Example sentences of "to go forward " in BNC.

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1 An appeal made to Rome in 1977 by the Roman catholic parents concerned with the Confirmation ban appeared to have been answered in their favour , as Bishop Philbin changed his pastoral policy and these children were allowed to go forward for confirmation in 1978–9 .
2 Mr Bush accepted the Pentagon proposal even though he told the United Nations that he believed ‘ we can achieve the level of verification that gives us confidence to go forward with this ban ’ .
3 He forecast Mr Davies would never stand as candidate , ‘ because if the Labour Party allows him to go forward this seat will actually be won by the Liberal Democrats .
4 He may begin as a standard-bearer and allow himself to be persuaded to go forward as a contender . ’
5 I believe it is a hundred times better to have a leader who wants to go forward rather than one who retreats towards the hills when the going gets rough .
6 Tell the people of Israel to go forward . ’
7 In the event , permission was given for Paisley and Beattie to go forward because they had been members of the Stormont Parliament before it had been suspended .
8 For years we had requests from political people , parties , you know , around the country , to allow other ministers to go forward and we said ‘ No ’ .
9 I want to go forward , ’ she said .
10 I hope you will choose a different path — to go forward , not back ; to go for the best , knowing that Britain can be the best and do it best .
11 This is a time to go forward with conviction and confidence , not to go back to the failure and bitter controversies of the past .
12 The immigrant ship to South Africa , and all that followed , was still in the womb of time ; but at that moment I resolved that though I would grieve for Leslie for the rest of my life , I would yet to go forward , lighting my way by the torch of the incandescent spirit .
13 Some Labour politicians , including Reg Prentice as a junior minister , wished them to be ‘ required ’ to do this ; Crosland preferred that they should be ‘ requested ’ , determined that empty threats should not be issued or implied and to go forward as fast as he could by agreement and persuasion .
14 The elements are brought to them , whereas the Episcopalian and the Catholic worshippers have to go forward for theirs .
15 And he said : ‘ Do you want to go forward on a charge on that ? ’
16 If , as I used to , one cracks walnuts by banging two of the things together , and keeps the uncracked winner to go forward the next round , will one inevitably finish Christmas with the hardest nut to crack in one 's hand ?
17 Allow the head to go forward and upward .
18 Mac came in fifth but with the same time as Richard , the Frenchman , and after a British protest he was allowed to go forward as the track had a nine-lane straight .
19 There was an Inn at the village where travellers stayed until there were enough of them to go forward in confidence .
20 She showed no inclination whatsoever to go forward .
21 In the drive to make whole or , at least , a bit more whole , partners may need to regress in order to go forward again .
22 They cut right across the basic philosophy of rugby football — that is , to go forward and make ground .
23 They had somehow spruced themselves up , dressed in whatever was their best , collected their belongings together , and now waited to go forward into their new lives .
24 He was the only champion to go forward and take the microphone , and he stayed behind afterwards to sign autographs and pose for photographs .
25 It is also important for us to remember that those who were opposed to the project were not merely negative but were convinced that there were other more effective ways for us to go forward .
26 A TEAM of Essex students will soon have the chance to go forward to the semi-finals of a national legal debating contest .
27 Well if that 's the case it must be sorted out once and for all if the club is to go forward .
28 She made the mistake of trying to go forward , down the steps , through the upcoming Perks .
29 However , perhaps even more significantly , certainly for the junior players , is the opportunity they have earned to go forward for a personal screening at Bradnam 's unique Herts-based Dewhurst Tennis Academy , the operation which has firmly set about the task of uncovering a future British Wimbledon champion .
30 This means the machine tends to go forward in fits and starts , sometimes quite quickly but at other times embarrassingly slowly .
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