Example sentences of "[noun] have [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is led to conclude from all this that despite some tactical ‘ victories ’ here and there , the British point of view with respect to policy in the EEC has not on the whole prevailed , any more than has its influence over the development of the institutional framework of the Community . |
| 2 | Travis had enough on his plate just now without being asked to go against his promise to Rosemary to reveal nothing about her . |
| 3 | The team had enough on its mind as it was . |
| 4 | Daryl , a very tall thin young man with a neatly-trimmed beard , with a red knitted stocking tammy buffon 'd up on his hair , with thin features and a beautiful skin , more black than brown ( his mother 's face was a shiny cinnamon ) black and pointed like the African in pictures of the three kings , came down the steps into the kitchen with this tiny fair mite at the bottom of his long arm holding his hand . |
| 5 | The marginal interest rate had early on Nov. 19 been raised from 11.5 to 20 per cent , in an attempt to defend the krona , but cut again to 12.5 per cent by the end of the day , by which time the krona had lost around 9 per cent of its value against the deutschmark . |
| 6 | For her stepmother to tell her meant that she and her father must sometimes talk about her , and that her father had undoubtedly on at least one occasion said that he thought Artemis had some ability . |
| 7 | All right the abbey is in ruins and I doubt whether that impotent old priest up at the Old Rectory has much on offer . |
| 8 | Germany was prostrate ; France had ceased to be Britain 's inveterate enemy ; and the Soviet Union had enough on its hands rebuilding Mother Russia . |
| 9 | Employees of the National Semiconductor company arriving for work in Swindon had more on their minds than usual this morning . |
| 10 | but Terry has enough on his plate without having to separate them into maths and this that and the other and photocopy bits and pieces ! |
| 11 | To satisfy Moore 's requirements an activity has somehow on the one hand really to somehow matter , and on the other hand not to do so on account of anything ordinarily thought of as of practical use . |
| 12 | For her part Margaret Thatcher , the UK Prime Minister , told the UK House of Commons on April 19 after publication of the Kohl-Mitterrand letter that the EC had enough on its plate without getting involved in such " esoteric things " . |
| 13 | Lessons parents , teachers , and other adults have also on occasion to relearn . |
| 14 | In spite of this , most studies agree that mergers have not on average improved the subsequent performance of the merging companies . |
| 15 | Ciba-Geigy has no on site crèches or company-wide policies on childcare or flexible working , but does have individual job sharing and term time working arrangements with working mothers . |