Example sentences of "on to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scope for agricultural improvement is limited naturally but the RP provides 40% of the cost of fences so that grazing land can be compartmentalised and grazed more effectively , 40% of the cost of providing livestock watering facilities and 40% of the cost of adding fertilisers or grass seed ( applied on to existing pastures and trodden in by livestock ) . |
| 2 | But the process has also been a more subtle one , as new initiatives have apparently been tacked on to existing local government . |
| 3 | Work on women can not simply be added on to existing , flawed bodies of thought but requires a revolution in the ways in which we think about men as well as women , about work as well as the family , about political and public as well as private issues . |
| 4 | So he does n't recognise the effect of things like : dis- in- mis- additions which work by adding on to existing words , thus : disappear misspell inlay . |
| 5 | The paper is rigorous and thought-provoking , but it does not map easily on to existing curricular structures , and the very complexity of the model may limit its diffusion in higher education . |
| 6 | The next type of planned town includes those which are reasonably well dated to the tenth to thirteenth centuries and which were clearly new planned urban centres added on to existing villages by their owners as attempts to encourage trade . |
| 7 | With new forms of planning restriction limiting the amount of suburban extension that could be tacked on to existing built-up areas , housing developers increasingly looked to the surrounding rings of smaller settlements lying within commuting distance of city centres . |
| 8 | Hall ( 1987 ) argues that most regulation is simply added on to existing frameworks ( often as the result of specific frauds or crises ) rather than building up new systems , and that the efficiency of regulation suffers as a result and costs escalate . |
| 9 | Proud of the rapid development time for the 601 , the two companies are nevertheless rushing on to complete work on three other promised iterations of the part , now under development at IBM 's Somerset plant in Austin , Texas . |
| 10 | Preparing for the off in the London Marathon last April , WCUK Nottingham project manager , John Holder , got his running shoes on to complete the 26 mile 394 yard distance for the first time . |
| 11 | That they managed to translate that attitude on to sparkling vinyl ( in the form of ‘ Michael ’ , ‘ Walter 's Trip ’ , ‘ Fashion Crisis Hits New York ’ et al ) was worthy enough . |
| 12 | They should then move on to inviting questions from the group to clarify understanding , posing questions to test that understanding , drawing implications for the practice and its clients , and developing an action plan to enhance client service in respect of those implications . |
| 13 | Two tired men holding on to each other to stop themselves falling down . |
| 14 | Just before serving spoon a little mayonnaise on to each egg . |
| 15 | This is the amount that beams on average on to each square metre , even in cloudy , wintry Britain . |
| 16 | The icy river was at least 4 ft [ 1–2 m ] deep and no boats could be found , but cavalry were stationed below the ford to catch any unfortunates who were swept away , and the infantry then crossed in lines abreast , holding on to each other . |
| 17 | The Fish got us a good position at the back of the club , where we stood on wooden beer crates holding on to each other as the floor seemed about to crack open with heat and stomping . |
| 18 | Slowly squeeze the icing on to each cookie , making any pattern you like . |
| 19 | Brush the back of the shapes with apricot purée , press a tree on to each corner of the cake and put four on top . |
| 20 | Now our houses backed on to each other , with only the party wall between , so she just picked up the poker from the fender and started banging on the wall so that the plaster showered a cloud of dust in the room . |
| 21 | As you move the highlight bar on to each option , a brief explanation of that option will be displayed beneath the menu to help you . |
| 22 | The two held on to each other tightly . |
| 23 | Place one grid on to each drop , section side down . |
| 24 | The ethnomethodologists ' starting point is the very basic observation that conversation involves turn-taking and that the end of one speaker 's turn and the beginning of the next 's frequently latch on to each other with almost perfect precision and split-second timing ( Sacks , Schegloff , and Jefferson 1974 ) . |
| 25 | Body position and movement also play an important part — although the fact that turns latch on to each other successfully in telephone conversations seems to suggest that these factors , like gaze , are perhaps not as important as might at first appear . |
| 26 | Birmingham specialised in close , dark and filthy courtyards : there were over two thousand of these in the town in the 1830s , and many of their houses were built back to back in order to get the maximum number on to each expensive acre . |
| 27 | here we could have a hundred N right and then we 'd add eight hundred on to each one could n't we . |
| 28 | Tossing the empty jar aside , he then pulled out a piece of chalk and drew a complex symbol full of mind-twisting curves on to each gatepost . |
| 29 | All of this involved taking both parents ’ sex cells with their half-complement of DNA signals in the chromosomes , and bringing them together so that the cells could clamp on to each other and start dividing and growing . |
| 30 | He snatched it back hastily and then looked up to where Cardiff and Barbara were hanging on to each other under the storm 's onslaught , coughing and choking in the shower of plaster . |