Example sentences of "on [art] [noun] that [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The therapy works on the principle that like cures like .
2 We can , however , have a reasonable faith that there is , based on the realization that without it all moral thought is a complete illusion .
3 Is not it a sad reflection on the Government that after 12 years they have failed to provide the necessary skills training for our work force to make our industries competitive in world markets ?
4 However , I must com comment on the way that since Christmas the Vice Chair of Council has undertaken the many civic duties he has been called upon to perform , assisted by his wife .
5 It is clear that many of these kinds of views were based on the evidence that in some areas of employment , and in particular on production lines involving speed and pacing , problems began as early as the mid to late forties .
6 All this would seem to cast some doubt on the idea that in using the language for communicative purposes , the learner automatically and without other instruction internalizes the detailed knowledge of language as a generative system available for general use .
7 Berle told Roosevelt in his official report on the conference that despite its failure to decide the main issue ( for which he blamed Swinton and Beaverbrook ) , a great deal had been achieved , and positions were made known : ‘ A substantial beginning has been made to opening the air for commerce .
8 By a notice of appeal dated 1 July 1992 M. appealed on the ground that at no time had he been personally served with either the committal order or a copy and that accordingly the order should be set aside .
9 The sheriff ( a judge in Scotland ) dismissed the appeal on the ground that at least some inpatient treatment was actually , and not merely potentially , required at the time the appeal was heard .
10 The solicitors applied by summons to have the claims against them struck out on the ground that on a true construction of sections 6(2) and 61(1) the S.I.B .
11 I think that that case is distinguishable from this on that ground , and also on the ground that in my view none of the statements in the leaflet in this case actually impute corruption .
12 If Pine v. Collacott itself had originally been under challenge in your Lordships ' House on the ground that in an obligatory section 7(4) case the simple requirement that the driver provide a specimen of blood without reference to the possible alternative of urine was insufficient , I should have been inclined to reject that challenge .
13 The Court of Appeal , overruling the High Court judge , granted the injunction on the ground that in ‘ the balance of convenience ’ the wish to strike at this time was more than counterbalanced by the financial loss to the employers and the inconvenience to the public .
14 What is it that happens on the ground that in your view makes it not far enough ?
15 The case is to be distinguished from Haughton v Smith on the ground that in that case the prosecution conceded , perhaps wrongly , that the goods had been reduced into the police 's possession .
16 She 'd invented schools for children , on the basis that since reading and writing were quite difficult it was best to get them over with early .
17 The taxpayers were assessed to Schedule E income tax for the years from 1983–84 to 1985–86 on the basis that under the concessionary scheme they had received benefits that were to treated as ‘ emoluments ’ of their employment under section 61 of the Act of 1976 , the cash equivalent of such benefit being chargeable to income tax in accordance with the provisions of section 63 of the Act .
18 I consider that we must proceed on the basis that at the date this agreement was entered into , March 26 , 1952 , the wife was then in desertion .
19 Leave was granted to make the assessment on the basis that on appeal the company could show that the accounting period ended on 31 January 1978 .
20 The cases cited , and referred to in depth by my noble and learned friends , have proceeded on the basis that on the one hand money paid under a mistake of fact or under duress or as it is said ‘ colore officii ’ can be recovered , whereas money paid under a mistake of law or voluntarily ‘ to close a transaction ’ or to avoid threatened litigation can not .
21 This too failed , on the basis that in unlawful means conspiracy , as in conspiracy to injure , there must be an intent to injure the plaintiff , and conspiracy should not be extended ‘ beyond acts done in execution of an agreement entered into by two or more persons for the purpose not of protecting their own interests but of injuring the interests of the plaintiff . ’
22 The case was pleaded and argued before the Sheriff , and on appeal , on the basis that in addition to establishing the defenders ' breach of contract as a material breach , the pursuers also required to show that they were entitled to rescind the contract , leaving the system in an incomplete state .
23 Lyne-Pirkis v Jones was distinguished on the basis that in that case there was an express antithesis between the phrase " as general medical practitioners " in a recital and " as a medical practitioner " in the relevant clause .
24 From past experience he knew that this subject was usually given a low priority , on the basis that by far the majority of business is transacted without ever having to refer to the small print .
25 Erm on the understanding that for any Green Party members that want to use it over the conference .
26 With some reluctance Ben had agreed , but only on the understanding that outside the classroom the teacher was not to speak without his express permission .
27 Can my right hon. Friend find time during his busy day to congratulate the management and staff of Rover on the fact that over the past 12 months not one single minute of production time has been lost through industrial disputes ?
28 I congratulate the Prime Minister on the fact that at long last common sense prevailed and he was prepared to meet the Dalai Lama of Tibet .
29 Here the problem rests on the fact that for orthodox Marxism there can be only one ‘ other ’ , that of the working class , into which all other oppressed groups , so-called ‘ minorities ’ , must in the last instance be subsumed .
30 Press comment on the swingeing HMI criticisms of a Hackney comprehensive school focused on the fact that despite its obvious shortcomings , the school was oversubscribed .
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