Example sentences of "[vb past] been [verb] on [adj] occasion " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the position would have been if , say , half of the contents including the signature had been written on one occasion and the rest of the contents on another , later , occasion , with the deceased indicating on the later occasion to the two witnesses that he regarded his signature as authenticating the whole of the contents , does not arise for decision and need not be decided now . |
| 2 | Manning said he was told Mr McVeigh had been warned on four occasions not to supply goods to the security forces . |
| 3 | Before starting school he had attended the child development centre , received speech therapy and since had been seen on several occasions by the educational psychologist . |
| 4 | Jessica had been observed on many occasions , he was told , and with many young men . |
| 5 | The current bases agreement , which had been revised on several occasions since its original signature in March 1947 , allowed the USA to use several military installations , including the huge facilities at Clark Field and Subic Bay , respectively the largest US Air Force and naval base outside North America . |
| 6 | Elections to the National Assembly , a body which had been suspended on several occasions since independence , were held in July 1979 , September 1984 and September 1989 . |
| 7 | She had been told on one occasion by the EP that Tom 's behaviour problems might have been the result of frustration over reading difficulties . |
| 8 | From the early nineteenth century Japan had been approached on several occasions by Western nations active in Asian waters and anxious to initiate trading and other contacts . |