Example sentences of "[noun] have be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHILE most British eyes have been on the election of a new Westminster parliament , a 500-member pensioner 's parliament from all 12 countries of the European Community has called for better pensions throughout the EC . |
| 2 | Much of the blame must be laid at the door of the disorganised America 's Cup Organising Committee , who for the past 10 months have been on the brink of bankruptcy . |
| 3 | Soviet strikes point to crisis of morale that threatens future of perestroika Broadcasts of parliament get more viewers than Agatha Christie films It is the first November 7 since the revolution that coal miners have been on strike . |
| 4 | It is , as far as can be remembered , the first November 7 since the revolution that coal miners have been on strike — the very core of the working class who made the revolution possible . |
| 5 | A quarter of the country 's coal miners have been on strike for three weeks demanding the resignation of President Mikhail Gorbachev , the dissolution of the Soviet parliament and the transfer of power to the Federation Council , composed of the elected leaders of the 15 republics . |
| 6 | While unemployment figures in Northern Ireland have been on the increase , they have not accelerated at anything like the rate in the usually prosperous south-east of England . |
| 7 | Worst hit areas have been on the Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire border and in the Forest of Dean . |
| 8 | The headhunters have been on the warpath again : Tucson , Arizona-based Artisoft Inc reports that William Baker submitted his resignations as chief financial officer , ‘ to pursue other opportunities ’ . |
| 9 | Many of the refugees have been on the move for several years . |
| 10 | For the past six weeks at Bristol Crown Court three companies involved in the manufacture or supply of the gantry have been on trail . |
| 11 | That is precisely where we have been , which is why so many of the decisions reached in the past two days have been on British initiatives that have been accepted across the whole of Europe . |
| 12 | The workers have been on duty for the same amount of time whenever measurements are made . |
| 13 | More than 300 workers have been on strike since 29 January over a dispute about enforced lay-offs . |
| 14 | Four planes have been on standy here for a number of days . |
| 15 | Victory : The only valuables the Vampire and his minion have are on their persons ( see their profiles ) . |
| 16 | Key managers have been on Dale Carnegie courses , and all staff are invited to take any training course at company expense . |
| 17 | The teams have been on a rigorous training schedule for the hundred mile long test of skill and stamina . |
| 18 | The teams have been on a rigorous training schedule for the hundred mile long test of skill and stamina . |
| 19 | Anti-terrorist squad officers have been on maximum alert for several months and have been expecting ‘ a spectacular ’ IRA bomb in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 20 | Nine months or a year 's time we may have a different animal working in that office and it may well be some person who has who does some J L O work to supplement John and does some project work , now er Jackie has indicated she 'd love to fill that role , and we all know what project she 'd want to be doing it , but er if we do put somebody in that role they will be project officer as well and on the wall will be a year planner and it 'll have things like crucial crew gala day and all these major major things and that particular officer will work quite closely with the new Pat and they 'll be able to take some of the weight off our shoulders so when we start planning for something like crucial crew you can delegate some of the work to the project officer and perhaps the other sergeant Now I know things do n't always work out quite that straightforwardly but you know the last year has been a bastard of a year for us in terms of sickness , four S L O's have been on long-term sick we 've lost Pat for all that time Jed was off for quite a while |
| 21 | Yet , although the excavations began in 1967 and about half of the paintings have been on exhibition in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens since the early 1970s , the other half have been neither exhibited nor published . |
| 22 | But many of the studies have been on non-diabetic subjects and the hypoglycaemic stimulus was not always identical . |
| 23 | On the other hand , though , it has to be said that some of the local urban excitements have been on the tame side recently : a swimming pool murder , an outbreak of cholesterol war between rival pizza outlets , the car that drove into the non-drive-in dry cleaners , and so on . |
| 24 | ‘ Hot metal ’ glue guns have been on the d-i-y market for some time . |
| 25 | Not too much has appeared in the public prints on the conference , but Reuter reporters Russell Blinch and Judith Crosson have been on the spot taking it all down ; this page is compiled from their reports . |
| 26 | Many of Britain 's civil servants have been on strike in protest at what they see as moves towards privatisation which they believe could cost them their jobs . |
| 27 | Previous issues from November 1990 to the last edition show that the major features have been on Gabby and Steffi , Zvereva and Martina and Monica , Capriati and Monica , Anke , Jana Novotna and Arantxa respectively , evidence of a fair and even representation of all women players by Tennis World . |
| 28 | Police in the Co Armagh area have been on a state of alert since a massive IRA bomb devastated the centre of nearby Lurgan in March last year . |
| 29 | By this time the reader will have noticed , and perhaps wondered … the writer is a member of a large family , yet so far only four characters have been on parade : Mum , Dad , Sam and Carl . |
| 30 | The solar system has travelled round the galaxy almost 20 times since it was formed , and it has described only a tiny arc of its journey during the two million years that people have been on the Earth . |