Example sentences of "be [to-vb] on [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , if any of the pupils are to go on with the language at A level , they will simply have to learn some grammar at some stage . |
| 2 | Anyhow , whatever it was , maybe a little , as Jan says , he also had a f a bad flu bug at a bad time anyhow he crashed out of the computer science course and he announced that he was only regarding the computer science course as being a stepping stone to being a teacher so the sensible thing to do would be to go on to the teacher training course at Lancashire , an education course , cos that 's what he wanted to do . |
| 3 | His objective had to be to drive on through the tumult and horror as best they could , not to get involved with individuals or groups , not to be sidetracked , so as to reach that further side , there to turn and repeat the dire process , difficult as this must be . |
| 4 | The directors Jim Johnston and Sandy Moffat are to stay on after the Deanses agreed that an independent chairman be appointed to the board . |
| 5 | We need to sort out the EC 's finances if we are to get on with the community 's enlargement . |
| 6 | Naval vessels were also contributed by Belgium and Italy ( which both on Aug. 21 confirmed that minesweepers sent initially to the eastern Mediterranean were to proceed on to the Gulf ) ; Greece announced on Aug. 20 that a frigate would join the naval forces in the Gulf , and Spain made a similar announcement the following day . |
| 7 | If Englishmen in America were to push on to the west , it was fairly predictable that there would be clashes with the thinly scattered Indian population , and it was quite certain that if they went far enough either west or north they would meet the French . |
| 8 | I believe I told you that we are to move on to the Astors ? ’ |
| 9 | Nevertheless , Brent CABx now have nine representatives of black groups and organisations on their management committee whose aim is to pass on to the bureaux their knowledge of the needs of the communities that they represent . |
| 10 | Well it certainly is , and we think that we 've had an examin of our co , examination of the constitution , we 've made a number of changes , but the task for Labour now is to press on with the issues of looking at our policies , and making sure that our economic policy and our social policy a actually meets the changes that are out their in the world . |
| 11 | Temptation is to get on to the phone immediately |
| 12 | one of the priorities is to get on with the price increases and get them done , right , you know . |
| 13 | The damage that I once managed to inflict was to bend on of the metal strips away from the needle . |
| 14 | As a youngster in the 1950s my greatest delight was to run on to the pitch at Murrayfield after the full-time whistle , pat my heroes on the back and not wash my hands for a week , much to the disgust of my mother . |
| 15 | I was to keep on with the Radio Column , some reviews , and any special features I could dream up . |
| 16 | His first priority was to climb on to the rim of the sink and peer through the upper left-hand corner of the kitchen window . |
| 17 | The way in which that topic was to explode on to the stage in the twentieth century is anticipated in the frontal attack launched on Hegel 's system by the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard . |
| 18 | One of the most dangerous stunts Crawford did in the new series was to hang on to the back of a car as it dangled over sea and rocks two hundred feet below . |
| 19 | He was giving her orders : she was to hold on to the edge of the pool and breathe deeply in and out . |
| 20 | The war was all but over , although bitter fighting was to rumble on in the islands for many decades . |
| 21 | My task , apart from the usual household chores , was to get on with the work for my three summer O-levels and to get ahead by starting to work towards my A-levels — English , Latin and Greek . |
| 22 | As he saw it , the job of the Church was to get on with the task of proclaiming the gospel and ministering the sacraments . |
| 23 | But the siege was to drag on into the summer of 1098 before the fortress finally capitulated and Rodrigo was able to enter in triumph and order Mass to be sung in one of the main squares . |