| 19 | Its A-minus rating has been put on probation , out of fear of ballooning deficits ; it might indeed have met sterner treatment had 1989 not been a mayoral election year . |
| 20 | Civility has been shattered on Golding 's island . |
| 21 | Whilst in the past some reliance has been placed on low melting point plastics and the thermal shock effects on asbestos cement sheeting to provide a degree of ventilation , consequential to a fire , experience indicates that such faith can be misplaced . |
| 22 | The UK profession has flourished in a free market economy where much reliance has been placed on actuaries ' judgement rather than on constricting regulations . |
| 23 | The library 's subject index has been produced on a word processor and is now recorded on separate files for each letter of the alphabet . |
| 24 | From September 1990 , this index has been entered on a compute database which permits more advanced searches and improves ease of retrieval . |
| 25 | In fact , a large proportion of American cinema has been based on the ‘ optioning ’ of best sellers , in an endless , sleazy scramble for respectable cash . |
| 26 | The ‘ participants ’ will be 30 children for whom assessment has been requested on account of emotional and behavioural difficulties ( EBD ) , together with the professionals involved in each child 's assessment . |
| 27 | This indicates whether automatic DC assessment has been set on the module or not . |
| 28 | This indicates whether automatic DC assessment has been set on the module or not . |
| 29 | The injustice of the ragpickers ' existence has been recorded on video by the ecumenical Media Centre of Bangalore , with the aim of raising public awareness of their plight . |
| 30 | To a large extent , the election has been fought on the airwaves , with both candidates delivering television advertisements attacking each other . |