Example sentences of "on [to-vb] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 So if this stands for this year 's output at a hundred percent fifty percent of it has to be added on to give next year 's .
2 Hill lasted 70 laps while Allison went on to finish sixth .
3 That turned out to be the highlight of a very disappointing campaign for the veteran Ryder Cup star who went on to finish 62nd in the order of merit , his lowest placing since he joined the PGA European Tour in 1972 .
4 They went on to finish third in the finals in West Germany .
5 The latter , who went on to finish eighth , veered from a true line and in turn interfered with Corn Futures .
6 More satisfactory measures of total fertility can be based on estimates of the chances of women going on to have first , second , third etc. births ( ‘ parity progression ratios ’ ) .
7 In the long run , the replacement or growth of population depends on the number of women who go on to have third or further babies .
8 In the 1946 cohort the less able ( measured at age 11 ) and women with no qualifications start having babies earlier and are also more likely to go on to have third and higher order births and have them at shorter intervals .
9 Meanwhile Aureole had got into top gear and came through into second place , but try as he might he could never pose a threat to Pinza , who galloped on relentlessly to win by four lengths , with Pink Horse running on to take third place a length and a half further adrift and the gallant Shikampur a tired fourth .
10 Laura 's Beau , one of four Irish-trained runners , battled on to take third place , 15 lengths away , while Peter Scudamore 's mount Docklands Express , the 15–2 favourite , was eight lengths farther back in fourth .
11 Captain John Ledingham with Castlepollard beat his team mate Francie Connors on Balarus Diamond Express and went on to take third place with Garraun .
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