Example sentences of "passed on [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before that time , knowledge and wisdom were passed on through the spoken word , as they still are in much of the world . |
| 2 | It is a responsibility passed on through the generations . ’ |
| 3 | It 's a skill passed on through the generations . |
| 4 | A spokesman for the Scottish Office said its £1 million was handed over to Shetland Islands Council and claims against it would be passed on through the IOPCF . |
| 5 | As land is passed on over the generations , it gradually ceases to be a viable unit . |
| 6 | He hoped that the code would be passed on via the Institution of Environmental Health Officers network and adopted by EHOs throughout the country . |
| 7 | It ca n't be passed on without the consent of the victim . |
| 8 | At least some of the extra cost of stockholding is likely to be passed on to the caterer . |
| 9 | He received about 20 letters from ex-regimental POWs who were in need ; these were passed on to the regiment . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Years of close military co-operation , including joint work in missile development , have given Egypt valuable information about its former Iraqi ally , which has presumably been passed on to the Americans . |
| 12 | Nutrients from the sap are passed on to the ants in the mealybugs ' excrement . |
| 13 | At that time the tax that banks deducted from interest payments to depositors was passed on to the taxmen each quarter . |
| 14 | How much of this delightfully frank list of requirements the Earl passed on to the man he approached for the job of chairman , the art historian Sir Kenneth Clark ( Winchester and Oxford ) , is not recorded . |
| 15 | And the extra production costs will undoubtedly have to be passed on to the motorist . |
| 16 | This prompted a question on the place in Britain of a lower level of Capital Transfer Tax if the farm were passed on to the son at a much earlier age ? |
| 17 | With regard to Bury and Oldham , arrangements existed for referrals to be passed on to the respective social service departments . |
| 18 | He quoted fully from Miller 's letters on pollination of tulips by bees and on cross-fertilisation of white and red cabbage , and these observations were passed on to the Royal Society ( Phil . |
| 19 | When the messages were decoded they emerged as apparently meaningless blocks of letters , and these were passed on to the linguists in Hut 3 who turned them into intelligible German . |
| 20 | These requests ( except perhaps the ones for favourable examination results ) are passed on to the local prefecture , and the deputé has to show that he can deliver the goods . |
| 21 | While physicians advised sparing use of the ointment , the quacks prescribed it liberally to great effect and had usually passed on to the next town before the inevitable relapses and the not infrequent deaths — results of over-treatment — had occurred . |
| 22 | There is no contact-tracing as such , but , because it is felt that most of the problem is due to prostitutes ( an unlikely truth in any European country ) , the examining doctor can fill in a form which is then passed on to the police who will undertake a search . |
| 23 | Sean was so astonished that he almost swallowed the paten as well as the host and Paddy , his face bright red as his hair , hurriedly passed on to the next communicant . |
| 24 | I wrote to the Earl personally and told him that Brownie Guides are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks , but received a reply saying that my letter had been passed on to the agent , Mr. Bishop , who handled all such matters . |
| 25 | The completed report cards were then passed on to the SCC for discussion , after which the details would be forwarded to either the association of SCCs ( covering a wider area than a single school ) , the ASEA , or to some other agency , such as the Girls ' Friendly Society , the Metropolitan Society for Befriending Young Servants or the Recreational Evening Schools Association . |
| 26 | Very low prices ( the retailer makes savings through bulk buying , and overheads are lower than in a central location — part of these savings is passed on to the customer ) |
| 27 | It is a genetically-linked defect and will be passed on to the white offspring of the deaf mother . |
| 28 | Certainly , while some type of guarantee scheme or bonding would seem to be desirable , the cost will inevitably be passed on to the consumer in the form of higher charges . |
| 29 | If the last is the case then those profits will either be retained in the company and reinvested , or they will be passed on to the shareholders as increased dividends . |
| 30 | The Institute also received its first complaint about the way it has fulfilled its role as an RSB : this has been passed on to the Institute 's ombudsman Anthony Surtees for review . |