Example sentences of "be [vb pp] on [art] [adj] footing " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principal question , whether the serfs were to be emancipated at all , had been answered , for after the circulation of the Nazimov Rescript to provincial governors and its publication in the journal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs there was no doubt that the relationship between landowners and privately owned peasants was going to be put on a new footing . |
| 2 | Now we 've shown that the sloppy approach can be put on a firm footing we shall , because of its greater familiarity , lapse into it ! |
| 3 | Then , feeling perhaps that things needed to be put on a proper footing , ‘ Veronica Totteridge . |
| 4 | Two sovereigns of equal authority in their respective kingdoms were put on an unequal footing because one of those sovereigns held land from the other . |
| 5 | He says that many will be dropped — at least until the ‘ core ’ business is put on a sound footing . |
| 6 | From March 1859 it was clear that , when the empire 's local government was put on a new footing , people other than bureaucrats would be participating in it . |
| 7 | After the War , this central theory of economics was put on a rigorous footing ( Arrow-Debreu ) . |
| 8 | In 1284 his responsibility for the operations launched a year earlier was put on a permanent footing with the grant of 3s. 0d. a day for life and a future widow 's pension of 1s. 6d. a day for his wife Ambrosia should she survive him . |
| 9 | In 1980 the National Heritage Memorial Fund ( NHMF ) was put on an independent footing , with what was then a large sum to spend on Britain 's art and heritage . |