Example sentences of "[verb] on some " in BNC.
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1 | Dealing with people came naturally and was in many ways the most important part of the job , but there was more that could come only with experience , and Charles was there to pass on some of the things he had learned over thirty-three years , some of them the hard way . |
2 | Sir , I thought it appropriate as someone with 11 years ' tree planting and habitat management experience to pass on some hedge-cutting tips . |
3 | The former Ryder Cup man was not here to work on swings ; merely to pass on some of his knowledge on course management . |
4 | I am writing to you to pass on some information regarding Clown Loaches . |
5 | ( Pat has a good strong Catholic conscience , a desire to pass on some of her good fortune . ) |
6 | Consider this brief passage , from an essay by a non-native speaker ( numbers have been added to identify sentences ) : [ 1 ] One of the functions of a literary work is to pass on some crucial truths or information , give some didactic indications , or convince the reader of some general laws . |
7 | For once the Lovejoy actor 's old-fashioned charm deserted him as he plucked up courage to pass on some advice on her marriage lines . |
8 | It may disintegrate on impact or , if it survives that , it may carry on some distance under water . |
9 | There are concerns that , once released , GEMs might exhibit some previously unknown pathogenicity , might take over from some naturally occurring bacteria or pass on some perhaps unwanted trait to indigenous bacteria . |
10 | that if we pass on some of your comments at the end of the section , maybe they 'll be able to arrange , maybe in two or three months time a visit that most of us can make , particularly those of you who missed it , because it is an important experience , but obviously quite difficult to arrange , because it involves real tenants and real people but we can pass that back , and I 'm sure the officers will consider it . |
11 | William Parker takes on some of the baritone material with unabashed lyricism and plangency , leaving Elly Ameling to bring refreshing charm and beauty of tone to the soprano Mélodies . |
12 | If rebates are extensive this takes on some aspects of an income tax too . |
13 | Your conductors ' competitions brought on some new talent , beginning with the Finnish conductor Okko Kamu , who won the first competition in 1969 ; and you 've been a great help to most of the new generation of top conductors — Abbado , Ozawa , and so on . |
14 | ‘ After I win , I 'll take on some of the opponents Eubank has beaten , and do a better job , ’ said Piper . |
15 | You would take on some responsibility immediately for particular areas and additional responsibilities are available to those with the ability and enthusiasm to take them on . |
16 | Father even allows quite unrelated youngsters to join the family group if they will take on some of the work of baby-carrying . |
17 | All of the uses found of such blends which contain the bare infinitive are also in some way non-assertive , although this non-assertiveness can take on some very subtle forms . |
18 | He says we know that the Victorians went to the gentleman 's club in the day and the brothel at night , before going home , but we could take on some of their values . |
19 | ‘ As a management team we are all excited by the buy-out and we hope the new owners will take on some of our ideas and extend the services that we provide . ’ |
20 | Then , as the young composer experiments at his consoles and keyboards , taking on some meat , becoming stronger , deeper . |
21 | It also exonerates the community from taking on some of these tasks — caring for the elderly , the chronically sick and the disabled , and it is this aspects of the emphasis on family responsibility that produces scepticism about the motivation of exponents of active citizenship : it is seen as a substitute for the state 's responsibility for the social element of the citizenship of entitlement . |
22 | She wants women to pay more attention to their achievement needs , and ends with a celebration of throwing off feminine values , and taking on some masculine ones : giving up ‘ guilt and shame and the tireless self-discipline of women ’ for ‘ magnanimity and generosity and courage ’ ( 1971 : 330 ) . |
23 | The aim is to ease the stress of house-buying by giving advice and taking on some of the workload . |
24 | Well , where I currently am is is saying that we should seek to revue the Commission 's overall boundaries with a view to us taking on some extra work , and that meanwhile we should suspend further recruitment . |
25 | He admits that in the Eighties the card took on some people who were not quite of the calibre of its existing client portfolio . |
26 | Later , she gave up the childminding and took on some secretarial work in the mornings which still allowed her to continue with her lunch-time job . |
27 | The stations of the South African Boer Republics , themselves huge concessions to the modern world which the Boers would originally much rather have done without , took on some of the dour , flinty character of Dutch Reformed Calvinism . |
28 | Do they pass on some genetic message to their offspring ? |
29 | All these simple garden activities depend upon the real involvement and enjoyment of an adult who loves a garden , and can pass on some of his or her knowledge to children as they work and play together . |
30 | Nicky said : ‘ I suppose I 'll get a lot of enjoyment out of teaching and hope I hope I can pass on some useful advice . ’ |