Example sentences of "on this [noun sg] [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One obvious reason for the persistence of pronounced regional anomalies on this scale is the fact that the guidance contained in the 1976 Act still affords massive scope for the exercise of discretion by magistrates , thereby enabling different policies to be pursued in individual court areas . |
| 2 | In direct contrast on this night were the torrents of furry coverings on some others — namely , those 23 different breeds competing in the PRO Dogs breed final . |
| 3 | A source of evidence that is often brought to bear on this question is the relative abundances of certain inert gas isotopes . |
| 4 | Because if you in training like one of the things that the big bonus on this course is the trainee will be able to run a training session . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . ] " |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Now I regret to say that the only political party that actually entered into negotiations on this occasion was the Conservative Party . |
| 12 | What is most remarkable about the talks and lectures he gave on this trip is the extent to which America now revived in him the memories of his childhood . |
| 13 | But by far his main task on this story was the designing of the Mechonoids , or Mechons as the first scripts called them . |
| 14 | A variation on this technique is the jumping front kick off the rear leg . |
| 15 | The latest missed opportunity on this front was the 1992 Health of the Nation English health strategy , issued by the Department of Health . |
| 16 | One of the difficulties of carrying out research on this topic is the need to follow through cases from arrest onwards , as studies of what happens at one stage in the process may be misleading . |
| 17 | Perhaps the only facts that seem to be emerging on this topic are the following two : first , slavery is rare among hunters and gatherers , and , secondly , it occurs most often among pastoralists [ Goody , 1980 ] . |
| 18 | The return on this strategy is the change in the value of the cash index over the year plus the dividend yield on the shares : where P s = value of cash index at beginning of the year , p s 1 = value of cash index at end of the year , d= annual dividend yield on shares . |
| 19 | The return on this strategy is the difference between the value of the cash index at the end of the year and the futures price plus the interest earned on the money market investment : . |
| 20 | Improving still further on this start is the best way of sending this message to the villains : ‘ There are no easy pickings at the Royal ’ . |
| 21 | Keeping records of personnel , updating them and reporting on this information is the foundation of any personnel system . |
| 22 | One of the fields on this screen is the confirmed starter marker . |
| 23 | Entered on this screen is the job code , reason for change of information code , salary , grade , hours , cost centre , organisation code , monthly , weekly , hourly paid and an effective date of change . |
| 24 | The key to the information held on this screen is the effective date of change . |
| 25 | A variation on this theme is the versatile pipe cramp , where the main longitudinal member is a tube rather than a bar . |
| 26 | Perhaps the other races on this world are the descendants of the people of this one-time Empire . |
| 27 | The first point which has been raised on this appeal is the use of the present tense in section 31(2) of the Children Act 1989 . |
| 28 | Superimposed on this figure is the spiral pattern of Sga A West showing how the two are spatially related . |
| 29 | High on this list is the kind of writing found in this book : the relation , through tortuous analogy , of almost everything discussed in the past to events not merely in the present , but in the author 's own life . |