Example sentences of "is [verb] that on [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is reported that on 22 March Nijazi Beqa and five other political prisoners there went on a hungers-strike against their conditions . |
| 2 | It is said that on one occasion Prince Napoleon accused the Emperor of having inherited ‘ nothing of the Great Emperor ’ , to which Napoleon III replied ‘ Yes , the family ’ . |
| 3 | It is reckoned that on one occasion 15000 people attended a prayer meeting in Armagh . |
| 4 | The story is told that on 25 March 1242 a ‘ man of vile condition called Massaccio ’ was walking in Via Falcone having , it is said , just lost all of his latest ill-gotten gains — ‘ vile condition ’ is a euphemism for criminal — at a local gaming house . |
| 5 | It is recorded that on 4 January 1965 ‘ Mr R J Henderson said that he thought something should be done to start a Building Fund . ’ |