Example sentences of "is [adj] that on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , almost always the two immediately annihilate each other , so the event might never have happened , but it is possible that on occasion , for one reason or another , the two are separated so swiftly that annihilation does not occur . |
| 2 | It is conceivable that on a charge of rape a man might argue that he had in fact meant to perpetrate an act of buggery and that the sexual intercourse that took place was unintended . |
| 3 | But , more important , it is clear that on the most important matter of clerical celibacy , there was no body of support to justify Anselm 's optimism about a rapid victory . |
| 4 | It is clear that on the Conservative side , before defeat in the 1964 General Election , Edward Boyle was attracted to a binary solution and in March of that year put a paper on it to a Cabinet committee . |
| 5 | Indeed , since this trauma was the origin of all later stages of cultural evolution for the race as a whole and is now the culminating phase of childhood development , it is clear that on this phase more than any other the whole mental health and normality not only of the individual , but of the society , depends . |
| 6 | But it is noticeable that on all three occasions when human beings are brought on the scene , they are introduced by indefinite noun phrases : " a woman " ( 3 ) , " miners " ( I 2 ) , and " a woman ( 19 ) . |
| 7 | Ontological existents are a sub-species of possible topics of discourse , and any topic of discourse , qua topic of discourse , is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as " the same A " ; with " A " being a descriptive expression of some sort . |
| 8 | That a topic of discourse is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as the same is an analytic proposition setting out part of what " topic of discourse " means . |
| 9 | Obviously to say that an ontological existent qua possible topic of discourse is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as " the same A " is not to say a great deal unless a clarification is given of the distinction and the relationship between these two kinds of sameness . |
| 10 | Yet it is intriguing that on that day , he cut between Mary in the redoubt of her fells , puzzling over this ominous invasion of her feelings , and John-Augustus on the lake , drawing up char from the deep and cold lake , re-experiencing the failed innocence of his life . |
| 11 | It is true that on one occasion , when asked if Gandhi had not been tiresome , he replied that ‘ Some people found Our Lord very tiresome ’ ; but in the context of general unsympathy it is difficult to know what to make of this very Irwinian rebuke . |
| 12 | It is true that on the embryonic Budapest Stock Exchange only 10 ( ten ! ) shares were quoted on May 1991 , and the number of deals on the day were only 280 . |
| 13 | It is true that on first arriving at the scene of the crime the detective may have no pre-conceived ideas . |
| 14 | It is true that on the one hand the Vice-Chancellor defined the purpose of section 236 in terms which suggest such a limitation , as Hoffmann J. thought , at p. 102 : |
| 15 | It is true that on their horses and with their arms they looked well at a review ; but they knew nothing of war . ’ |
| 16 | It is true that on defence Labour can not be trusted . |
| 17 | It is true that on other parts of the A fifty nine system , particularly through Knaresborough , er the new road the outer northern bypass could take closer to thirty percent off the existing A fifty nine , but the traffic flows on that part of the A fifty nine are very much lower , so there is much less need , much less environmental need for a bypass there er a relief road I should say , there in the first place . |
| 18 | Bearing in mind that all the women who appear are portrayed as homemakers of one kind or another , it is significant that on the occasions when potentially humorous situations emerge , women are the ‘ butt of the joke ’ on six of these occasions ( and Audrey as a potential one ) , despite the fact that there are fewer women overall . |
| 19 | It is plausible that on one level this new démarche was directed at Indian reservations about Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and the intensified tensions which ensued in the Indian Ocean . |