Example sentences of "[adv] on several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is also value in having it sung or played in advance , perhaps on several occasions , by the choir , music group or organist . |
| 2 | Although Jonadab Oaks had never encouraged his girls to ride , as he did his sons , they had all on several occasions had a go at riding the horses owned by their father . |
| 3 | During 1990 the Department worked together on several projects with the RAF Benevolent Fund 's ‘ Reach for the Sky ’ Appeal . |
| 4 | Work is , of course , being carried out already on several fronts , but it is generally ill-publicised and lacks coordination . |
| 5 | A MAN and woman appeared before magistrates in east London yesterday on several terrorist charges . |
| 6 | He has attempted to come off on several occasions and at the time of interview was undergoing methadone withdrawal and has been heroin-free for two months . ‘ |
| 7 | Glastonbury was certainly upset , although that did n't stop him nodding off on several occasions ; Fagg was enraged — the term ‘ bloody fellow ’ came up frequently ; Fishbane was considered ; the Commander spluttered a lot and Chatterton said very little except to draw on his memory of some committee problem that had arisen in 1964 . |
| 8 | Elizabeth also visited her ‘ black husband ’ More on several occasions . |
| 9 | Carpenters ' tools turn up on several sites , together with a variety of nails , no doubt made by the local blacksmiths . |
| 10 | Men had beaten him up on several occasions , for no apparent reason . |
| 11 | The truth is that Libya has been stiched up on several occasions since Libyan oil was nationalised in 1969 and Gaddafi refused to behave like the American client his predecessors used to be . |
| 12 | The parallel , however , was more apparent than real : Becket , after all , had exchanged the office of chancellor for that of archbishop , while Stratford combined both on several occasions . |
| 13 | Conversely , there may be advantages in you proceeding concurrently on several deals before vendors ' price expectations are raised by the realisation of your pan-European intentions . |
| 14 | I have seen your temper help you out on several occasions . ’ |
| 15 | By now you should have been out on several practice walks and determined your state of fitness . |
| 16 | It soon became evident that the orchestra was fractionally behind on several entries — not enough to unsettle the soloist-aware listener , but after a while I was just waiting for it to happen . |
| 17 | Shopping centres are purpose-built complexes which include many retail outlets under one roof — often on several floors . |
| 18 | I have read that report now on several occasions and I have its contents fully in mind , but I quote : |
| 19 | I have read the report of the guardian ad litem and such information as I have which would indicate her view of the local authority 's actions now on several occasions and I have to say that I do not understand what findings the justices believed that they were making or what reasons they were giving for their decision in that brief statement , which I have just quoted in full . |
| 20 | Assaulted by a tumbler of wine and the smell of much mixed nervous human activity , I was soon crawling about on several elbows , being splashed from high above by excess wine while my eyes , ears and mouth were up there and at the same level of height of depth as everyone else , adding to the massed attempt to obliterate the loud dancing music which obliterated the loud dancing which packed the conversations into pouring constipations . |
| 21 | The general property will exist just as it did — at least on several views of general properties — if the weight of this bottle of wine changes and the napkin is not flattened in the same way . |
| 22 | The question of arming our cutters has been discussed fully on several occasions and a decision against this step has always been reached . |
| 23 | Although the patriarchate was annulled and restored again on several occasions during the Turkish occupation it was not finally abolished until 1766 . |