Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] on [art] " 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 | In practice the tenant has little influence on the choice of insurer . |
| 3 | It went on to accept ‘ the principle that professional experience should be based on theoretical completeness , and that training in often petty procedures during the earlier years in professional offices has little bearing on the exercise of professional judgement . ’ |
| 4 | Each of the half-dozen military regimes since then has eventually foundered on the strength of the miners . |
| 5 | The Government has eagerly seized on the ‘ evidence ’ provided by the new affluent and rural as well as urban ‘ lager lout ’ folk-devils to deny any link between inner-city deprivation and crime . |
| 6 | The barge carrying the body springs a leak , his ceremonial uniform is soaked as he frantically bales , he worries about the expensive watch which he has inadvertently left on the coffin , the ceremony leaves him with a bad cold which he tries , not altogether successfully , to hide when he is presented to the King . |
| 7 | Formally , neither has much influence on the policy-making process . |
| 8 | Lloyd 's has hitherto relied on the promises of rich men and women to meet exceptional insurance losses from their personal resources ; in recompense for this personal risk , they were often handsomely rewarded . |
| 9 | Lawson Software Inc , Minneapolis , which despite dipping its toe into the Unix market has hitherto concentrated on the AS/400 as the platform for its financial and distribution software , is to launch its new ‘ Open Enterprise ’ range of software during the first week of February . |
| 10 | One has only to reflect on the enumeration of the varied properties of a state of full employment in the General Theory to realize that something is seriously wrong . |
| 11 | Hence the parser has only to decide on the syntactic structure that can be made from combining these different parts of speech . |
| 12 | However , to date this exciting new technology has only adopted on a voluntary basis . |
| 13 | One has only to stand on the bridge over the Trannon at Trefeglwys and look upstream to see the stable narrow river coursing elegantly between its magnificent borders of ash and sycamore , and compare this with the immediate downstream reach , which wanders amidst a waste of gravel . |
| 14 | At first glance it appears that Braudel has merely hit on a convenient fashion of dividing up the past , to bring it under control and make it easier for historians to encompass . |
| 15 | While political science has greatly concentrated on the role of governments and the executive , at the cost of examining the role of legislatures , it is clear that academic comment now presents a more varied picture of the role of parliaments than that of the decline of which Lord Bryce wrote . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , ’ Athelstan replied , ‘ we should be looking for a man or woman with no background , someone who has suddenly appeared on the scene , but everyone we have talked to has their own little niche . ’ |
| 17 | The European-style Kunsthalle has suddenly arrived on the scene — in triplicate |
| 18 | Use has thus evolved on a pragmatic basis : casual observation by the author showed that vehicles rarely crossed the junction at more than 15 km/h ; that they gave way to walkers and cyclists in nearly every case ( Figure 6.15 ) and indeed that some pedestrians failed even to bother to look for traffic before crossing . |
| 19 | Modern discussion of the issue has normally centred on the role of the Woodvilles , who are identified as the cause of a split within the ruling group which lay at the root of the crisis . |
| 20 | Modern discussion of the issue has normally centred on the role of the Woodvilles , who are identified as the cause of a split within the ruling group which lay at the root of the crisis . |
| 21 | If the amendment is seconded by another person who has not spoken on the original motion , the Chairman must accept it as a new motion , subject to the provisos that the amendment is not a simple negative of the motion ; is relevant ; does not cover ground that has been dealt with under a previous amendment ; and is not frivolous nor illegal . |
| 22 | When the number of members on the committee is small , it may be difficult to abide by the proviso that the amendment must be seconded by someone who has not spoken on the original motion , and in that case common sense prevails . |
| 23 | It has not listened on a whole series of points , even though I am very grateful that amendments have been agreed to in the course of our debate this evening . |
| 24 | The Centre of African Studies in Edinburgh has always maintained a focus on the whole of Africa , and has not concentrated on a particular region — such as West or Southern . |
| 25 | In contrast with most other studies on exfoliative cytology for bile duct strictures this study has not focused on a particular primary site of tumour but rather the overall use of cytology with biliary strictures . |
| 26 | Although some sex education programmes have been introduced into schools , the nature of these has largely depended on the attitudes of the local authority , the individual head teacher , and the teachers assigned to the subject . |
| 27 | The potential for disease biocontrol systems has largely focused on the soil . |
| 28 | This has largely occurred on the Downs , where perhaps the greatest changes likely to affect birds in Sussex have taken place . |
| 29 | The debate about whether the bureaucrats of communist regimes have emerged as a new ruling class has largely centred on the relationship between state functionaries and collectivized property ( Lane 1982 , Ch. 5 ) . |
| 30 | " For it often happens that in such discussions , in order to promote the common good , talk has nevertheless centred on a single individual . " |