Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Tories have fallen back on a quack cure for the economic ills they are forcing upon our country — even higher prescription charges . |
| 2 | Insecure Christian men feeling threatened have fallen back on the Scriptures with authoritarian tunnel vision , while Christian women are learning Greek and Hebrew in order to find a loophole to invalidate this ‘ yoke of bondage ’ . |
| 3 | Welsh Water has dragged many old-age pensioners and under-privileged people through the courts of Wales because they have fallen down on the odd instalment on their water charges . |
| 4 | A major supermarket has just unveiled four new Teenage Mutant Hero Turtle pizzas and Dr Mumby says the way the foodmakers have jumped in on the Turtle band-wagon is wrong . |
| 5 | AIR wars have broken out on the vital transatlantic routes , with British Airways , Virgin Atlantic and two big American carriers all slashing their spring fares . |
| 6 | This is the first test we have carried out on a garden blower vac . |
| 7 | You no doubt have picked up on the typos etc. but it is sometimes useful to have another ‘ eye ’ . |
| 8 | High prices and a determination to stick to plain , some say ‘ dull ’ pieces , meant that they have missed out on a growing market for decorative items in the lower price range , while the move to new premises essentially changed their image from a shop to a ‘ view by appointment ’ private gallery . |
| 9 | THOUSANDS of pensioners have missed out on the prosperity brought about by Margaret Thatcher 's administration and remain caught in ‘ massive poverty traps ’ , the conference was told yesterday . |
| 10 | ‘ Having studied my chemistry in the steam age ’ , he writes , ‘ presumably I have missed out on the new ‘ water ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ As a farmer whose children have grown up on a busy farm , I am very aware of the risks and the work pressures that all too easily lead to children being exposed to danger . |
| 12 | By imagining these two kinds of plant , we have zeroed in on the crucial difference between a bottlenecked and an unbottlenecked life cycle . |
| 13 | I have drawn up on the attached sheet the numbers of staff required in my estimation to deal with Council Tax in the future . |
| 14 | I have got back on the adrenalin and enthusiasm for these first few matches and hopefully in the next six weeks you will see the best of me . ’ |
| 15 | They have washed up on a shingle strand beside a lonely and barely habitable estancia . |
| 16 | The lion 's share of Singapore 's exports is produced by the 3,000-odd foreign companies that have set up on the island . |
| 17 | A TRIO of Cleveland pensioners have set off on the trip of a lifetime to the bulbfields of Holland . |
| 18 | The Football Supporters Association have set out on a project to democratise the game , taking control of the clubs and institutions that so ruthlessly exploit their support . |
| 19 | But he , or she , does need to be within striking distance of yourself , especially when you have set out on the tricky waters of the novel . |
| 20 | As traffic congestion has built up in town centres , so new development centres have sprung up on the urban fringe and in the open countryside , where car-based access is , at least initially , easier . |
| 21 | The Rome Central Institute of Restoration and the Calabria Soprintendenza Archeologica have teamed up on a year-long project to remove the corrosive salts from the interiors of the statues . |
| 22 | In the club atmosphere of La Cigale , the spark was always there , the reason why so many have gone out on a limb to should their name from the rooftops , but the Mondays are in danger of slipping into routine . |
| 23 | The others have gone out on the town . |
| 24 | But with falling profits many employers have cut back on the perk . |
| 25 | In the past , too many tunnel schemes have ended up on the surface because of the cost implications . |
| 26 | On that basis , the CAP has not protected the small farmer because large , efficient farms have cashed in on the guaranteed payment scheme and produced huge quantities of food , using increasingly intensive methods . |
| 27 | BOSSES have cashed in on the Euro money crisis . |
| 28 | ‘ We would deny any suggestion we have backed down on an agreement . |
| 29 | The largest animals are quite brown in their worn coats , especially after they have dried out on the rocks , while the young born this year are still dark greyish-black . |