Example sentences of "[to-vb] on the [noun pl] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | In principle there was no distinction between indirect interference at the first stage and such interference at a remoter stage , but the more indirect and remote the interference , the more difficult it may be to establish on the facts that A did intend to interfere with the particular contract relied on by the plaintiff and that that interference was a necessary consequence of A 's wrongful act . |
| 2 | In the case of the RUC it is essential to reflect on the problems that arose in the research . |
| 3 | I will not yield to the temptation to reflect on the problems that face this university and the Centre for Continuing Education as part of it , but I think that it 's fair to say that in the future we will be hard put to maintain the volume and variety of the contribution we have been trying to make to adult education in the community . |
| 4 | Lithuania 's President Vytautas Landsbergis attended for the first time on June 12 a meeting of the USSR Council of the Federation , comprising the Presidents of the 15 union republics ( previously he had refused to participate on the grounds that he was the head of a foreign state ) . |
| 5 | The dismissals followed calls from many quarters for Sacher to resign on the grounds that he was not doing enough to dismantle the StB structure ( although officially the organization had been abolished on Feb. 1 — see p. 37255 ) . |
| 6 | A Yeltsin aide also gave warning that even if the congress voted to oust him , the president would refuse to quit on the grounds that the decision was illegal . |
| 7 | A Yeltsin aide also warned yesterday that even if the congress voted to oust him , the president would refuse to quit on the grounds that the decision was illegal . |
| 8 | I 'm now going to put on the lights that 's better I thought it was a bit dull in here . |
| 9 | A substantial number of Conservative MPs argued that parents of prospective pupils should be allowed to vote on the grounds that the parents of prospective pupils have a bigger stake in the future of the school than parents whose children are in their final year and who will not therefore be affected by any changes . |
| 10 | One of the most fabulously rich of the Shahs ministers , Hushand Ansary , has obtained permission to leave on the grounds that he had an urgent appointment with Henry Kissinger . |
| 11 | The most valuable of the representations that I have had on manufacturing industry is the excellent report from the manufacturing advisory group of the CBI , which hails the resurgence in manufacturing that began in the 1980s and calls on us to continue and to build on the policies that brought that about . |
| 12 | France announced on June 3 that it would sign the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) , which it had hitherto refused to endorse on the grounds that it compromised France 's nuclear independence . |
| 13 | The suggestion that Thomas 's race was a consideration in his nomination was highly embarrassing for Bush as it coincided with the president 's unrelenting opposition to a civil rights bill passed by Congress which he had pledged to veto on the grounds that it supported minority quotas . |
| 14 | Her eyes closed tight shut , and her forehead came to rest on the hands that gripped the bedpost . |
| 15 | The EC authorities will need to intervene on the grounds that potential trade is being stifled . |
| 16 | Not wishing to put their nearest and dearest to enormous expense the happy couple omitted to mention on the invitations that they were getting married . |
| 17 | These are often run by university extra-mural departments as evening classes ( although daytime courses are held in some areas ) , and the range of courses on offer tends to depend on the lecturers that are available — introductory and basic courses are popular and are quite frequently held . |
| 18 | Like many supposed puppets , Mr Castro learnt to tug on the strings that tied him to his masters ' hands . |
| 19 | Though we shall have much more to say on the issues that allegedly divide quantitative and qualitative methods in later chapters , the kind of choice just alluded to is neither urgent nor necessary . |
| 20 | Three days later Everett and Horsley went north to collect on the promises that had been made . |
| 21 | Since he had , like them , done all these things , it was an easy step for ageing trendies — who hated the cultural conservatism of Ronald Reagan and George Bush — to believe that he was going to act on the things that most concerned them . |
| 22 | Since nineteen eighty seven the number of vacant local authority dwellings has also fallen and these are the cuts I do want , cuts in the number of empty houses , cuts in the rent arrears , cuts in the tax arrears so that the money is there to spend on the services that people want . |
| 23 | Britain usually send six or seven for the relay team but for Los Angeles the selectors decided to rely on the sprinters that had been picked for the individual events . |
| 24 | His remarks gave offence to Bulgaria 's neighbour , Greece , whose ambassador was instructed to protest on the grounds that " the possible recognition of Skopje under the historical Greek name of Macedonia " constituted " an unfriendly stance with negative consequences for relations " . |
| 25 | The three opponents still refusing to sign on the grounds that there had not been adequate consultation , and two more being absent , the Mayor rode off on his horse and collected a signature from one of the absentees . |
| 26 | The parliamentary commission charged in January 1989 with the inquiry into the Lucona affair presented its report on June 28 ( which the FPÖ refused to sign on the grounds that it treated those concerned too leniently ) . |