Example sentences of "[verb] that on a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They say that on a clear day you can see the Isle of Harris .
2 Hospitals reported that on a single day ( Oct. 24 ) four civilians had been killed and more than 100 injured .
3 In attempting to weight the relative importance of these individual variables some observers , despite the countervailing evidence , would maintain that on a world-wide basis economic forces have had only a limited influence in shaping bargaining structures ( Beaumont et al . ,
4 Kings boss Chris Kelly added : ‘ I did n't want to play at all and feel that on a neutral ground with our display against Peterborough we could have pulled off a shock win .
5 Mr. Jeffreys contended that on a fair reading of the subsection it can not have been the intention that every one of an owner 's rights had to be assumed by the alleged thief before an appropriation was proved and that essential ingredient of the offence of theft established .
6 The Crown contended that on a true construction of s 72 , an election under s 74(4) was available only where the capital distribution was small , and that since , in this case , the capital distribution was not small , the inspector 's apportionment calculation in accordance with s 35 was therefore correct .
7 Some preliminary work to be published by the investigators indicates that on a small sample of 17 companies , current cost accounting information has an impact on stock prices .
8 Mr Johnson said that on a previous occasion , Mr Chittenden had asked him to deliver flowers to her in her office .
9 I have to admit that on a good day I find little at all wrong with the prospect of a ride in a new BMW , and Patterson was obviously well-pleased with his material rewards of Yuppiedom .
10 Strategist Nicholas Knight believes that on a two-year view shares are a buy .
11 I wonder when I will learn that on a long walk in a single unchanging direction , one will automatically go home with a left leg sporting first-degree burns and a right limb like a piece of white Italian veal ?
12 In proceedings involving another such operator the House of Lords had held that on a proper construction of the relevant legislation there was no liability to pay the duty .
13 He concluded that on a correct analysis the taxpayer 's operations which generated the relevant profits were operations carried on in and from Hong Kong .
14 It is interesting to note that on a descending value of energy , maize is greatest followed by barley , followed by oats .
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