Example sentences of "on [art] [noun] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the dates that you 've anticipated if Mr comes back by that time we 'll be able to absorb the post , but it 's likely that he may move on from this , because it 's a fairly substantial move up . |
| 2 | ‘ It is only by turning the spotlight on the suffering that we can hope to end it . ’ |
| 3 | For example on the building that we 're talking about shifting , first of all we 've got to find a site for the thing , then we 've got to get planning permission , then we 've got to get the actual permission of the owner of the land , then we 've got to make sure that erm electricity 's laid on , that there 's water laid on , that there 's some sort of toilet or other facilities and so on , and when you add all that up it 's quite a complicated sort of series of bureaucratic procedures you 've got to go through and it 's not a question of , you know , of people saying to us as Councillors well , you know , do this for us and we can magic it out in six months out of thin air _ there 's an awful lot of paperwork that 's got to be gone through and an awful lot of people to see and an awful lot of red tape , really , to get through first — I mean just to make sure that the thing 's safe and complies with health and safety standards — and that 's something which you have to get across to young people and if they 're involved in the actual discussions on this and involved in the organisation , they begin to see the complexities and they 're less inclined , I think , to automatically assume that erm people are n't on their side and do n't want to listen . |
| 4 | For example , on the building that we 're talking about shifting , first of all we 've got to find a site for the thing , then we 've got to get planning permission , then we 've got to get the actual permission of the owner of the land , then we 've got to make sure that erm electricity 's laid on , that there 's erm water laid on , that there 's some sort of toilet or other facilities and so on , and when you add all that lot up , it 's quite a complicated sort of series of bureaucratic procedures you 've got to go through , and it 's not a question of , you know , of people saying to us , ‘ Well , as councillors , well , do this for us , ’ and we can magic it out in six months out of thin air . |
| 5 | ‘ I see in it a big step towards the achievement of these goals knowing that still it 's a long way to go with obstacles on the road that we shall have to remove — and it is possible to remove them , ’ Rabin added . |
| 6 | What I 'm saying is that if I do , I have to go on the supposition that I 'm expected . |
| 7 | He heard on the grapevine that I was interested in this place , and came to me , not without considerable risk to himself . ’ |
| 8 | Silence fell between them for a few steps , then he said , his tone slightly different , ‘ I 've heard on the grapevine that you came to Glasgow from Heymouth , and that you were involved in the disaster there last August . ’ |
| 9 | We work on the principle that you should only pay for the services you need . |
| 10 | But you work on you work on the principle that you 'll only get that back and more . |
| 11 | In the Phaedo , Socrates praises Anaxagoras for saying that the world must be explained by reference to mind , and then criticizes him for not acting on the principle that he recommends . |
| 12 | Universities are now governed on the principle that it is right and natural for the management of a university to respond to the opinion of the students — a thing which is manifestly absurd . |
| 13 | That argument has to rest on the principle that it makes other owners of Utterly Dependables feel better if everyone has one ! |
| 14 | Smallpox vaccination has its advocates , on the principle that it may stimulate the body 's immune responses generally , but , again , there is no good evidence for its efficacy . |
| 15 | Immediately following on the principle that it must establish an effective intelligence system , he placed the further principle that it must provide itself with a legal system adequate for the needs of the moment . |
| 16 | Mrs Maugham did not like this either , on the principle that it was neither use nor ornament . |
| 17 | In particular , we shall insist on the principle that it is speakers and writers who have topics , not texts . |
| 18 | The reform of censorship ( 1865 ) was based on the principle that it was for the courts to decide when the press had broken the law , and pre-publication censorship was significantly reduced . |
| 19 | This absolute privilege is founded on the principle that it is advantageous for the public interest that the citizen should not be in any way fettered in his statements , and where the public service or due administration of justice is involved he shall have the right to speak his mind freely … |
| 20 | It is their custom , even on their largest ships , to show no lights at night — on the principle that it is better to see than to be seen , and that it is easier to see in the dark without the distraction of lights . |
| 21 | But erm er on on on the figures that I 've I 've submitted , erm we 've already got three of those five districts have got s fairly high affordable housing percentage requirements . |
| 22 | But you know we rose to the challenge and now there 's almost anything we can do er on the machines that I bought . |
| 23 | Now on the angle that you did there the degrees can you add those up and just before you start drawing it you should always add them up and make sure they all come to three sixty cos if it comes to four hundred it 's going to go right round and a bit further than once round . |
| 24 | A new board is voted in on the promise that they 'll get a better deal . |
| 25 | I believed that a murrain would fall on the hens that he kept on his house-top , a wasting illness on the sheep that he kept by his door . |
| 26 | It ultimately relies on the notion that we order our world through the categorical distinctions of our language . |
| 27 | If we do n't understand the psychological processes that form the bases of performance on the tasks that we use in our behavioural studies our chances of understanding how the brain controls behaviour are limited . |
| 28 | Not wishing to put their nearest and dearest to enormous expense the happy couple omitted to mention on the invitations that they were getting married . |
| 29 | Well , I think you 're you 're putting your finger on the issue that we brought up at the very beginning about this man in the churchyard . |
| 30 | They told me on the 'phone that you were not wounded . |