Example sentences of "on which this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main point on which this framework rests is the distinction , already made in The Meaning of Meaning , between two different functions of language . |
| 2 | The experiment on which this story was based has not been effectively repeated — but it sent a sufficient frisson through legislators and consumerists all over the world for subliminal advertising to have been solemnly banned in most countries where advertising is effectively controlled . |
| 3 | ‘ For the purposes of sections 60 , 61 and 62 of the Banking Act 1987 the definition of deposit in section 5 of that Act shall be treated as excluding any sum to which a person becomes entitled ( otherwise than by operation of law ) , or comes to be treated as entitled for the purposes of sections 58 and 60 of that Act , after a petition is presented by the winding up of the institution , or , in the case of an institution in respect of which such a petition has been presented before the date on which this Order comes into force , 30 July 1991 . |
| 4 | ( With the particular apparatus on which this description is based , this involves a reduction in the driving frequency of typically 3% . ) |
| 5 | It is thought that the original machine on which this scheme is based was used for air racing in 1947 . |
| 6 | A DAY on which this newspaper , not untypically , carries reports of a city centre bombing , a knife attack , a police murder and a drugs death might seem an inauspicious occasion to take issue with a judicial speech about the virtues of punishment . |
| 7 | I think it 's also worth just bearing in mind that we 're talking about only one percent of the erm of the farmed land i in this county , we 're not talking about banning hunting in in er in Leicestershire , we 're talking about what we 're saying on one percent there are tens of thousand of fields in in this county nothing can change overnight , even if this er motion goes through because the tenants will still have the rights to decide , it 's only when you actually start getting to new tenancy agreements that you will be in a position if you wish , to start to change things and therefore I suppose at the end of erm , at the end of five years you might have a hundred or two hundred fields on which this ban will apply but you will still have tens of thousand of fields on which the , the hunt will still be , the hunts in this county will still be free to , erm , to operate . |
| 8 | If it is meaningful to say " the same colour " , then it is so only on condition that we can meaningfully speak of different specimens of the colour in question , or , at the very least , of different occasions on which this colour is talked about , or referred to as the " same " . |
| 9 | The possibility that a word might have a different meaning in another context threatens to relativize the ‘ master metaphor ’ on which this society is grounded . |
| 10 | As we saw , the historical model on which this concept of autonomy is based has Beethoven as its fulcrum . |
| 11 | The second front on which this issue was developed was part of a debate between philosophers , who were concerned with the moral nature of man at an abstract , idealist , level and the biologist-naturalists , who were concerned with the delimitation of man considered as a zoological species . |
| 12 | The hardware platforms on which this software runs are also improving at a similar rate and , as they are not proprietary , it is possible for the user to upgrade at will rather than when the developer demands . |
| 13 | You know delegates , this resolution is about recruitment and retention , but it 's also about the ideals on which this movement of ours was founded . |
| 14 | In the 1950s , the decade on which this analysis is focused , timetables could have been translated from one county grammar school to another almost as readily as architects ' plans . |
| 15 | The parcel of land on which this house was built was mentioned in Domesday Book . |
| 16 | The behavioural environment on which this situation depends is the interrelationships among past achievements , momentary goals , social atmosphere and individuality " ( Rivers 1964 ) . |
| 17 | Stifling leadership qualities is not the principle on which this industry became so profitable . |
| 18 | That , at least , is the premise on which this book is founded . |
| 19 | The research on which this book is based is concerned both with examining the concrete experiences of male and female students , and with the meanings students attach to those experiences . |
| 20 | Air Mail is grateful to Leslie Hunt for undertaking the research on which this article is based . |
| 21 | Finally , although Neanderthal man had once been thought incapable of producing a reasonable range of vocal sounds , the fossil reconstruction on which this claim was based has been severely criticized recently ( Du Brul 1979 ) . |
| 22 | The model on which this claim is based has been extensively tested in the United States using aggregate data . |
| 23 | The principle on which this argument relies can be formalized as the principle of closure under known entailment : |
| 24 | Thus , it conflates the Nemean Lion with the capture of the Keryneian Hind , on which this stance is used , and would not have been a reliable guide for any copyist . |
| 25 | ON The date on which this entry was made . |
| 26 | ‘ The Union is , I believe , the rock on which this Kingdom 's authority rests … |
| 27 | The assumptions on which this conclusion is based will be made clear in a later paragraph . |
| 28 | It has argued that the physical environment is the foundation on which this creation is based , but in a non-deterministic fashion : the environment provides opportunities and constraints , which are resources that may be realized in different ways by different social groups in different places . |
| 29 | The grounds on which this remedy could be sought were summarized by Lord Diplock in the GCHQ case under the three headings of illegality , irrationality and procedural impropriety . |
| 30 | Agricultural export subsidies had been the crucial stumbling block on which this round of GATT talks foundered in December 1990 [ see p. 37930 ] . |