Example sentences of "on [det] occasion " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hull supporters , who have never seen their side successful at Wembley , have a list of what went wrong on each occasion . |
| 2 | Over a two-day period on each occasion , nearly 50 applicants are assessed for their suitability as future candidates and MPs . |
| 3 | On each occasion it took time to warm a new ball . |
| 4 | On each occasion the cake was divided exactly and equally among all those present ( this time including me ) and there was none left over . |
| 5 | On each occasion , however , the currents flowing in world affairs swung Defence policy back to a more balanced Maritime/Continental course . |
| 6 | On each occasion I took at least half an hour to get ready , chose my clothes carefully , brushed my teeth , put my earrings in , wore bright-red lipstick . |
| 7 | I tell you in all candour that the option no longer exists , and that , insofar as it ever did exist , it only worked on each occasion since the war by injecting a bigger dose of inflation into the economy , followed by a higher level of unemployment as the next step . ’ ? |
| 8 | On each occasion the Irishman tried to make a comeback , his back would break down . |
| 9 | Jackman has played Martin twice in the last eight months and lost both times , but Jackman was buoyed by the fact that she had taken a game off her on each occasion . |
| 10 | On each occasion Ullathorne conceded unnecessary corners and Rush rose unmarked to head in Bishop 's kicks from the right . |
| 11 | The result was disappointing on each occasion . |
| 12 | A certain Mr Tomlinson was in trouble ‘ having several times played in the upper part of the links with some gentleman who was not a member of the Club and who had on each occasion omitted to pay his green fee ’ ( at this time 2s. 6d . ) . |
| 13 | If another 's reasoning is usually better than mine , then comparing on each occasion our two sets of arguments may help me detect my mistake and mend my reasoning . |
| 14 | On each occasion Bragg turned and looked back in fascination . |
| 15 | We would stress that the broad lines of development which we propose in our description of the 10 levels under this attainment target will require flexible interpretation since we recognise that language development is not linear but recursive , with pupils returning repeatedly to the same aspects of competence and reinforcing their skills on each occasion . |
| 16 | Figure 3.6 also shows the results of a final conditioning phase in which presentations of the stimuli continued as in the test session but were followed on each occasion by electric shock . |
| 17 | The latter on each occasion was either defeated by rough seas or spotted by enemy aircraft . |
| 18 | I watch intently for a half-hour , seeing how often the chub move out of the darkness and into the light , and that the time spent there is more or less the same on each occasion . |
| 19 | that failure to carry out individual terms of the contract will result in a fine on each occasion : an amount of X for Anne ; and Y for Avril and James Grant , respectively . |
| 20 | The behaviour was similar on each occasion . |
| 21 | Because it takes so long for blood alcohol levels to fall , it 's easy for someone who drinks ‘ modestly ’ at lunch time and after work to go over the limit , even though he may take only four units on each occasion . |
| 22 | On each occasion a common sense category tied to urban renewal often hides a set of social processes which does little for those whose poverty provided the central rationale for urban policy in the first place . |
| 23 | Of course these ideas will not be explored on each occasion and it is for the teacher to decide when it is right to pursue the child 's interest . |
| 24 | The name of this parish is said to come from the legend that builders , on the orders of a local lord , tried to raise the church elsewhere eight times ; on each occasion finding it pulled down at night and the tools moved to the present site . |
| 25 | The doe visits periodically to feed them , opening and closing the entrance on each occasion . |
| 26 | It 's as well to remember that all women 's orgasms differ and , what 's more , they differ on each occasion , too — in length , strength and quality . |
| 27 | On each occasion it has been a joint move with his brother and fellow Great Britain international , Stephen . |
| 28 | Had Buksh taken the appropriate action on each occasion — a yellow card and pointing to the spot respectively — we might have been spared the subsequent skirmishing : |
| 29 | They are , therefore , formulaic in character and although they may call for some adaptation for contextual fit they are not composed on each occasion from constituent parts . |
| 30 | On each occasion , I pointed out that there were fundamental moral and constitutional issues at stake . |