Example sentences of "[is] [adj] that on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , almost always the two immediately annihilate each other , so the event might never have happened , but it is possible that on occasion , for one reason or another , the two are separated so swiftly that annihilation does not occur . |
| 2 | It is conceivable that on a charge of rape a man might argue that he had in fact meant to perpetrate an act of buggery and that the sexual intercourse that took place was unintended . |
| 3 | But , more important , it is clear that on the most important matter of clerical celibacy , there was no body of support to justify Anselm 's optimism about a rapid victory . |
| 4 | It is clear that on the Conservative side , before defeat in the 1964 General Election , Edward Boyle was attracted to a binary solution and in March of that year put a paper on it to a Cabinet committee . |
| 5 | Indeed , since this trauma was the origin of all later stages of cultural evolution for the race as a whole and is now the culminating phase of childhood development , it is clear that on this phase more than any other the whole mental health and normality not only of the individual , but of the society , depends . |
| 6 | But it is noticeable that on all three occasions when human beings are brought on the scene , they are introduced by indefinite noun phrases : " a woman " ( 3 ) , " miners " ( I 2 ) , and " a woman ( 19 ) . |
| 7 | Ontological existents are a sub-species of possible topics of discourse , and any topic of discourse , qua topic of discourse , is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as " the same A " ; with " A " being a descriptive expression of some sort . |
| 8 | That a topic of discourse is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as the same is an analytic proposition setting out part of what " topic of discourse " means . |
| 9 | Obviously to say that an ontological existent qua possible topic of discourse is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as " the same A " is not to say a great deal unless a clarification is given of the distinction and the relationship between these two kinds of sameness . |
| 10 | Yet it is intriguing that on that day , he cut between Mary in the redoubt of her fells , puzzling over this ominous invasion of her feelings , and John-Augustus on the lake , drawing up char from the deep and cold lake , re-experiencing the failed innocence of his life . |
| 11 | It 's comforting that on an adjacent sound stage they are making a comedy called Otto : The Love Story . |
| 12 | but er I do n't know if you can get this information to er to your fellow students but it really concerns the graduation rehearsal which takes place on er Friday erm on Friday we 're going out er as a group on Friday afternoon at one fifteen to Church House er to run through the rehearsal procedure er the graduation it 's important that on that day that you bring along your robes bring your robes with you and bring your , bring them along , they should be pressed so that you can er wear them er the you should also please |
| 13 | It is true that on one occasion , when asked if Gandhi had not been tiresome , he replied that ‘ Some people found Our Lord very tiresome ’ ; but in the context of general unsympathy it is difficult to know what to make of this very Irwinian rebuke . |
| 14 | It is true that on the embryonic Budapest Stock Exchange only 10 ( ten ! ) shares were quoted on May 1991 , and the number of deals on the day were only 280 . |
| 15 | It is true that on first arriving at the scene of the crime the detective may have no pre-conceived ideas . |
| 16 | It is true that on the one hand the Vice-Chancellor defined the purpose of section 236 in terms which suggest such a limitation , as Hoffmann J. thought , at p. 102 : |
| 17 | It is true that on their horses and with their arms they looked well at a review ; but they knew nothing of war . ’ |
| 18 | It is true that on defence Labour can not be trusted . |
| 19 | It is true that on other parts of the A fifty nine system , particularly through Knaresborough , er the new road the outer northern bypass could take closer to thirty percent off the existing A fifty nine , but the traffic flows on that part of the A fifty nine are very much lower , so there is much less need , much less environmental need for a bypass there er a relief road I should say , there in the first place . |
| 20 | Bearing in mind that all the women who appear are portrayed as homemakers of one kind or another , it is significant that on the occasions when potentially humorous situations emerge , women are the ‘ butt of the joke ’ on six of these occasions ( and Audrey as a potential one ) , despite the fact that there are fewer women overall . |
| 21 | I think it 's significant that on page one eight six of our , of the blue book , we report four sentenc for er lines from the top two presbyteries expressed a desire for the whole practice of infant baptism to be re-examined , only two presbyteries . |
| 22 | It is plausible that on one level this new démarche was directed at Indian reservations about Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and the intensified tensions which ensued in the Indian Ocean . |