Example sentences of "[verb] on to a more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Satisfied with this flimsy explanation for the time being , she moved on to a more intimate subject : herself . |
| 2 | However , as soon as they moved on to a more public and active presentation of their demands then councillors condemned this activity , the demands themselves were ignored , and the groups were held up to public ridicule as a threat to democracy and the general interest . |
| 3 | But it is important to be aware of the limitations of the statistical concept of style before going on to a more realistic assessment of its value . |
| 4 | Lower down we emerged on to a more open country of grass-covered hills , with delphiniums gladioli and other flowers growing along the banks of the many streams . |
| 5 | In the next chapter , I move on to a more interesting , more telling and more fruitful critique of inductivism . |
| 6 | The metaphysical poets of the 17th century were rarely interested in pastoral as a game and preferred to move on to a more realistic way of expressing their discontentment with the mercantile age they lived in . |