Example sentences of "[verb] that on [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Suppose that on average 80% of the 1.3 m. electors took the trouble to vote — say 1.0 m . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |