Example sentences of "[adj] on [adj] occasions " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing that can be said for astrology is that it makes money for those who write and publish horoscopes , despite being wrong on most occasions . |
| 2 | We have made that clear on many occasions . |
| 3 | The Scottish National party has made its view perfectly clear on many occasions and I reiterate that view this evening : radioactive material , whether it be spent nuclear fuel or waste , should be stored above ground , on site , where it can be subject to close inspection . |
| 4 | The courts have made clear on several occasions that section 76 lays down a ‘ general principle ’ of parental choice which is only one of a number of factors to which an LEA could or should have regard when exercising their functions . |
| 5 | Dad 's first name was George , and he had already made it clear on several occasions that when Granpa retired he had no intention of taking over from him as he did n't want to leave his mates on the docks . |
| 6 | The Government 's repugnance for that organisation and everything it stands for has been made absolutely clear on repeated occasions . |
| 7 | Thanks , , it has proved acceptable on many occasions . |
| 8 | A majority will do but even less will be acceptable on some occasions . |
| 9 | I said yes , but filling all my early evenings with this would prove rather inconvenient on those occasions when I wanted to go out , so we agreed a system whereby I would do some of the work first thing in the morning and the rest of it just after I closed down the switchboard . |
| 10 | She had been prodded , probed , examined and X-rayed on numerous occasions , but no cause for her ill-heath could be unearthed . |
| 11 | Individuals go to bed later or earlier than average on certain occasions , as can be seen by close inspection of Fig. 2.2 . |
| 12 | So serious on many occasions that it subsided into ponderousness , pretentiousness , and treated the subject as life-style , liberation , and meaning of life . |
| 13 | The repercussions of alienating another solicitor in this matter might well be serious on other occasions in practice when a favour or understanding is required . |
| 14 | Again in common with many ENs , I was unsuccessful on numerous occasions . |
| 15 | Margot is always splendid on these occasions ; she took me back to the house and covered me with ice and raw beef : but in spite of all I am a most revolting sight today and shall be for a week or more — lame in one leg , blind in one eye , and with a nose like Cyrano … |
| 16 | You 've been peevish , arrogant , downright rude on most occasions that we 've met , so I 'm hardly likely to be labouring under any illusions , am I ? ’ |
| 17 | Butler feels confident that , although self love , benevolence and conscience are distinct components of our nature , properly operative on different occasions , they would , when properly enlightened as to facts , give the same directives . |
| 18 | AIB engineers are not afraid of getting their hands dirty ; in fact , they claim that they are lucky on most occasions if it is only their hands . |
| 19 | I hasten to add that the North West , Yorkshire and Southern Divisions have notified me of their annual events and members will be most welcome on these occasions as well . |
| 20 | Brown Windsor , also a Whitbread Gold Cup winner , in 1989 , is trained by Lambourn-based Nicky Henderson , who has gone close in the Grand National on several occasions . |
| 21 | The rules are most useful on formal occasions like weddings , and particularly when they happen only once in a lifetime . |
| 22 | The level of funding has proved inadequate on several occasions ( Eros and Americana failures in 1983 and Budget Travel in 1984 , for instance ) . |
| 23 | He has always feared that he looks embarrassed or patronizing on these occasions . |
| 24 | On the contrary , he enjoined upon those present on such occasions that |
| 25 | He was certainly present on many occasions . |
| 26 | If you have embarked on this decision , entertaining friends at home may became increasingly difficult too , for your parent may look forward always to being present on these occasions , without realising for one moment that her daughter needs the opportunity sometimes to be able to relate to her friends alone , so that she can project her personality freely and share confidences and opinions with people of her own generation . |
| 27 | The obvious conclusion is that the writer himself was present on these occasions and has written some form of daily record or diary . |
| 28 | Since then , he has been late on numerous occasions and we believe his alcohol consumption has increased . |
| 29 | We have found that it is good to be factual and helpful on these occasions and that always one or two who live opposite , or round the corner or who know the building have been drawn in . |
| 30 | According to their analysis of American industrial confrontations from the 1870s to the 1960s , violence has been most severe on those occasions when employers have tried to ‘ break ’ existing unions , or deny recognition to newly forming ones . |