Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [that] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the honorary scorer appreciate that on an average sized square ‘ a permanent spot at square leg ’ would involve literally dozens of ‘ spots ’ , only four of which would relate to the pitch in use , unless the suggestion is for removable plastic markers positioned for each game , but those would n't be permanent would they ? |
| 2 | In summary , his research showed that on the whole , supervisors with the best performance were those who concentrated their main efforts on the human aspects of their staff 's problems and attempted to build work groups with high performance standards . |
| 3 | The study shows that on the North Atlantic air route , the world 's busiest , 70-80 per cent of aviation fuel , a much higher proportion than previously thought , is burnt in the lower stratosphere , where pollution is known to affect the ozone layer . |
| 4 | The subsection provided that on the coming to an end of an interest in possession in settled property , there was a chargeable transfer of value equal to the value of the property in which the interest subsisted . |
| 5 | Indeed , Goldsmith argues that on finance , ‘ the Scottish Office has been the pioneer for the Imperial core , seeking and using greater controls over local government ’ than was the case in England ( 1986 , p. 168 ) . |
| 6 | MCI Communications Corp says that on April 1 , it intends to call for redemption $148m of its 10% subordinated debentures due April 1 2011 , at 108% of the principal amount . |
| 7 | And there we were thinking that it passed the 2m mark at the end of last year : IMB Corp says that on the first anniversary of the launch of OS/2 2.0 , it has shipped more than 2m copies , has more than 80 agreements with hardware vendors to package OS/2 on their systems , and that there are now 1,200 applications specifically written for it . |
| 8 | The whole affair came to an abrupt conclusion in August , when two members of the House Committee reported that on their way out of a board meeting , they came across a group of about fifteen women who were waiting outside the laundry for their pay , which had been due the previous day . |
| 9 | The huge interest generated in the share issue meant that on the first day of trading , the partially paid price of 50p immediately increased to 93p , which emphasised the extent of the undervaluation of the company ; the share price subsequently increased by even more . |
| 10 | THE law stipulates that on school days people under the age of 16 can work only a maximum of two hours . |
| 11 | Over 40 years ago , Hill and Trist suggested that on joining an organisation employees observe the formal and informal responses of the organisation towards different levels of sickness absence and adopt levels of sickness absence that reflect these observations . |
| 12 | The trial judge held that on grounds of undue influence , misrepresentation and unilateral mistake Mrs. Jones was entitled to equitable relief against her personal covenant in the mortgage . |
| 13 | It is a great joy to report that on this doctrine a growing convergence is coming about between Catholics and Protestants as we have begun the demanding task of doing theology together . |
| 14 | Epstein concluded that management of stress among the experienced parachutists was not due to their repeated exposure to jumping in the manner of a conditioned response , but was a consequence of an active coping process that on each occasion was used to prepare them for the coming jump . |
| 15 | By his statement of claim , the plaintiff alleged that on July 6 , 1932 , the defendants by their solicitor , a Mr. Kennard , verbally agreed with him that , if he would on July 7 , 1932 , pay the £208 in cash into a bank at Eastbourne for the credit of the solicitor 's firm at the Law Courts branch of the Bank of England , that payment would satisfy all sums that he owed them and a bankruptcy notice which they had issued in respect of part of the debt would not be served on him . |
| 16 | When he stood Godfather in Fowey , custom demanded that on the way to the christening he should carry the traditional cake and offer it to the first person he saw . |
| 17 | A figure carrying a hooded lantern moved among the barrels , laying the powder train that on the morrow , once it was fired , would send king , princes , bishops , judges , lords and commons to their reckoning in one gigantic blast intended to ‘ have ruined the whole estate and kingdom of England . |
| 18 | The Reform Alliance announced that on top of the agreed agenda , they wanted congress to make a decision on four issues . |
| 19 | The Phantom notices that on the CD version of ‘ The Christy Moore Collection ’ on East-West records , ‘ Ride On ’ is listed as ‘ Ride One ’ … |
| 20 | The user documentation quotes that on a SUN 3/160 machine running Kyoto Common Lisp ( KCL ) , the time required to look up a large word ( excluding garbage collection ) is 11.8 seconds of CPU . |
| 21 | Can the right hon. Gentleman confirm that on 6 March 1991 , in answer to question 40 , Rear Admiral Pirnie said that Britain could maintain a continuous patrol with three Trident submarines , and that with one submarine in refit we could still maintain a continuous patrol with only two submarines ? |
| 22 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that on 15 May 1983 he said : ’ We want out of the Common Market ? ’ |
| 23 | In another broadcast the radio station claimed that on Sept. 14 a group of 30 monks had attacked four soldiers travelling to hospital in Mandalay . |
| 24 | The court heard that on 10 April last year , with intent to defraud the Sun Alliance Insurance Group , the two men started a blaze which caused an explosion and destroyed the house at Pilton Drive North , Edinburgh . |
| 25 | The European Court decided that on its wording the Directive was not limited to transfers that involve undertakings of a commercial nature , but applied also to transfers involving non-commercial ventures and was capable of applying to employees in that context also . |
| 26 | The court thought that on these facts it was potentially misleading to give the full Ghosh direction . |
| 27 | After consultations in chambers , the court determined that on a technicality , it was not competent to hear the case . |
| 28 | One gentleman said that on his 65th birthday his sole thought had been , not the hope that his grandchildren would send a card , but that never again would the manilla envelope summoning him to do jury service tumble through his letterbox . |
| 29 | Summing up the case against 24 year old Shaun Gooch and 22 year old Anthony Gallagher the Prosecution at Gloucester Crown Court suggested to the jury that there was sufficient evidence to prove that on September 13th last year , they 'd been racing their cars along Akers Way in Swindon . |
| 30 | The court held that on the authorities it was bound to quash the sentence of three months ' imprisonment , Scott L.J . |