Example sentences of "that [noun prp] [verb] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is significant that Kerschensteiner insisted on the practical and the theoretical being part of the same syllabus , with the former leading on to an appreciation of the latter : it meant that ‘ civic virtues ’ had to be practised in order for them to become meaningful . |
| 2 | This is because when the tetrads that Michell found on the one-inch map are investigated on a 6-inch sheet , they become distressingly ‘ crooked ’ . |
| 3 | The two examples that Picasso owned on the other hand could certainly be called primitive , both in conception and execution . |
| 4 | Never was a labour more arduous , and it was without his former youthful enthusiasm that Picasso began on a great canvas that was to be the first result of his researches . ’ |
| 5 | But I do know that England drew on an enormous well of self-belief . |
| 6 | ‘ It was then that Anna started on the sleeping stuff , taking too much , erratically — a sort of Russian roulette . |
| 7 | It helps that Preston relies on the musical conviction of his playing and his impeccable technique to get his message across ; thankfully we are spared any of the acts of registrative trickery , especially in the C major Toccata , which lesser organists so often impose on the music in a feeble attempt to inject artificial stimulants into their performances . |