Example sentences of "[be] [verb] on to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is not the case when they are added on to the normal uprating statement , as has happened today . |
| 2 | Candidates from both the UK and overseas are accepted on to the full-time programme . |
| 3 | Yeah so we get one and the you 're going on to the next one . |
| 4 | Sunday night rounds the event off with a bizarre juxtaposing of gigs : downstairs in the main hall it 's Mayhem Central , where the venue 's somewhat implausible design means that unless you 're stuffed on to the raised dancefloor you can see bugger all of the bands . |
| 5 | Johnson , just debating , we 're getting on to the whole idea of Johnson 's world and the link though it worked out the same I 'd say . |
| 6 | We 're moving on to the next paper . |
| 7 | When both trunks had been hauled on to the far bank they used the ropes to bind them together at various points along their length . |
| 8 | The surprising thing about this debate is its relative neglect of the administrative dimension of corporatism ( Etzioni-Halevy 1983 , pp. 63–73 ) , especially since the relationships between state and economy which compel a corporatist interpretation of modern capitalism manifest themselves through institutions which are grafted on to the administrative system . |
| 9 | I will definitely be hanging on to the sweat-stained handkerchief that Tom Jones tossed to my mother back in the Sixties . |
| 10 | My Working Group recommended that knowledge about language should be an integral part of work in English , not a separate body of knowledge to be added on to the traditional English curriculum . |
| 11 | An antechamber may be built on to the main egg-chamber . |
| 12 | Marr ( 1982 ) describes many processes that have yet to be mapped on to the nervous system . |
| 13 | " And now , if you 'll excuse me , I 'm going on to the worst problem of the lot — Willis 's financial position … |
| 14 | The history specialists in the secondary school for the area may also be able to offer advice , especially as pupils from the catchment area will ultimately be going on to the secondary school . |
| 15 | Gill will be going on to the Namarroi area to take part in an evaluation with the CCM . |
| 16 | It was also alleged for instance that women were too docile to make really good workers , too lacking in spirit and ambition : " Boys [ i.e. apprentices ] would claim to be shifted on to the higher branches of the trade " . |
| 17 | I 'm sorry , I 'm moving on to the next paper . |
| 18 | Their anxiety may be displaced on to the actual ceremony , making the responses correctly , being the centre of attention , or on to details of the reception or party to be held afterwards . |
| 19 | On warm days the area between the lawn and water surface had constantly to be watched so that , immediately signs of shrinkage appeared , water could be sprayed on to the puddled surface . |
| 20 | A thick lagging jacket should be put on to the hot water tank . |
| 21 | Sections that have been saved to disk from other designs can also be imported on to the current grid , so a completely new pattern could be created simply by combining various sections from other designs . |
| 22 | Commitment to sport has to be freely given ; it has to be fun ; it can not be foisted on to the poor or the wayward from above because it is good for them . |
| 23 | The piece can then be glued on to the damaged area and made ready to receive the gold leaf . |
| 24 | They may share their syringes and if one of them has HIV , the needle will become infected and the virus could be passed on to the other person . |
| 25 | If one of these people has HIV , it may be passed on to the other person . |
| 26 | I mean y I think the charges that banks are making in order to make up some of their losses , they 're going to be passed on to the average investor , you know the average client , so erm you know the Halifax will do it free , I 've heard recently that they are actually charging for er holding your deeds . |
| 27 | With regard to Bury and Oldham , arrangements existed for referrals to be passed on to the respective social service departments . |
| 28 | It is a genetically-linked defect and will be passed on to the white offspring of the deaf mother . |
| 29 | Man is a god in ruins , thought Emerson , and perhaps at the end of the twentieth century much the same could be said of his world , a still beautiful but ravaged paradise which , regardless of the tenets of sustainable development will not be passed on to the next century in better or even the same condition , in fact , almost certainly in worse condition as a result of meeting the needs of another billion or so people . |
| 30 | But to the Lamarckians it seemed much more natural to assume that the wasting away of an individual 's eyes when there was no light would be passed on to the next generation , resulting in a rapid loss of eyesight in the whole population . |