Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] on " in BNC.

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1 Bugs and men who study them have inspired great literature and pages and pages of nonsense But even the finest fiction has rarely improved on real life
2 Since the middle of the nineteenth century this has produced a persistent surplus of population in the countryside with a consequent depression of wage levels-Rural depopulation has rarely proceeded on a scale to compensate for the reduced demand for labour in rural areas and neither has the demand for labour in the countryside been adequately stimulated by the provision of sufficient alternative employment opportunities to agriculture .
3 Inspired by these researches , she has since worked on two series of small works , in which Rembrandt pastel is layered and fixed on paper , then multi-layered .
4 Inspired by these researches , she has since worked on two series of small works , in which Rembrandt pastel is layered and fixed on paper , then multi-layered .
5 Each of the half-dozen military regimes since then has eventually foundered on the strength of the miners .
6 This chapter has necessarily concentrated on activity at the centre and , in doing so , demonstrated how much any local initiative depends eventually on Course-wide endorsement .
7 The Government has eagerly seized on the ‘ evidence ’ provided by the new affluent and rural as well as urban ‘ lager lout ’ folk-devils to deny any link between inner-city deprivation and crime .
8 The barge carrying the body springs a leak , his ceremonial uniform is soaked as he frantically bales , he worries about the expensive watch which he has inadvertently left on the coffin , the ceremony leaves him with a bad cold which he tries , not altogether successfully , to hide when he is presented to the King .
9 Lloyd 's has hitherto relied on the promises of rich men and women to meet exceptional insurance losses from their personal resources ; in recompense for this personal risk , they were often handsomely rewarded .
10 Lawson Software Inc , Minneapolis , which despite dipping its toe into the Unix market has hitherto concentrated on the AS/400 as the platform for its financial and distribution software , is to launch its new ‘ Open Enterprise ’ range of software during the first week of February .
11 Switzerland has long relied on Italian and Spanish workers .
12 The Catholic Church has long insisted on its right of making due provision for the full range of the educational needs of its community and has invested heavily in making such provision .
13 The Zimbabwean government is being embarrassed by evidence of high-level involvement in the killing of its dwindling rhino population , which it has long blamed on Zambian poachers .
14 The loose grouping , which has only met on two occasions , is known unofficially as HOG , the Hilton Object Group , after its inaugural meeting at the Boston Hilton last year .
15 However , to date this exciting new technology has only adopted on a voluntary basis .
16 At first glance it appears that Braudel has merely hit on a convenient fashion of dividing up the past , to bring it under control and make it easier for historians to encompass .
17 Like many people , Derrick Edwards , Dorset 's community care co-ordinator , has criticised the way the DoH has apparently backtracked on linking community care services to people 's needs , throwing his department , along with many others , into turmoil .
18 While political science has greatly concentrated on the role of governments and the executive , at the cost of examining the role of legislatures , it is clear that academic comment now presents a more varied picture of the role of parliaments than that of the decline of which Lord Bryce wrote .
19 ‘ Well , ’ Athelstan replied , ‘ we should be looking for a man or woman with no background , someone who has suddenly appeared on the scene , but everyone we have talked to has their own little niche . ’
20 The European-style Kunsthalle has suddenly arrived on the scene — in triplicate
21 Use has thus evolved on a pragmatic basis : casual observation by the author showed that vehicles rarely crossed the junction at more than 15 km/h ; that they gave way to walkers and cyclists in nearly every case ( Figure 6.15 ) and indeed that some pedestrians failed even to bother to look for traffic before crossing .
22 Modern discussion of the issue has normally centred on the role of the Woodvilles , who are identified as the cause of a split within the ruling group which lay at the root of the crisis .
23 Modern discussion of the issue has normally centred on the role of the Woodvilles , who are identified as the cause of a split within the ruling group which lay at the root of the crisis .
24 Pleas from the Prince of Wales for corporate help to rebuild the inner cities has not fallen on deaf ears .
25 It was not clear how this infringement is supposed to have taken place since the constitutional court has not ruled on it ( as it should ) .
26 It has not reneged on any of its claims , but , with the box having become a symbol of the garbage crisis , it concedes that " our customers just do n't feel good about it " .
27 He has not relied on intimidation .
28 Although warranties may be implied by statute , not only may they be inadequate , but the vendor will want the purchaser to acknowledge it has not relied on any warranty , representation or undertaking unless expressly set out in the sale agreement .
29 This implies that the vendor is representing itself as an insurer whereas the real claim is the full value of the damages suffered by the breach of contract ; ( d ) ensuring the purchaser acknowledges it has not relied on any representation other than those incorporated in the sale agreement and that it shall not have any right to rescind the sale agreement .
30 Quorum is asking the federal courts in California to rule that it has not infringed on Apple 's turf , and declare Latitude marketable with no infringement liability and enjoin Apple from making any further assertions .
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