Example sentences of "on [art] [noun sg] that [noun prp] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an odd coincidence that a man should be found dead in the Thames near Stavanger 's office on the day that Stavanger had apparently disappeared , but that was now over four months ago , and in any case the police knew all about it , because the office cleaner had called the police . |
| 2 | For once , his mind was not on royalty and a possible peerage , not on Dickens , not on his incipient gastritis , not even on the blow that Angelina had dealt him . |
| 3 | In the House the following day he seized on the excuse that Attlee had impugned the Prime Minister 's honour and called off his revolt . |
| 4 | My other half also told me that she saw somewhere ( I ca nt remember ) on the weekend that Leeds have offered 1Million for Bardsley ( QPR ) . |
| 5 | De Bloos commenced proceedings against Bouyer in Tournai in Belgium claiming , on the ground that Bouyer had committed a unilateral breach of the contract , an order for the dissolution of the agreement and damages . |
| 6 | Again , in discussing punctuated equilibria ( much or the initial impact of which depended on the assertion that Darwin had got things wrong ) it is not until after several pages that we are told ‘ It is at this stage entertaining to realise ’ that Darwin ‘ anticipated the present debate ’ . |
| 7 | But Guy would have staked his own soul on the fact that Isabel had never lain with a man . |
| 8 | ‘ When Estwick passed on the fact that Jones had mentioned you as a possible candidate for this job and your previous experience confirmed that you were amply qualified to do it , I thought — what the hell ! |
| 9 | The judge commented on the fact that Russell had spent ten months in remand for crimes he had not committed . |
| 10 | Erm and that is based on the fact that Selby have , were better staffed . |
| 11 | During the party leadership contest much emphasis had been placed in the media on the fact that Major had not had the advantage of a privileged home background or education , that his father had once been a trapeze artist , that his family had lived in a flat in Brixton in South London , and that he had left school at 16 and been unemployed for some time . |
| 12 | Although he was acquitted on one count of assault and another of filing a false police report , the jury had been unable to reach a decision on the charge that Powell had abused his authority through the use of excessive force . |
| 13 | The central figure in his story is always Pope Gregory I. Ralph insisted that the Canterbury case was based on Gregory 's actions and intentions , and on the weight that Gregory had attached to continuity of tradition . |
| 14 | However , the Convention eventually eschewed any notion of deposition , and settled on the view that James had abdicated , a decision that met with approval from Whigs as well as Tories . |
| 15 | It recommended that the concentration of Government Offices should take place on the site that Hunt had proposed and that an opportunity will be provided , ‘ without incurring any additional expense , to make a great opening from Whitehall to Westminster Abbey by erecting the new buildings on each side of such thoroughfare ’ . |
| 16 | It felt hollow now , lacking a centre , the fixed point had gone , only the outer shell was reflected in the mirror that hung over the sideboard , while the slices of cold meat curled on the plate that Martha had left for him . |
| 17 | Some would say that there is a tendency for geologists to dig in distant places across the world on the assumption that Britain has been well explored . |
| 18 | He unites us to Christ , he gives life , he renews us , he calls us to serve I think these are all variations on the theme that Mr has in mind , and so I would resist this and hope the assembly will . |
| 19 | He probably heard on the radio that Mahoney had a chance , so he took a stroll round to the hospital and finished him off . |