Example sentences of "[adv] on [adj] occasions " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a mutant batch of tadpoles with cannibalistic tendencies suddenly arose in a spadefoot population , they would tend to survive much better on those occasions when the pond was quickly drying out . |
| 2 | He liked making semi-state visits to foreign countries , and because he liked wearing medals — especially on unsuitable occasions — enjoyed being decorated by foreign governments . |
| 3 | There is also value in having it sung or played in advance , perhaps on several occasions , by the choir , music group or organist . |
| 4 | Although Jonadab Oaks had never encouraged his girls to ride , as he did his sons , they had all on several occasions had a go at riding the horses owned by their father . |
| 5 | This is not to be viewed as condescending : Roderick regarded himself as a student of the subject and said so on many occasions during the writing of the new book . |
| 6 | I myself had never witnessed a stoning , but Omar had done so on three occasions and had taken great delight in describing to us the fate that awaited weak women who did not carefully guard their honour which was so prized by their men . |
| 7 | In the House of Commons Mrs Thatcher refused to disassociate herself from these comments , although she was invited to do so on three occasions . |
| 8 | The differences may be subtle , and therefore pertinent only on certain occasions — e.g. , shut versus close . |
| 9 | So it was only on rare occasions that the issue of local sovereignty arose : usually when a person — a single individual — got carried away by indignation or by enthusiasm to raise points which prudent men , a little weary of what they considered to be rhetoric , tended to suppress . |
| 10 | Only on rare occasions do the bacteria overcome the body 's defences and cause meningitis . |
| 11 | The Thatcher Government has lost a vote only on rare occasions . |
| 12 | She had seen English newspapers only on odd occasions when friends , or her then lover , came out to visit her . |
| 13 | She had to face the handicaps of severe diabetes but , true to Greek ideals , she endured them with stoicism ; only on four occasions in 30 years did she break down under these cruel burdens . |
| 14 | Only on 3 occasions did the named individual actually appear in the dream as themselves . |
| 15 | In his case , that is to say , instinctive wisdom manifested itself only on exceptional occasions and as a purely inhibiting agency . |
| 16 | The argument rests in part on the pervasive nature of deixis ( see Chapter 2 below ) in natural languages , for sentences like ( II ) are true or false only relative to contextual parameters , thanks to the fact that I , now and the tense of am are variables given specific values only on particular occasions of utterance ( i.e. ( II ) is true only when spoken by certain speakers , those who are sixty-three , or true of individuals only at certain times , when they are sixty-three ) : ( 11 ) I am now sixty-three years old These facts seem to establish that truth conditions must be assigned to utterances , i.e. sentences with their associated contexts of utterance , not to sentences alone ( or , if one likes , truth conditions include context conditions ) . |
| 17 | Or rather , they photograph you only on formal occasions : birthdays , weddings , Christmas . |
| 18 | I HAD particular reasons for enjoying an article in the Sunday Times last weekend which suggested that only on three occasions in recent decades has satire actually had a real impact on our political life . |
| 19 | He has had a very distinguished career and by dint of old-fashioned virtues and a marvellously warm personality has held the Party together on many occasions . |
| 20 | The tour , which ended on Thursday , gave royal journalists the opportunity to scrutinise closely the couple together on 12 occasions within four days . |
| 21 | They often occupied , with their apprentices and families , the same area in a town , worshipped together and dined together on important occasions . |
| 22 | Nevertheless on such occasions he gave the impression to friends and acquaintances that in some ways he had mellowed . |
| 23 | One or two of the healthier children cried when he came near them ; he moved resignedly away on these occasions , as though this reaction were entirely natural . |
| 24 | The most important changes , however , have resulted from the live coverage of proceedings from about 3.10 till 4.50 pm every Tuesday and Thursday and longer on some occasions . |
| 25 | In both male and female controls systolic pressures rose significantly ( p<0.001 ) from 128 to 134 mm Hg and from 124 to 131 mm Hg respectively , but there was no significant change in diastolic pressure ( 79 and 78 mm Hg respectively on both occasions ) . |
| 26 | Or in 1982 the Navy would fight the Falklands , the very spot where in 1914 it won a spectacular victory and uncannily on both occasions the flagship was called Invincible . |
| 27 | All these live programmes have attracted large audiences , with 800,000 to 1,200,000 viewers on a typical day , and more on big occasions ( 1.7 million for the statement on 1 February 1990 on the Colin Wallace affair , for example ) . |
| 28 | Elizabeth also visited her ‘ black husband ’ More on several occasions . |
| 29 | He told this to Dr Schäfer , the Intendant or general director of the theatre at Stuttgart , who published it after John 's death , spelling the hypothetical name differently on various occasions . |
| 30 | Even the same person reacts differently on different occasions , depending on how fit they are and on other circumstances at that time . |