Example sentences of "[noun sg] commenting on the " in BNC.

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1 Finally he asks , have we forgotten how effective Little and Horan were while commenting on the age aspect , but it does n't work like this .
2 A Department of Education Survey of primary education commenting on the teaching of history in 1978 highlighted the absence of history teaching at infant level " in any form " : " In first schools the subject is now wholly non-existent . "
3 This simile continued in use even in recent times , with The Times newspaper commenting on the American Civil War as follows :
4 The Chief Alkali Inspector commenting on the above in his 109th Annual Report on Alkali , etc. , Works , 1972 , said :
5 He too had been influenced by Lyell , and as early as 1855 had published a paper commenting on the fact that new species always seemed to appear in the same neighbourhood as a closely related existing species .
6 Mr Bob Wright , National Farmers Union Midland and Northwest spokesman commenting on the good weather We do n't want to turn our cows into drug addicts .
7 In a report commenting on the Iranian-Iraqi rapprochement , the Iranian News Agency ( IRNA ) noted on Sept. 17 that " the solution of differences between Teheran and Baghdad " needed to be assessed in the context of the growing encroachment by " Western imperialism led by the United States " in the Gulf to which Iran could not remain " indifferent and passive " .
8 Write a report commenting on the experiment .
9 Shot in black-and-white , the picture was a fast-moving set of zany jokes — including visual gags such as its stars wheeling an iron bed frame through the streets of London — intercut with asides from members of the public , the older generation commenting on the collapse of public morals .
10 Around 250 responses were received last year commenting on the group 's initial consultation paper , and 140 of them found fault .
11 One member commenting on the new profile Taylor can bring to the region says : ‘ He understands what it means to run a business and what it costs to run a business .
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