Example sentences of "[verb] that on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ However , in fairness to Price Waterhouse , it should also be stressed that on other occasions — for example , in April and October 1990 — when the firm had made its audit report to the directors of BCCI , it ensured that some information was passed on to the Bank of England . |
| 2 | We found that on two occasions it was unable to copy a large file across 5 floppy discs . |
| 3 | Instead of finding Whites had more favourable attitudes to the police than Blacks , and had been stopped , etc. , less ( as found in the studies of larger areas ) , we found that on some measures Whites were similar to Blacks in their attitude and experience , though there was still a tendency for Blacks to be less favourable to the police . |
| 4 | They deny that on various occasions unknown between May 1989 and October 1991 they committed indecent offences and raped the sisters in houses in Glasgow . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I argued that on some occasions there might simply not be enough acoustic information to make a decision , and cited psycholinguistic experiments on the intelligibility of words in certain contexts . |
| 7 | But then Carver had heard that on other occasions he used the same language about Galvone . |
| 8 | It added that on present trends , the number of children being born each year was likely to peak in about the year 2000 . |
| 9 | Figures published by the Department of Industry ( DTI ) show that on current trends emissions of carbon dioxide in Britain will probably continue to rise over the next thirty years . |
| 10 | Data on bedrock surfaces in desert regions show that on dark rocks temperatures of 80°C can be attained by solar radiation and diumal ranges of 50°C are not uncommon . |
| 11 | Studies based on relative accounting profits reveal that on average mergers have been unprofitable . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He remembered that Suragai had said that on most worlds men did not ride , and he wondered how they managed . |
| 14 | The charges allege that on various occasions over the 14 months to August last year at the home , she assaulted one woman by throwing her from her bed on to a chair then a commode , putting her in a bath against her will and pulling her along a corridor , and of assaulting the second woman in a similar manner by throwing her from her bed on to a wheelchair and then a commode , dragging her across a room and tying her to a chair . |
| 15 | The survey shows that on some issues consumer confidence in the early part of last month was the highest for two years . |
| 16 | You can see that on busy days it is just not worth fishing there . |
| 17 | It had n't helped that on both occasions the rest of us had laughed at Frank 's remarks . |
| 18 | In a fiery encounter , he claimed that on five occasions his players were grabbed by the testicles and , on more than one occasion , were spat on by their opponents . |
| 19 | These figures were produced in support of the employers ' position in the course of a bitter wage dispute ; the weavers claimed that on some types of cloth they could hardly make 4d ( 2p ) a day . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | Marc Bloch showed that on two estates in the heart of northern France there were in the ninth century only twenty-five servi ( slaves or serfs ) out of 278 householders ; whereas at the end of the twelfth century all but a handful of the population of these villages were serfs ; none slaves . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The athletes know them , and also know that on certain occasions they are being looked at for selection purposes . |
| 24 | It was noted that on two occasions members of the committee collected subscriptions in the treasurer 's absence . |
| 25 | ‘ Scientific ’ support for this view has been provided by intelligence tests which indicate that on average blacks score 15 points below whites . |
| 26 | It is difficult to summarise them , but , broadly , both they and the Cumberbatch survey confirm the public support for televising , suggest that interest waned slightly as novelty wore off , indicate that on some matters there is growing understanding of Parliament , but make plain that many people still have a lot to learn about MPs and their work and roles . |
| 27 | The graphs indicate that on these measures there have been substantial changes over the post-war period . |
| 28 | Magistrates heard that on both occasions she was travelling at more than ninety miles an hour . |
| 29 | The combination of careful timing by the female cuckoo , together with a short incubation period , ensures that on most occasions this happens . |
| 30 | They 'll knit that on these machines so they 'll stitch transfer , they 'll cable , they 'll , they 'll do base . |