Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bishop Crowley has appeared on religious programmes for radio and television . |
| 2 | DSR has acquired on undisclosed terms manufacturing , distribution and marketing rights to the Opus Personal Mainframe line along with current inventory , spare parts and access to the existing customer base . |
| 3 | In common with other leading manufacturers , Nike has majored on fit as the latest sports shoe battleground , but the Oregonians have arrived at their solution in a relatively minimalist fashion . |
| 4 | And what of John Deacon , for whom Neil has deputised on recent occasions ? |
| 5 | It was a priority for Soviet leaders to limit the damage their intervention in Afghanistan had wrought on Soviet Iranian relations . |
| 6 | But , ironically , the longer-term explanation lies in the restrictions Washington has maintained on Japanese car imports for almost a decade . |
| 7 | Hood has standardised on modular 386DXs , which might be upgraded to a 486DX by a single board swap . |
| 8 | Merkel had worked on Big Wednesday , probably the best film about surfing ever made . |
| 9 | After the one-day strikes a small number of pits in the Donbass and Kuzbass had remained on indefinite strike , but in the course of March the action had snowballed , especially after the breakdown on March 9 of talks between strike committee leaders and government representatives in Moscow and Kiev . |
| 10 | By October , Louis had decided on immediate action elsewhere : Aquitaine was to be taken from Pippin and given to Charles instead . |
| 11 | The influence Miró has exerted on Spanish modern and contemporary art . |
| 12 | Malaysia has called on developing countries , particularly those dependent on timber and timber products , to " be conscious of negative attempts by the developed West " . |
| 13 | Already this week , Sunderland goalkeeper Tony Norman has stated on national television that the uncertain position has put the side under pressure . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , Delyn MP David Hanson has called on British Coal to withdraw the advance redundancy notices sent out to workers at the 31 pits listed for closure . |
| 15 | For years before becoming president , Reagan had harped on conservative economic themes . |
| 16 | Outraged Tory Peter Jones has called on fellow borough councillors to ban on the exhibition which is set to go on display at the town 's Arts Centre . |
| 17 | Mrs Thatcher has insisted on particular lines of policy , even over the doubts of the responsible department . |
| 18 | But he admitted there would be no swift return to the Exchange Rate Mechanism which Britain had to quit on Black Wednesday . |
| 19 | When Chapman had signed on new players in July , he had agreed to pay three of them the full yearly wage of £208 to the end of the next April . |
| 20 | you could n't do it , but he had every opportunity the other , the twin did to get through you know and he passed his City and Guilds , but Peter 's got on alright , the other son who 's got the factory , he 's , he 's busy got an electrical panels and all that he does , you know , he 's quite good and my other son he works , he used to work at Burnt Mill , and he now has moved to erm er Stansted , he works at Stansted he works in the big food depot , that used to be years ago and he works there , he 's been there ever since he left school , since except two , two years he had in the army you know for the conscription , but he 's been there erm ever since he was fourteen and he 's now about oh , forty something now he is , I 'm not quite sure of their ages , I get muddled up I 've got , eight , eight sons altogether , so , I 've got quite a family dear . |
| 21 | Some 40 producers of religious television programmes from 16 countries in Eastern and Western Europe have agreed on practical steps to stimulate the production and exchange of high quality worship services in Europe . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , the Prime Minister John Major has called on Labour to withdraw their promises on tax . |
| 23 | After receiving the proposals and before responding , Mr Adamec had gone on national television on Wednesday night to threaten to quit . |
| 24 | A group of 25 communicators , sociologists and people from the religious communities of North America and Asia have agreed on specific plans to work together for a more just global communication environment . |
| 25 | Substantial though such rural populations were , both France and Germany had to call on immigrant agricultural labour . |
| 26 | Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany had called on other Western countries to give more to the Soviet Union in a visit to Washington on Sept. 16 , quoting EC figures showing that Germany had provided 56 per cent of financial aid to the Soviet Union over two years . |
| 27 | A communications mast towered 150 feet above the complex and there were half a dozen parabolic antennae , similar to the ones Patrick had seen on offshore platforms . |
| 28 | In Rome , Jandi Sapi has focused on lesser-known artists . |
| 29 | In anticipation of an army coup , Croatia and Slovenia had placed on alert the security forces under their control — the police and the newly formed gendarmerie , the so-called specijalci . |
| 30 | But despite the fact that Brown had passed on Privy Councillors ' information , Thomson assured Pincher there was nothing to stop publication . |