Example sentences of "that on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a field landing it often happens that on the final approach or even during the hold off you realise that the first part of the field is not as smooth as it is further along . |
| 2 | But it is not a conclusion : ‘ All my family were priests , from Aaron to my father , ’ suggesting that on the family 's spice-box should be inscribed ( as was the old custom ) : |
| 3 | It seems that on the basis of Canto 7 we can explain Pound 's hostility to Virgil very simply indeed : it was precisely Virgil 's melancholy , the lacrimae rerum which endears him to so many , that Pound could not stomach , so sanguine as he was and so determined to remain so . |
| 4 | Unilever is not revealing the price but analysts speculated that on the basis of recent transactions in the European branded food business , such as the French BSN 's purchase of HP Sauce and Lea & Perrins from Hanson , a figure of between £30m to £40m may have been paid . |
| 5 | ‘ The illusion that China is our enemy , ’ he argues , ‘ must be replaced by the reality that on the fundamental questions of Hong Kong 's peace and prosperity , China 's interest coincides with that of Hong Kong . ’ |
| 6 | It was said that on the first occasion that a female student ‘ scrubbed ’ with him he was reaching the end of a long case and held up the piece of cat-gut slung under the ureter ( to identify it and keep it safe during the dissection ) , saying ‘ Cut ! ’ |
| 7 | I actually heard a minister say that on the radio last week . |
| 8 | The applicant then submitted that a statutory redundancy payment was ‘ pay ’ within article 119 and that on the employer 's default to make that payment the Secretary of State guaranteed the sum under section 106 . |
| 9 | ‘ The police will have you believe that on the night of 12 September , after consuming half a tin of pilchards , she decided life was not worth living and hacked off her left leg with a non-existent sharp instrument . |
| 10 | He explained that on the Continent it is taken for granted that fish caught on a line by small boats should command a premium for the careful handling that preserves both flavour and texture . |
| 11 | Everyone has it impressed upon them that on the day there will be no discussion of any problem . |
| 12 | Learn , then , that on the stage The worst thing 's not to be the newest Larry But to hear behind your back Tom , Dick or Harry Being greeted by the critics with ‘ Hosanna ! |
| 13 | Sir : How sad that on the day details were announced of the incentives available to investors in water authorities the Government gave virtually a vote of no confidence in the industry 's product . |
| 14 | The writ alleges that on the night of 26/7 February 1987 Sean Harris , a night security guard employed by Reliance , set fire to the company 's premises at the Manor Royal Industrial Estate , Croydon , causing damage estimated at £460,000 . |
| 15 | In pursuit of these themes most researchers discuss the occupational culture of the police , showing that on the whole ordinary policemen and women get their notions about routine police work from this collection of background beliefs , values , and attitudes . |
| 16 | Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt 's excellent book , The Bomber Command War Diaries tell us that on the night of 23/24 September Bomber Command for the first time concentrated its main bomber strength on one city — Berlin . |
| 17 | He added that while the evangelicals had their part in the Church he did not think that on the whole they had the qualities suitable for being bishops . ’ |
| 18 | The idea is to try and develop a steady build up of air play before the record is released so that on the week of release there is a good demand for the record and this reflects in your chart position . |
| 19 | ‘ I could not help recalling , ’ Sir Maurice Hankey , the Cabinet Secretary , wrote in his diary in September , ‘ that on the last day of Parliament Mr. Baldwin had walked across the yard outside [ the House of Commons ] and had said ‘ I will do everything I can to help the Government in making economies , but I will not enter a Coalition Government . ' |
| 20 | The result was that on the Saturday morning , I told my mother there was nothing for me in England and I was going back to Germany to try and get my old job back . |
| 21 | We also thought that on the feast of St Thomas More , June 24th it would be a good idea to celebrate the feast in the evening in the school hall when we can all gather to meet for the first or last time and say ‘ Hello ’ and ‘ Good-bye ’ as appropriate . |
| 22 | I can only say that on the evidence of Tesco 's cheapest , the rest will have a hard job keeping up . |
| 23 | He also admitted that on the balance of their performances against Brazil , England and Argentina this autumn , his side clearly lacked that extra something . |
| 24 | The Finance Act 1969 provided , in effect , that on the death of a beneficiary what in 1974 became capital transfer tax , and by the Finance Act 1986 inheritance tax , should be payable upon the proportion of the capital which corresponded to the proportion of the income which the deceased had received within a certain period before his death ( usually seven years ) . |
| 25 | And so it was that on the first Monday after New Year , about midnight , we found ourselves on an icy road in County Cavan heading for the checkpoint , having just driven up from Dun Laoghaire , where we had disembarked from the Holyhead ferry . |
| 26 | The general attitude was entirely hostile to the report and we certainly did not agree that on the basis of the report the CPRS should undertake further studies . |
| 27 | For example , without wishing to go into the debate about the Bishop of Durham s well-known views — and I want to say here that on the resurrection and virgin birth I take the traditional teaching of the Church — I am concerned when speakers are ignorant of some of the critical insights which have given rise to the Bishop 's well thought-out views . |
| 28 | It had never occurred to Joni that on the cross Jesus was unable to move , virtually paralysed . |
| 29 | It was an ancient custom that on the fourth day of her menstruation , when a woman had taken her ritual bath , her husband was honour-bound to have intercourse with her . |
| 30 | What is certain is that on the bright and sunny morning of 4 June 1913 the forty-year-old Emily Davison called at the offices of the WSPU in London and asked for two of the union 's white , green and purple flags . |