Example sentences of "to [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was public and media speculation that the real purpose of the ANC 's letter was to rally its supporters in the townships , and to fend off criticism that it attached more importance to pressing on with constitutional negotiations with the government than to defending its own people . |
| 2 | They fell into step , heading for the pub where they 'd arranged to meet some of the other girls prior to going on to the dance . |
| 3 | What would have been so difficult about saying , ‘ No , darling , we 'll all wait here until you feel up to going on ’ , or ‘ Let the others go and we 'll wait here , holding each other tight in the snow ’ . |
| 4 | The little party , under a ‘ general ’ with no faith in the enterprise and with an ‘ admiral ’ lacking ships , was irrevocably committed to going on . |
| 5 | Could it be like just he has his eyes shut , he wants to going on in his head . |
| 6 | There 's an art to getting on and off the thing — most people fall the first few times . |
| 7 | This improvement was substantial : from slightly worse than myopic on the first attempt , the average improved to getting on for 40% of the difference between the optimal and the myopic on the second . |
| 8 | I should like to thank all our workforce , the majority of whom are of course remaining with the company , for their impressive commitment to getting on with the job in hand , despite the company 's problems . |
| 9 | This technique is particularly associated with street interviewing for public opinion and market research surveys as an alternative to calling on randomly selected households . |
| 10 | A position of all-round defence is adopted , prior to moving on towards an imaginary objective . |
| 11 | When fitting the headpieces it is important to ensure the shaft is fully connected by rotating the collet manually , prior to switching on . |
| 12 | Mind you suddenly I 've had to go back to running on . |
| 13 | He had agreed to taking on a reading tour in Scotland . |
| 14 | Bradshaw 's technique , his whole life , was built on the twin pillars of strength and stamina ; he was used to taking on an unbeatable opposition and winning . |
| 15 | Indeed there may be strong opposition to taking on delegated tasks for fear , perhaps justified , that failure will prove personally very damaging . |
| 16 | Now a podgy , desperately unfit bar-fly , he simply was n't up to taking on the Man of Action role that he craved . |
| 17 | And I 'm looking forward to taking on Dino . ’ |
| 18 | Raymond Aron , for example , argued that the General 's policy " accustomed the French to taking on the wrong enemy " . |
| 19 | The Aberdeen Oil Company , which was awarded the main £60m terminal contract , and McLean , are committed to taking on as many local workers as possible for the 600–700 construction vacancies . |
| 20 | The Aberdeen Oil Company , which was awarded the main £60m terminal contract , and McLean , is committed to taking on as many local workers as possible for the construction work . |
| 21 | With the move towards disintermediation , it could be argued that many banks are driven to taking on less credit-worthy customers , with associated increases in credit risk . |
| 22 | The books he read and the music he listened to took on profounder significance than ever before . |
| 23 | Sacheverell Sitwell , a young aesthete from England , had crossed the Channel to look at the new painting in post-war Paris with a view to putting on a comprehensive exhibition in London . |
| 24 | Everyone involved has to realize that the tasks are not relearned in an automatic sequence : the fact that the patient may be able to put on his sweater one day does not necessarily mean that he is immediately able to progress to putting on his trousers — indeed , he may have forgotten how to cope with the sweater the following day . |
| 25 | This week she finally confessed to carrying on behind her husband 's back . |
| 26 | 5.7.3 Without prejudice to the generality of the above to comply in all respects with the provisions of any statutes and other obligations imposed by law or by any byelaws applicable to the Premises or in regard to carrying on the trade or business for the time being carried on on the Premises It may be that clause 5.7.1 should , in certain circumstances , have the following proviso added : except where such compliance is within the ambit of the Landlord 's obligations contained in this Lease Almost all leases will contain a tenant 's covenant to comply with statutory obligations , which could involve fairly substantial capital expenditure . |
| 27 | It was held that the agreement was void and that effect could not be given to it by rejecting the general restraint which appeared in it and limiting the agreement for the purposes of the action to carrying on the business of a tailor . |
| 28 | Many reasons were given , from Health and Safety Regulations , destroying the environment , to trespassing on to archaeological sites . |
| 29 | Yours was sent to sent on to the charity work . |
| 30 | The room where the four senior and four junior counsel from Edinburgh would work was fitted out with several very basic trestle tables , not perhaps quite what members of the Faculty of Advocates are used to working on , but Alistair Bruce described them as very resilient people . |