Example sentences of "[noun sg] has [be] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Treaty of Rome contained no specific references to the need for the Community to develop an Industrial Policy , consequently the main focus towards industry has been on competition policy , and on the creation of the SEM . |
| 2 | While much of the focus in this chapter has been on manufacturing where the reliance on small producers is relatively unusual among advanced economies , the small firm is dominant in many other sectors . |
| 3 | As has already been noted , however , most of this research has been on villages , rather than the more difficult scattered settlements ; the atypical patterns , such as the strings of villages in chalkland valleys , have received a disproportionate amount of attention ( Fig 15 ) |
| 4 | Throughout most of this period the focus has been on government records and then mainly at a national level , although in rare instances the issues have been addressed at a more local level . |
| 5 | More recently the focus has been on literature which might be thought of as racially damaging . |
| 6 | So our emphasis has been on cost reduction and internal quality issues . |
| 7 | So far the emphasis has been on fission , where the nuclei of heavy elements such as uranium fragment into smaller pieces . |
| 8 | The Government 's emphasis has been on changes to the way the education system is run . |
| 9 | As the fashion for hair has moved away from the hard , artificial post-punk era towards more natural styles , the emphasis has been on hair care products that promote softness and shine . |
| 10 | The rest has been on average just over one gramme . |
| 11 | This is not because language production is an unimportant aspect of language processing , but simply because almost all the research into normal adult language use has been on comprehension rather than production . |
| 12 | Although this framework has been usefully applied to higher education ( see Wright 1988 ) , its main impact has been on studies of the school curriculum . |
| 13 | It is also dependent , however , on how long the baby has been on morphine and is , to a certain extent , a matter of individual assessment ( including observation of withdrawal signs ) and prescribing . |
| 14 | The recent rainfall will be in his favour , as his best form has been on ground with a cut in it . |
| 15 | In recent years the Lanx has been on loan to the British Museum . |
| 16 | We believe that part of the reason lies in the fact that no integrated fleet management system has been on offer before and potential users are put off by having to deal with third parties , complicated billing arrangements which makes it difficult to access payback , and lack of geographical coverage . |
| 17 | For last three years the opinion survey has been on line on PROFS . |
| 18 | Metering has been on trial in England and Wales for the past two years , to assess whether it is a serious option as a basis for domestic charges from the year 2000 — when the present charging system based on the rateable value of your house is due to be scrapped . |
| 19 | Again , the spotlight has been on men — a reflection of the place of women in the arts as much as a marker of the unacceptability of lesbianism . |
| 20 | It is well known that the plastic used on original Fenders used to fade from white to a sort of greenish grey , and this type of scratchplate has been on offer as a cosmetic retro-fit for some time . |