Example sentences of "that on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is reported that on 22 March Nijazi Beqa and five other political prisoners there went on a hungers-strike against their conditions . |
| 2 | You feel at first that on a bad day ( there are quite a few ) Patrick might give it one of the kicks that the novelist seems about to direct at his readers . |
| 3 | But it was clear , and is clearer still in retrospect , that on a number of occasions an old decorum had been deferred to , or embraced . |
| 4 | ‘ Then you think that on Capri I shall be obtaining good vegetables ? ’ the detective inquired . |
| 5 | ‘ I have heard , ’ said Henry slowly , ‘ that on occasion — by accident , usually — aconite has been known to have been mistaken for horseradish . ’ |
| 6 | Tests show that on most high performance machines , a spread of splattered flies on the leading edges can account for up to a quarter of the glider 's performance , reducing a glide ratio of 40:1 to less than 35:1 and making a mockery of glide calculations . |
| 7 | In a field landing it often happens that on the final approach or even during the hold off you realise that the first part of the field is not as smooth as it is further along . |
| 8 | But it is not a conclusion : ‘ All my family were priests , from Aaron to my father , ’ suggesting that on the family 's spice-box should be inscribed ( as was the old custom ) : |
| 9 | Knowing the time the dot was in any particular position , Libet was able to calculate that on average the experience of the conscious intention to act was reported as beginning about 200 msec before the movement began . |
| 10 | I felt that on this particular piece it did struggle through the heartwood at times , especially on the figure 's right-hand side as this was extremely hard in places , with dense interlocking grain where a branch or branches had formed . |
| 11 | You can then use this to ensure that on each wall your tiles will be centred accurately on major features such as window reveals , with a border of cut tiles of equal width at each side . |
| 12 | Our official town doctor Rozanov , himself an accoucheur , declared quite positively that on one occasion when a patient in labour was screaming and calling on the name of the Almighty , a free-thinking sally fired off like a pistol-shot by Mrs Virginsky struck such fear into the patient that delivery was greatly accelerated . |
| 13 | All one can say with any certainty is that the Pounds ( and probably the Yeatses also ) paid at least two visits to Sicily in these years , and that on at least one occasion — probably on more than one — they stayed there for some weeks , if not months . |
| 14 | It seems that on the basis of Canto 7 we can explain Pound 's hostility to Virgil very simply indeed : it was precisely Virgil 's melancholy , the lacrimae rerum which endears him to so many , that Pound could not stomach , so sanguine as he was and so determined to remain so . |
| 15 | Unilever is not revealing the price but analysts speculated that on the basis of recent transactions in the European branded food business , such as the French BSN 's purchase of HP Sauce and Lea & Perrins from Hanson , a figure of between £30m to £40m may have been paid . |
| 16 | ‘ The illusion that China is our enemy , ’ he argues , ‘ must be replaced by the reality that on the fundamental questions of Hong Kong 's peace and prosperity , China 's interest coincides with that of Hong Kong . ’ |
| 17 | It was said that on the first occasion that a female student ‘ scrubbed ’ with him he was reaching the end of a long case and held up the piece of cat-gut slung under the ureter ( to identify it and keep it safe during the dissection ) , saying ‘ Cut ! ’ |
| 18 | I actually heard a minister say that on the radio last week . |
| 19 | The applicant then submitted that a statutory redundancy payment was ‘ pay ’ within article 119 and that on the employer 's default to make that payment the Secretary of State guaranteed the sum under section 106 . |
| 20 | Strategist Nicholas Knight believes that on a two-year view shares are a buy . |
| 21 | ‘ The police will have you believe that on the night of 12 September , after consuming half a tin of pilchards , she decided life was not worth living and hacked off her left leg with a non-existent sharp instrument . |
| 22 | Try that on several cars in the Escort-class , and you will sometimes watch the back of the car overtake the front . |
| 23 | He explained that on the Continent it is taken for granted that fish caught on a line by small boats should command a premium for the careful handling that preserves both flavour and texture . |
| 24 | Commons sources confirmed that on Thursday Mrs Thatcher stood at the despatch box with a television monitor nearby to see how she appeared on television in the chamber . |
| 25 | One woman who grows some big vegetables , but is normally more interested in quality , said that on no account would she touch one of the big pumpkins . |
| 26 | On a five-year conventional Eurobond , fees might be 1.25 per cent of the total issue amount , yet banks would be lucky to see one eighth per cent ( and that on a good deal ) once discounts had been allowed to buyers of the bonds . |
| 27 | A common feeling among Tory MPs is that on matters such as the resurrection of Christ , on which the Bishops should be certain , they are full of doubt ; but on matters such as the precise level of the public sector borrowing requirement , they are vociferous in their certainty . |
| 28 | After consultations in chambers , the court determined that on a technicality , it was not competent to hear the case . |
| 29 | The Reform Alliance announced that on top of the agreed agenda , they wanted congress to make a decision on four issues . |
| 30 | Everyone has it impressed upon them that on the day there will be no discussion of any problem . |