Example sentences of "[conj] on [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also true that the phenomenon of German power is not so recognisable inside Germany itself , where on both sides there is a sense of vulnerability and of continuing risk that militates against any revival of chest-beating nationalism . |
| 2 | It is also true that the phenomenon of German power is not so recognisable inside Germany itself , where on both sides there is a sense of vulnerability and of continuing risk that militates against any revival of chest-beating nationalism . |
| 3 | On any Friday , Saturday and Sunday nights between 1st January 1992 and 31st December 1992 or on any nights throughout the months of July and August 1992 . |
| 4 | SURVEY ( DEMOGRAPHIC ) — An inquiry that employs statistical data collecting and processing operations to provide information on a particular demographic subject ( e.g. fertility or human reproductive behaviour ) or on several topics ( multi-purpose survey ) . |
| 5 | On sites where they are scarce , each is recorded like a small find , although on many sites the sheer quantity of finds makes this impossible . |
| 6 | Cotton weavers hardly existed before the 1770s , during which decade they do not seem to have been able to command wages above the low norm of weavers in general , for although on some types of cloth as much as 12s ( 60p ) could be earned , the average , like that of bleachers and dyers , seems to have been around 7s ( 35p ) . |
| 7 | With the anti-roll bar up front , the car rolls less than it used to and has a jigglier low-speed ride , but it 's true to say that on all models I drove the quality of ride was largely good . |
| 8 | The Energy Intensive Users Group ( EIUG ) has claimed on their behalf that on such volumes , UK prices were raised prior to privatisation above the levels enjoyed by overseas competitors . |
| 9 | I have to confess that on many occasions I have had recourse to Hansard , of course only to check if my interpretation had conflicted with an express Parliamentary intention , but I can say that it does not take long to recall and assemble the relevant passages in which the particular section was dealt with in Parliament , nor does it take long to see if anything relevant was said . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The system is further complicated by the fact that on many issues a Flemish socialist is far less likely to agree with a French-speaking fellow-socialist than with a conservative fellow-Fleming . |
| 12 | He remembered that Suragai had said that on most worlds men did not ride , and he wondered how they managed . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | These were not people with chronic or serious illnesses and yet they claimed that on most days they had some sort of ache or pain or just a feeling of being ‘ run down ’ or ‘ drained ’ . |
| 15 | Standing lonely and remote in a geographical position roughly half way between the Orkneys and Shetland Islands people that know Fair Isle would perhaps agree that on most days it rather belies a somewhat optimistic name . |
| 16 | The combination of careful timing by the female cuckoo , together with a short incubation period , ensures that on most occasions this happens . |
| 17 | ‘ Lord Justice Bingham concluded that perhaps that could have been done more fully , but a careful reading of the report discloses that on several occasions that is precisely what Price Waterhouse did . ’ |
| 18 | Mr Beltrami would tell the jury that on several occasions during the past four years McGuinness had spoken to him in detail about his part in the Ayr murder ; and as he has a commanding presence and deep , authoritative voice , his evidence would have gone far to confirm in the minds of the jury what they had already heard from Mrs McGuinness . |
| 19 | So much so that on several occasions when obliged to contact him on police matters , Markby had found him positively obstructive . |
| 20 | The master took the opportunity to complain further to the Board that on several occasions he had drawn the medical officer 's attention to an inmate , William Sabey , who was at times a danger to others and had attempted to stab the labour master . |
| 21 | In the first case of its kind since the introduction of that offence by the USSR Supreme Soviet on May 14 , 1990 , she pleaded guilty to charges that on several occasions she had insulted Gorbachev , for example by calling him a " fascist criminal " and comparing him to Hitler . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | When he looked up the light was pearly and the sky a blue so tender he could hardly take his eyes off it , with the result that on several occasions he collided with people coming the other way . |
| 24 | Try that on several cars in the Escort-class , and you will sometimes watch the back of the car overtake the front . |
| 25 | He removed them when he first came since they would not shut because , as old Mr Abbott the gardener explained , ‘ not once but twice Mr Betjeman reversed out of the garage without opening the doors , and when charged with stupidity , made the excuse that on both occasions he was wearing a sou'wester . ’ |
| 26 | Dick Francis was sidelined through injury , and Bryan Marshall , who rode the horse in the King George and the Mildmay , informed Cazalet that on both occasions his mount had seemed to falter halfway through the race , before finding his second wind and running on again . |
| 27 | It had n't helped that on both occasions the rest of us had laughed at Frank 's remarks . |
| 28 | Magistrates heard that on both occasions she was travelling at more than ninety miles an hour . |
| 29 | Mr Justice Connell 's inquiry , set up by the Jockey Club , refused to accept Mr Evans ' evidence that on both occasions he waved his flag to signal to the riders that the race had been stopped . |
| 30 | Mr Justice Connell 's inquiry , set up by the Jockey Club , refused to accept Mr Evans 's evidence that on both occasions he waved his flag to signal to the riders that the race had been stopped . |