Example sentences of "[v-ing] on [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But trampolining wo n't be catching on with the other animals . |
| 2 | A determined show of political resistance from Mr Yeltsin and his supporters in other republics might help convince many old-fashioned Russian nationalists that hanging on to the Baltic republics is not worth a fight . |
| 3 | The television sits in the corner and leaks unsavoury glimpses of what 's really happening on to the faded carpets , and they hate it . |
| 4 | Everyone was climbing on to the top bunks . |
| 5 | So that really means going on to the Labour resolutions and the Liberal resolutions |
| 6 | Going on to the inter-war years the authors note that there was no great reduction in the number of incidents reported in the press , despite the reputation of the large crowds of those years fur generally good behaviour . |
| 7 | Before going on to the detailed issues , let me begin by discussing some general aspects of what we mean by a crossroads and by the international position of an economy . |
| 8 | Every kung fu club conducts its training session in a programmed manner , beginning with warm-up exercises , going on to the basic techniques , and then practising forms . |
| 9 | I say this largely because of what is going on with the black blues artists , like Albert King , BB King , Albert Collins . |
| 10 | I was able to meet some of the leading Indian academic figures in English and Linguistics , and at the same time to find out what was going on at the lower levels of teaching in Universities and affiliated Colleges . |
| 11 | The global data structure , the Chart , would provide an easily accessible record of what exactly was going on between the different components . |
| 12 | There was a continuity then in Unionist attitudes to the war , going on into the post-war years in demands for a harsh treatment of Germany after defeat . |
| 13 | The first lecture I gave I was going on about the different approaches to psychology . |
| 14 | ‘ I was going on about the relative merits of casseroling and roasting . |
| 15 | I 'm just a little bit concerned that if we do delay it while discussions are going on about the unitary authorities and such like , we 'll put restrictions on Mr running it as a commercial enterprise , and I think we have got to make sure that any long term deferral on this , we do n't inhibit him rationalising selling off the odd cottage and this sort of thing , and the farmhouse as we go along , and amalgamating ones because I think it 's , he 's got to be able to run it as a commercial proposition during the course of deliberations . |
| 16 | She 's already provided the couple with a tape of tribal fertility dances to ‘ release endorphins in the pelvic region ’ and before long she 's going on about the healing properties of dolphins . |
| 17 | Both processes are going on in the two locales , sometimes with a single agency carrying out both simultaneously . |
| 18 | She could imagine what was going on in the lugubrious depths of Baikal . |
| 19 | Two minor ‘ quakes shook Yokohama during our conference — as if there were not enough earth-moving activity going on in the plenary sessions ! |
| 20 | As the pillager passed by its glassy protuberance , she hesitated , swallowed her natural nausea and reached for it — thereby precipitating everything else she was balancing on to the tessellated tiles and into oblivion . |
| 21 | Ignore personal attacks and criticism by thanking the opposition for their feedback and then moving on with the positive aspects of your case . |
| 22 | We are moving on with the medical services . |
| 23 | Since students should by now be comparatively well-informed about basic segmental phonetics , it is very important that their production and recognition of this vowel should be good before moving on to the following chapters . |
| 24 | Since history includes all that has ever happened , you will concentrate on two main areas — looking at the ancient civilisations of Egypt and Rome , before moving on to the Middle Ages . |
| 25 | Moving on to the smaller lifeboats Mr Vernon referred to development work on a 22ft version of the Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable at the RNLI 's Inshore Lifeboat Centre at Cowes . |
| 26 | It 's all to do with GCSE coursework and see how we 're getting on during the two weeks and we get experience for us when we leave school and go to work . |
| 27 | of getting on with the five years plans they 've put too much effort into producing war machines ! |
| 28 | OK , by now you 've lost valuable time and probably irritated the entire panel by dithering instead of being sure of what you 're going to say , quite apart from getting on with the actual pieces you have learned . |
| 29 | ‘ CONGRATULATIONS , ’ said one of my Welsh male colleagues ‘ on getting on to the assisted places scheme . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Itsi ’ won his cap eighteen years ago , coming on in the dying seconds of an 8–1 victory over Hong Kong . |