Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] that on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allowing the Crown 's appeal , and dismissing the taxpayer 's cross-appeal , Lord Justice Scott said that on a first reading of s 72 it was natural to read subsection ( 4 ) as one of a group of subsections dealing only with cases where the amount of capital distribution was comparatively small . |
| 2 | Cantril argued that on the whole , the less educated were the most gullible . |
| 3 | Drying experiments at Silsoe showed that on an average non-rainy day , thin mats were ready to harvest for wilted silage after about three hours compared with between six and 36 hours of wilting with the unconditioned crop . |
| 4 | A cold meal was hastily served , a few words exchanged , and everyone speedily retired as Catesby insisted that on the morrow we would rise early as there was a great deal of business to be done . |
| 5 | McMahon and Greene found that on the pole-vaulter 's pillows , the runner was in contact with the surface far longer than on concrete , and that he deflected the pillows noticeably . |
| 6 | McCreery knew that on the following day his HQ would have difficult talks with AFHQ representatives , who would arrive with a brief which , for operational reasons , would present 5 Corps with great difficulties . |
| 7 | Martin Martin notes that on a small rocky island to the south of Skye there is ‘ a great quantity of scurvey-grass , of an extraordinary size , and very thick ; the natives eat it frequently , as well boiled as raw : two of them told me that they happened to be confined there for the space of thirty hours , by a contrary wind ; and being without victuals , fell to eating this scurvey-grass , and finding it of a sweet taste , far different from the land scurvey-grass , they ate a large basketful of it , which did abundantly satisfy their appetites until their return home ’ . |
| 8 | When we talk about how camp they are now — Fred considers that on the official pop campness scale ‘ out of ten we 're about eight : Erasure are ten ’ — the non-singing brother also explains that there was no other way . |
| 9 | For this reason , the FRED proposes that on the expiry of a warrant the amount previously recognised in shareholders ' funds be recognised in the statement of total recognised gains and losses . |
| 10 | Strategist Nicholas Knight believes that on a two-year view shares are a buy . |
| 11 | Mr. Karsten submits that on the face of it that passage in the judgment of Lord Donaldson M.R. should be considered as obiter , but in any event he submits that it does not bear the meaning contended for by Mr. Wall . |
| 12 | Gibbon records that on the day of the decisive battle a ‘ violent tempest ’ blowing in the faces of the defending Romans ‘ disordered their ranks , wrested their weapons from their hands , and diverted or repelled their ineffectual javelins ’ . |
| 13 | Mr Johnson said that on a previous occasion , Mr Chittenden had asked him to deliver flowers to her in her office . |
| 14 | In Chelmsford Auctions v. Poole ( 1973 C.A. ) Lord Denning M.R. explained that on a sale by auction there are three contracts . |
| 15 | Mr. Jeffreys contended that on a fair reading of the subsection it can not have been the intention that every one of an owner 's rights had to be assumed by the alleged thief before an appropriation was proved and that essential ingredient of the offence of theft established . |
| 16 | Stella moved , and as the light caught her Merrill noticed that on the fine tanned skin there was an etching of small lines at the corners of her mouth and around her eyes , but she was still a very beautiful woman . |
| 17 | But even ISE chairman Hugh Smith admits that on the broking side not only will London 's share of cross-border deals have to fall ( it is now precariously high at 90% ) , but that brokers will have to be big and robust or smart and small to survive . |