Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] forward [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In workplace after workplace we find exploited workers , frightened workers , vulnerable workers , but little chance of recognition no hope of check-off and no one brave enough to come forward as a steward . |
| 2 | You pack your bags , shut the door , switch off the lights and you go home and you 've got the , the r another thirty odd years perhaps to look forward to in retirement . |
| 3 | ‘ Forty-four per cent of the appointees are women — a very high figure for such posts — and their success should encourage even more to come forward for future appointments . ’ |
| 4 | And , of course , there 's always the train journey home to look forward to . |
| 5 | As a result , the DES set up a study group under the chairmanship of Stephen Jones , at that time an assistant secretary at the DES and now Assistant Provost of the City of London Polytechnic , both to suggest a fairer way of allocating the 1981–2 pool and also to come forward with longer-term recommendations , based on unit costs within the institutions . |
| 6 | I can get through the rest of the week if I know I 've got comin' here to look forward to . |
| 7 | When the company won its provisional licence last year it looked to be on the brink of success , but now the Department says that it is ‘ still considering how to move forward with the company on its application ’ . |
| 8 | And , as Ruth told Gloria later , ‘ She 's got something else to look forward to … her wedding day . ’ |
| 9 | It takes a little time to sec that you 're not moving forward any more , either because you do n't know how or because there is n't anywhere to move forward to . |
| 10 | Of course all these things are relative , I told him , of course if you take the long perspective there 's never anywhere to move forward to and all advance is illusory , but in the short perspective there comes a point when there is no option except to abandon . |