Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] that on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Though the mechanics of it are so arranged so that on every odd hour the water plays and the fountain dances in snatches of classical music . ’ |
| 2 | Contributions to the pension are targeted so that on retirement the tax-free cash sum , 25% of the fund value , is sufficient to repay the mortgage . |
| 3 | Assume there are a million retired British living abroad , enjoying the sun and the lower taxes of a grateful foreign country ; assume also that on average such a family spends £25,000 on house , furnishing , car , and so on , in order to become established abroad . |
| 4 | His body clock free-ran so that on occasions he was the victim of a clash between an internal cause — which thought it was night and wanted him to sleep — and an external cause , society — which required him to work in the ( real ) daytime . |
| 5 | He knew beforehand that on April 8 the Royal Navy were to mine the fjords off Narvik , in neutral Norway 's territorial waters , and he was one of the first to learn of Germany 's devastating response , a full-scale invasion the next day . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I think that he will agree nevertheless that on May day , instead of celebrating socialism , we now celebrate the end of socialism . |
| 9 | If he refuses to admit subsequently that on one of these occasions his moral judgement was mistaken , he is certainly contradicting himself and thus being irrational . |