Example sentences of "[vb past] that [verb] on " in BNC.

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1 This was stated yesterday by airport chairman Hugh O'Neill when he announced that work on the 108 bedroom , three-star hotel is to start before the end of the year , opening in the spring of 1993 .
2 Iliescu also announced that work on unfinished grandiose construction and infrastructural projects had been halted pending an investigation of their economic worth .
3 ‘ I probably made that mark on the ground when I pulled over the door … there 's a scrape on the floor of the gazebo … must have happened when I pushed him over . ’
4 The taxpayer argued that to rely on the substantial omissions from Mr Slade 's tax return as grounds for investigating Mr Kempton 's tax affairs was to imply guilt by association .
5 There have been disputes between hon. Members over whether Carlo Ripa di Meana , the European Community Environment Commissioner , was within his rights or was interfering in every nook and cranny of British daily life — as our Foreign Secretary put it in rather colourful language — when he commanded that work on construction projects in this country should cease because environmental impact assessments had not been prepared although they should have been .
6 He noted that return on individual lots would obviously be better for vendors at 9% than Christie 's current 15%-10% but that the levelling off to one figure meant that Christie 's will look more competitive overall whenever they enter the market .
7 During the Cienfuegos speech Castro confirmed that work on the Juraga nuclear power plant in Cienfuegos , the construction work on which was begun in 1972 and which was now 90 per cent complete at an estimated cost of US$1,000 million , had been halted indefinitely for lack of funds .
8 BMW acknowledged that work on its " E1 Concept Car " had been given added urgency by California 's restrictions on petrol-fuelled and pollution-emitting vehicles .
9 Results showed that stays on the neonatal care unit of more than 48 hours ( brief admissions because of the label diabetes were excluded ) were significantly more common in those with abnormal results .
10 I raised that matter on the Adjournment of the House .
11 In some instances boards decided that working on board business was sufficient training , whilst at the other end of the spectrum a combination of approaches was used , including the SOED units , talks by members of staff , school visits and attendance at area training sessions .
12 Inaugurating the congress , Indian Vice-President K. R. Narayanan urged that work on ways to strengthen the human immune system should use " a combination of allopathic and traditional systems of medicine " .
13 Erm to my self respect and I just I was determined that it was n't going to happen to my daughter , so in consequence I saw that working on the side to get to get the uniform so that she could go to school in a new uniform same as all the other kids as a necessity .
14 But both measures are opposed by OPEC representatives worried that returns on investment in oil production could be hit .
15 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 ’ .
16 He said that stamping on the head of players on the ground was not acceptable to his team .
17 Carling strained a thigh muscle in Dunedin and Bayfield ended that match on a stretcher with a neck seizure .
18 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 .
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