Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] be spent on " in BNC.
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| 1 | All her savings have been spent on unpaid bills left behind by her husband . |
| 2 | Around 20 per cent of loans to Third World countries have been spent on arms : the weapons go to poor countries , the money back to rich ones3 . |
| 3 | Millions of pounds have been spent on research into deodorants and anti-perspirants to combat these malodorous extremes . |
| 4 | Some may find it surprising nevertheless that in a time of cut-backs in state spending , thousands of millions of pounds have been spent on youth training since 1981 . |
| 5 | Millions of pounds have been spent on research and developing , flexible working practice have been introduced . |
| 6 | His shrewdness in the transfer market has meant that approximately 20 million pounds have been spent on incoming ‘ talent ’ and many of those world class players such as Jim Leighton , Mike Phelan , Neil Webb and Danny Wallace have played a crucial part in this seasons triumph . |
| 7 | Considerable resources have been spent on equipping schools with computer hardware and software . |
| 8 | Those who win money on the horses at Kirkby Lonsdale races in Cumbria can quickly sober up if they wander down from the racecourse to see how their rates have been spent on the adjacent reaches of the river Lune , where the recently cemented banks are dramatically caving in , and attempts at bank protection appear to have made matters worse . |
| 9 | Huge sums have been spent on minute analysis of opposition products — analysis the fishkeeper ca n't possibly hope to match himself , or in many cases even understand . |
| 10 | A formal concept since 1923 , millions of American dollars have been spent on it and it has been virtually complete for years . |
| 11 | This is expected to show that appropriate parts of the monies passed to the schools from local authorities have been spent on books . |
| 12 | Hector Mackenzie , who chairs the TUC 's health services committee , said : ‘ Hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers ’ money have been spent on training many of these people . |
| 13 | Would you say that most of your professional careers have been spent on the stage ? |