Example sentences of "[conj] on this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , if you choose to write an essay on the novel A Very Quiet Street by the contemporary Glasgow author Frank Kuppner , you may not find it easy to get any critical work either on the book itself or on this writer ( since no books may have been written about him ) . |
| 2 | ‘ We wo n't stand much of a chance if a shell lands near or on this trench , ’ I remarked apprehensively . |
| 3 | Although on this occasion the Israeli objections were quickly overcome , this might not always be possible in future emergency operations . |
| 4 | Aboard the carriers were forty-eight Hurricanes and six Fulmars to be flown off , although on this occasion not all the fighters were for Malta . |
| 5 | There is little doubt that some Frenchmen fired on Germans during the raid and afterwards , although on this occasion no hostages were shot . |
| 6 | Once again Eliot sought secrecy at one of the most important events of his life , although on this occasion his primary aim was to avoid the attentions of the newspapers . |
| 7 | Like Trotsky , he was presented with an iceaxe — although on this occasion it was with less disasterous consequences . |
| 8 | Like Trotsky , he was presented with an iceaxe — although on this occasion it was with less disasterous consequences . |
| 9 | It is not impossible that on this sea voyage he was accompanied by Panaetius , who , according to a very fragmentary and dubious passage of the index Stoicorum , apparently travelled by sea with Scipio at about this time ( col. 56 , ed . |
| 10 | I hope that the Noble Earl will be able to assure us that on this issue too there will be Government amendments on report to deal with this important matter . |
| 11 | I just wanted to point out that on this criteria , it does n't appear to be one that the county council has listed . |
| 12 | Emil explained to me that on this trip the linen , cutlery and glasses had been provided by the caterers , and without more ado he showed me first , where to find everything and second , how to set a table . |
| 13 | I knew that on this trip my husband would go on to Oman and Cairo before returning home . |
| 14 | allow that on this stand |
| 15 | Early contacts with leading Labour figures suggested that on this question at least they might prove more flexible than the Conservatives . |
| 16 | It should also be noted that on this occasion the march was not accompanied by nationalist bands . |
| 17 | The Armstrongs were a lawless lot , paying little more allegiance to Scotland than they did to England , for they straddled the borderline ; so they were not to be trusted , but Johnstone and Jardine assured the Regent that on this occasion they would not cause trouble , for although they would care nothing about Balliol one way or the other , they hated Dacre , who as English Middle March Warden had recently hanged some of their people . |
| 18 | The 1910 dispute , which is particularly well documented in the press as well as in manuscript sources , enables us to see that on this occasion at least , the women did not stand by and wait for it to be resolved over their heads . |
| 19 | The puzzle is , where along this chain does it get fixed that on this occasion the answer comes out " here " ? |
| 20 | As the Foreign Office was still trying to maintain the secrecy of my visits , it was determined that on this occasion I would be met at Johannesburg airport and driven by road to the Rhodesian border where I would be picked up and conveyed by the Rhodesian authorities . |
| 21 | The Doctor had wanted to run straight back into danger , as was his wont , but she had persuaded him that on this occasion at least , some forethought and preparation would be a better idea than just leaving everything to chance and inspiration , particularly as the former seemed hell bent on giving them a hard time of things . |
| 22 | But it seems more likely that on this occasion a handful of key politicians and civil servants actually took the lead ; Peter Walker at the Department of the Environment ( DOE ) and Robert Carr , Home Secretary ( the Home Office set up the Urban Deprivation Unit in 1972 ) , were clearly influential , and Derek Morrell was a key official over CDP in the Home Office . |
| 23 | I recall that on this occasion there were present — besides Geoffrey Faber and other members of his staff — Dylan Thomas , William Empson , A. L. Rowse , Charles Madge , Babette Deutsch ( who had just published a book called This Modern Poetry ) , and some Faber and Criterion authors . |
| 24 | I refer to your recent interview for the above post and regret to advise you that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful . |
| 25 | I refer to your recent interview for the above post and regret to advise you that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful . |
| 26 | I refer to your recent application and interview for the above position and regret to inform you that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful . |
| 27 | A slow retrieve , occasionally stopping to allow the bait to sink back to depth , then speeding up to run the bait to the surface working the bait as a lure or wobbled bait would be , the difference is that on this occasion you could be doing it at 150 yards from the bank and an area never covered by bankside wobblers . |
| 28 | I regret to advise however , that on this occasion it will not be possible to excuse you from attendance . |
| 29 | Well , let me tell you that on this occasion I would welcome a little more intolerance from you . |
| 30 | But in the present case it was time to take a stand , to declare once and for all that on this occasion at least the truth was as obvious and evident as it appeared to be . |