Example sentences of "[verb] that on [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1910 dispute , which is particularly well documented in the press as well as in manuscript sources , enables us to see that on this occasion at least , the women did not stand by and wait for it to be resolved over their heads . |
| 2 | On Aug. 9 the firm admitted that on several occasions in 1990 it had manipulated auctions of US securities by bidding for more than 35 per cent of the securities on offer , thereby exceeding the government 's ceiling on acquisitions by primary dealers . |
| 3 | I am on record as having said that on many occasions in the House — If the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East spent more time listening and less time intervening from a sedentary position , he might hear what Conservative Members have to say , some of which is not entirely contradictory to what he wants . |
| 4 | The charges allege that on various occasions over the 14 months to August last year at the home , she assaulted one woman by throwing her from her bed on to a chair then a commode , putting her in a bath against her will and pulling her along a corridor , and of assaulting the second woman in a similar manner by throwing her from her bed on to a wheelchair and then a commode , dragging her across a room and tying her to a chair . |
| 5 | These figures were produced in support of the employers ' position in the course of a bitter wage dispute ; the weavers claimed that on some types of cloth they could hardly make 4d ( 2p ) a day . |
| 6 | Marc Bloch showed that on two estates in the heart of northern France there were in the ninth century only twenty-five servi ( slaves or serfs ) out of 278 householders ; whereas at the end of the twelfth century all but a handful of the population of these villages were serfs ; none slaves . |
| 7 | The World Bank reckons that on most measures of welfare it ranks down with much of sub-Saharan Africa , and only a bit above Haiti . |
| 8 | Suppose that on average 80% of the 1.3 m. electors took the trouble to vote — say 1.0 m . |
| 9 | It seems that on human relationships within the prison the long-term effects of the Ruiz decision have been mostly negative . |
| 10 | It was n't all that much help , anyway , as far as tracing the kidnappers was concerned , but it did mean that on that point at least the Nilsen girl was telling the truth . |
| 11 | It has been observed that on increasing number of industrial disputes actually begin at the grass roots ; trade union leaders merely invoke democracy and then proceed to lead from behind . |
| 12 | Try that on several cars in the Escort-class , and you will sometimes watch the back of the car overtake the front . |
| 13 | Millard ( 1988 ) estimates that on any day in 1981 the family doctor was caring for approximately 2 per cent of those aged 75 and over . |
| 14 | Erm I 'm er rising to take the opportunity to sum up the debate er for those of us on this side of the house and to say that on this side of the house we do welcome these orders actually coming through , delayed though they are and er besmirched though they are by the usual examples of government incompetence in failing to send them to the scrutiny committee in the proper manner to allow the usual processes to take place but wi that 's par for the course these days . |
| 15 | Early contacts with leading Labour figures suggested that on this question at least they might prove more flexible than the Conservatives . |