Example sentences of "have [pos pn] [noun] fixed [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In its earnest liberalism , the Arts Council still has its sights fixed on a conflict-free Utopia full of maximum diversity and minimum friction . |
| 2 | The 43 US and 21 Canadian stores are on the mend at last , but McGinley has his sights fixed on expansion in Europe . |
| 3 | Accola will be resplendent in a bright yellow costume , the product of a sponsorship deal with a cheese Accola would love to outshine his friend Tomba on his home soil while the Austrian-born Girardelli , who skis for Luxembourg , has his sights fixed on a record fifth overall world title , having kept clear of the injury problems which bedevilled his preparations last year . |
| 4 | Perhaps unwittingly , the new statue hints at a deeper truth underpinning the hardline triumph : the worker , the peasant and the intellectual gaze wistfully towards the Forbidden City , the grandest monument to the genius of Chinese civilisation , but the soldier has his eyes fixed in a different direction — down the Avenue of Eternal Peace towards Zhongnanhai , the walled compound where party leaders live and work . |
| 5 | If , amidst the generally apocalyptic atmosphere of the time , devout Jews were anxiously awaiting the advent of two Messiahs — one royal from David , one priestly from Aaron — they would have had their eyes fixed on a limited number of families . |
| 6 | Modern scholars , conscious of the large issues involved in this struggle , have generally found this intrusion of the local and material interests of the church of Canterbury at a critical moment incomprehensible , and having their eyes fixed on the historically more important matters of investiture and homage , they have supposed that Anselm 's eyes must also have been similarly directed . |
| 7 | However , she had her sights fixed on higher things than the University of Suffolk , a new ‘ plateglass ’ university with a reputation for student vandalism . |
| 8 | Estabrook glanced across at Chant , who had his gaze fixed on their destination , and his teeth clenched . |
| 9 | Len , however , had his gaze fixed on David 's face and almost as if he could read his mind , and ignoring the other two , he said roughly , ‘ They 're not taking the case , are they , Doc ? ’ |
| 10 | But the Lad had his eyes fixed on Fergus . |
| 11 | Matthew had his eyes fixed on the desk and did not look up . |