Example sentences of "to have [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second body was the Protestant Dissenting Deputies which had been founded in 1732 and was , by the end of the nineteenth century , healthier than its older friend although The Christian World noted in 1901 that it ‘ seems to have fallen on evil days ’ . |
| 2 | Much the same might be said of David Capel , another member of that 1990 Caribbean party to have fallen on hard times . |
| 3 | The old building seems to have fallen on hard times , for on September 13th 1976 at a meeting of the owners , the A.P.C.M. , and the Health Dept. it was decided that No. 3 Chapel Houses tenanted by Mr T. Hawkins , was not suitable as living accommodation and the Housing Services Committee placed a Closing Order on the premises . |
| 4 | He was reported to have acted on individual initiative , in expression of his radical Islamic sympathies . |
| 5 | Three of the alleged assaults are said to have occurred on New Year 's Eve 1991 . |
| 6 | More than this , he appears to have served on numerous committees dealing with a wide range of bills : in this way , perhaps more than any other , he may be considered to have , as he put it , ‘ done my country some good , whereunto we are all called ’ . |
| 7 | He himself had received letters from all over England , seeking his advice on questions of conscience , and found that it was unsatisfactory for Anglicans to have to rely on Roman Catholic literature for guidance in such matters . |
| 8 | He wants full control of the club and yet he 's going to have to rely on other people . ’ |
| 9 | Mr Michael Hesletine , the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , seems to have determined on informed exhortation rather than explicit research support . |