Example sentences of "be on [det] subject " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just while we 're on that subject . |
| 2 | yours truly did a bit of negotiation on that this week but more of that later maybe when we have er we have n't got any A O B's so while we 're on that subject |
| 3 | Excuse me , we 're on another subject , but I will put you in the clear |
| 4 | Entries , which must not exceed 2,000 words , can be on any subject , fact or fiction and there is a separate section for poetry . |
| 5 | I have no doubt that there are many colleagues more expert than I am on this subject already planning their drafts ! |
| 6 | While we are on this subject , it may be remarked that even social workers sometimes give credence to one or another of the old wives ' tales which surround pregnancy and childbirth . |
| 7 | the old Anti-Slavery Society committee [ was not prompted ] to make a vigorous opposition to the grant of Twenty Millions and one parliamentary leader T. F. Buxton felt so much doubt upon the propriety of turning the attention of the country prominently to it that there was on this subject a want of cordial cooperation with those who wished to make use of it to its full extent . |
| 8 | Reliance was apparently placed — I say ‘ apparently ’ because there is nothing in the papers which indicates clearly one way or the other what the view of the justices ' clerk was on this subject — I am told that reliance was placed on section 8(3) which provides : ‘ For the purposes of this Act ‘ family proceedings ’ means any proceedings … ( b ) under the enactments mentioned in subsection ( 4 ) . ’ |
| 9 | It was on this subject that Gould made his last recorded parliamentary speech in February 1728 . |