Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] on to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swell waves running on to a coast break when the forward motion of particles at the wave crest exceeds the forward movement of the wave as a whole , a state of affairs caused by the wave retarding as it runs into shallow water and sometimes over-naively attributed to friction with the sea bottom . |
| 2 | At the top of the spiral staircases are two wooden trapdoors leading on to the battlements . |
| 3 | It was as though they were marching up great soaring bridges to get on to the screen , where they would enter into the films we had come to see . |
| 4 | It is n't large , like his château in Brittany , rather it is a charming summer pavilion , with French windows opening on to a terrace all along the façade of the house . |
| 5 | At Hamilton Terrace Minton used as his studio and bedroom an airy ground-floor room with french windows opening on to a balcony that overlooked the large garden . |
| 6 | Originally , the kitchen was dark and narrow , but the architect who helped with the structural changes suggested that if the living room and the kitchen swapped places they could have a large kitchen with French windows opening on to the garden . |
| 7 | Main picture : French windows opening on to the garden let plenty of light in to the kitchen — where practicality has n't been sacrificed for style |
| 8 | Scottish graduates went on to the major foreign universities , notably to Paris , and to Cologne , Louvain , Bologna and Montpellier . |
| 9 | A swift tour of inspection revealed numerous bedrooms , an enormous sitting-room with a raised dining-area visible through an archway , and a whole wall of french doors opening on to an oval glittering blue swimming-pool . |
| 10 | Closer to the smoking fire , Blake could see that the colours of the flames varied with the different amounts of crushed rocks thrown on to the pyre . |
| 11 | Teachers have constantly to buttonhole each other as they pass in the staffroom and tack extra things to do on to the bottom of each other 's already overlong agendas . |
| 12 | Traffic levels in the city are growing rapidly , with 500 additional vehicles coming on to the streets every day . |
| 13 | A FURTHER tranche of fixed-rate mortgages came on to the market this week following last month 's cut in official base rates from 7 to 6 per cent . |
| 14 | The longer that socialist parties held on to the old orthodoxies , the worse they have suffered . |
| 15 | The scene was illuminated by large floodlamps bolted on to the striated walls of the huge cavern which enclosed the whole place . |
| 16 | He stared down at his body , and large tears splashed on to the brilliant tattoos of light . |
| 17 | pauses elegantly in the conservatory of the large west wing where floor-length windows lead on to a terrace facing south over the garden . |
| 18 | There are one or two magnificent examples coming on to the market . |
| 19 | In the BA and MA ( Religious Studies ) degrees the basic courses lead on to the Phenomenology and History of Religion , exploring in depth a wide range of issues across different religions . |
| 20 | To the left there was a small boat-house whose locked doors gave on to the river . |
| 21 | As his corruption became evident , usually tolerant Brazilians flooded on to the streets and drove him out . |
| 22 | Gut analysis did not suggest , either , that the trout changed diet after the flood depleted the aquatic invertebrates , to consume more terrestrial flies dropping on to the river 's surface . |
| 23 | In effect this has meant approximately 400,000 new and inexperienced customers coming on to the overseas market each year , and it is this that has kept the traditional inclusive tour package alive . |
| 24 | Robin-Anne had her mother 's fair hair , so fair that it looked bleached , and she had her mother 's delicate good looks etched on to a face so pale that it seemed as though her skin must burn if it was exposed to anything more powerful than a light bulb . |
| 25 | A couple of determined tries from Gabriel , a solidly-built scrum-half , put them 10 points clear , before Finnie , with one conversion and three late penalties moved on to a personal total of 17 . |
| 26 | With a twinge of conscience it occurred to her that it was not often Omi got out ; a rare trip to the theatre or a concert , Wannsee in summer , or Potsdam , but in the winter she was trapped in the flat , passing long , lonely hours looking on to a street where little happened . |
| 27 | At the far end , huge double doors opened on to the furnace room . |
| 28 | Ten years in the Dubrovlag for the private expression of a Petty Officer who was a captive in a cabin while the high explosive bombs rained on to the armour plate of the Storozhevoy . |
| 29 | Successful applicants go on to a three-day assessment course . |
| 30 | The result is a set of normalised relations mapped on to the target DBMS . |