Example sentences of "occasion was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The occasion was the annual dinner of the Corporation of London 's planning and Communication Committee at the Mansion House , when Charles seized the opportunity to say a few words about the plans for the redevelopment of Paternoster Square . |
| 2 | The occasion was the bi-annual Fancy Food Show , which attracts more than 30,000 visitors and is one of the principal routes into the US consumer market . |
| 3 | Excessive perhaps , but the occasion was the attempt to convince the clinician of the importance of studying early development . |
| 4 | The significance of that occasion was the retention of the strings of lights round the new parade for the rest of the Season , thus founding the concept of Illuminations in Blackpool . |
| 5 | The occasion was the purchase of a new carpenter 's apron for my father and Mum said that as a special treat , my two sisters and I could travel on the bus , one way . |
| 6 | With further reference to the Toll-gate , it may be stated that the general traffic on the road , even in 1828–9 , was but little , and that scarcely on any occasion was the Keeper required to sit up late . |
| 7 | But the trouble he took on each occasion was the same . |
| 8 | The occasion was the New York Academy of Science 's conference on ‘ Computer Culture ’ . |
| 9 | The public silence was broken early in 1987 by Marxism Today , who can seldom resist a bandwagon , even if they often fall under the wheels in the process ; and the particular bandwagon they joined on this occasion was the one about what the Tories had labelled ‘ Loony Left ’ councils . |
| 10 | The central figure on this occasion was the more locally known organizer , Margaret Irwin of Glasgow , acknowledged to be an expert on women 's trades in Scotland . ] " |
| 11 | However , Minton 's most appreciative critic on this occasion was the Marxist John Berger : ‘ One senses Jamaica as a definite place in these pictures — the alternating dryness and dampness of the vegetation , the nights of unreal moonlight , the false animation of the people in the wooden cafés beneath Coca Cola advertisements and naked light bulbs . |
| 12 | The occasion was the 275th anniversary of the Grand Lodge of England and the 25th anniversary of the appointment of the ‘ Most Worshipful ’ Duke of Kent as Grand Master , or senior Freemason . |
| 13 | Yes , the the erm A as I 've just explained , the the appeal site on that occasion was the the smaller enclosure , |
| 14 | The occasion was the first dinner dance at the building to be organised by Staff Club Scotland . |
| 15 | The vessel used by the smugglers on this occasion was the sailing yacht Eloise , a forty five feet sloop which had loaded her illicit cargo in the Mediterranean . |
| 16 | The thing Dada remembered most distinctly about the uncomfortable occasion was the very nasty look Twomey 's niece had given to Twomey 's cat . |
| 17 | The occasion was the launch of the Glasgow Central profit plan by branch manager , George Houston at the service meeting held at the former home of the Maxwell family [ not Robert 's relations ] at Pollock House . |
| 18 | The occasion was the Dr. McKenna Cup final , the setting was the Athletic Grounds Armagh . |
| 19 | The occasion was the baptism of a Danish king , Harald , at the palace of Ingelheim in June 826 . |
| 20 | The choice of " Victory Day " for the occasion was the Caudillo 's way of restating his belief in the legitimacy of his regime and of reminding its members of their shared responsibility in its creation and their common interest in its continuation . |
| 21 | The first occasion was the fifth of September , it must have been . |
| 22 | They formed the great bulk of the riotous crowd in 1749 who , after three sailors had been robbed in a brothel , rioted and burned down bawdy houses in the Strand in a three-day riot , although the only unfortunate Tyburn example made on this occasion was the improbably named Bosavern Penlez , a wig maker . |
| 23 | On neither occasion was the original accusation made by the arian Goths . |
| 24 | Crowning the occasion was the record-breaking price of £120,000 for Mick Mannock 's VC , DSO and two bars . |
| 25 | The occasion was the video launch of the Dustin Hoffman movie Accidental Hero which tells the story of how one man clambered from seedy obscurity to achieve great things . |
| 26 | There to mark the occasion was the President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine . |
| 27 | Another who rose to the occasion was the shadow Scottish Secretary , Tom Clarke , whose speech , while a little lacking in vision , was delivered with a verve which must surely silence his critics . |
| 28 | What I missed most at this occa , on this occasion was the opportunity for bible study , but I think getting pe er , a visitor of another kind there was able to visit some of the bible studies each morning . |
| 29 | Now I regret to say that the only political party that actually entered into negotiations on this occasion was the Conservative Party . |