Example sentences of "that [v-ing] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that stamping on the head of players on the ground was not acceptable to his team . |
| 2 | W. B. Coley has written that depending on wealthy patrons presented writers of the period with two difficulties : ‘ ideological inconstancy and the threat of the loss of the dependency itself . ’ |
| 3 | We would argue that depending on the concept of accountability ( moral , professional , contractual ) that the procedure seeks to satisfy , and the features of the particular context ( sector of education , local pressures etc. ) , the individual criteria will assume relatively greater or lesser importance . |
| 4 | It should be noted finally that depending on their design , incentive schemes may actually be counter-productive . |
| 5 | Answer guide : The point that needs to be illustrated here is that depending on the valuation basis used the profit changes . |
| 6 | He added , incidentally , ‘ that depending on the sex of your friend , the process can take some time ’ . |
| 7 | we actually ended up with a lot more I P R people and we 'd done all the work and they got most of the money now that 's fine that 's the way life goes sometimes , but I must admit I think that depending on how big an event you want to make it you 're maybe as well to keep it an B A I E event and open it up quietly at the end |
| 8 | Now th he was saying that , it 's being argued here that , that very seldom is it that the punishment exceeded the crime , that they 're able to assess , look at the behaviour of the people in power before the movement er gathered pace and to , to , to assess how they er they were , how sort of humane and so on and , and by saying that depending on how you , you , you did before hand , you w you now your punishment , it will , will be a administered accordingly which is an interesting concept , I 'm not sure quite how accurate these assessments could 've been , I think really when things get going it 's er really very difficult to stop them . |
| 9 | And the truth is that driving on the M25 can be far more frightening than a Grand Prix because so many drivers on the road lack the finesse and understanding to control their cars . ’ |
| 10 | The attempt here is to highlight the inadequacy of the present legal approach where it is assumed that selling on credit , or leasing for the useful life of the equipment is not lending , and that reservation of title on sale does not constitute the creation of a security interest but is merely an agreement as to the time at which the property should pass to the buyer . |
| 11 | Not that going on the course takes you out of the field : a lot of time is spent on rehearsal and a lot of time is spent on performance technique . |
| 12 | Such people may believe that staying on friendly terms with the salesperson and at the end of the interview stating that they will think over the proposal is the best tactic in a no-buy situation . |
| 13 | It was beginning to dawn on him that getting on a jet plane was n't like stealing a truck . |
| 14 | Ride fear : Sally Ride , America 's first woman in space , told an audience that flying on the shuttle Challenger in 1983 and 1984 was frightening . |
| 15 | The study assumes that spending on pensions as a proportion of GDP increases in line with countries ' old-age dependency ratios . |
| 16 | He might also have mentioned in his remarks that spending on law and order is up by 80 per cent . |
| 17 | The autumn statement shows that spending on science and technology in 1992-93 will be almost £6 billion . |
| 18 | ‘ We told everybody back in the autumn that spending on teachers would rise by 7.2 per cent , ’ he said . |
| 19 | EUROPEAN funding for the Highlands worth £20 million a year could cover health initiatives — the first time that spending on health has been considered for such grant aid . |
| 20 | It argued — again on evidence from the United States as well as from the British experience — that focusing on offenders ' family histories and relationships led to excessive measures , which widened the ‘ net ’ of care and ( ultimately ) punishment , and hurried minor delinquents ‘ up the tariff ’ . |
| 21 | A " Political Column " by Shih Chun-yu , published in Ta Kung Bao of March 13 , suggested that focusing on economic development and fighting corruption while ignoring " Western propaganda on democracy and freedom " would encourage support for the party . |
| 22 | Earlier the Sajudis leader and outgoing President , Vytautas Landsbergis , had warned that the DLP-led government could " sell out Lithuania 's independence " and that focusing on relations with " close neighbours " would lead to " political provincialism " . |
| 23 | You may feel that insisting on using a condom has the implication that you or your partner may have HIV . |
| 24 | And you do n't need to be Italian to know that insisting on bringing a car in this mess is n't very bright . |
| 25 | One might compare the difficulty with that of trying to write rules for how one might indicate to someone of the opposite sex that one finds them attractive ; while psychologists and biologists might make detailed observations and generalisations about how human beings of a particular culture behave in such a situation , most people would rightly feel that studying these generalisations would be no substitute for practical experience , and that relying on a text-book could lead to hilarious consequences . |
| 26 | Ireland tagged along , trying to prove that playing on reserves of passion and pride were good enough . |
| 27 | Now there 's no doubt that groining on the beaches has been very successful in many cases . |
| 28 | He insisted that focussing on human activities to fight global warming was misguided because ‘ 96 per cent of carbon dioxide that flows into the atmosphere comes from natural sources ’ . |
| 29 | Some people say that trotting on the roads helps harden the horse 's legs while others maintain that too much trotting mean too much concussion on legs and feet ; I follow the latter view and so we stayed in walk with the occasional gentle trot uphill . |
| 30 | After several more sessions out in the country , Hoomey got the hand of it , and learned that , even if he could n't stop , he could steer , and that sitting on Bones 's enormous flights through the atmosphere was comparatively easy once you got used to it , far easier than poor Jazz 's problem of trying to stay aboard when Spot , cantering quite easily towards the jump , put his anchors out at the last minute and stopped dead . |