Example sentences of "go [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The winners of the best gross trophy then decide , either by mutual agreement or by a play-off , on the player who goes on to the national championships .
2 Much of the work of the Department , of course , goes on outwith the physical confines of these rooms .
3 Most people do not wish to see what goes on behind the locked doors .
4 The last year has taught me how little I really knew about what goes on behind the wrought-iron gates of Buckingham Palace and the red brick walls of Kensington Palace .
5 Lights began to go on in the dark houses , and I relished my melancholy to the last drop .
6 The world of motor racing loves to surround itself in secrecy … what goes in to the automatic gearboxes … suspensions and highly tuned engines is more to do with science than sport …
7 They refuse to go along with the current vogues to which the impressionable Continentals pander .
8 In such an optimistic climate it was easier for national governments and interest groups to go along with the economic ambitions of the EEC ; it was not seen as a great threat to their own concerns .
9 While Judith , Rachel and Karen are sure their partners are happy to go along with the little alterations they try to make , Zelda says that interfering too much can prove to be very dangerous to a relationship .
10 ‘ She 'll have to go down in the fattening fields with the cows . ’
11 In the Junior Singles final John Nolan of Blackrock looked almost certain to go through to the British Isles Championship when he led Belmont 's Paul Daly 20-11 .
12 So that really means going on to the Labour resolutions and the Liberal resolutions
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 I say this largely because of what is going on with the black blues artists , like Albert King , BB King , Albert Collins .
17 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 .
18 The global data structure , the Chart , would provide an easily accessible record of what exactly was going on between the different components .
19 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 .
20 The first lecture I gave I was going on about the different approaches to psychology .
21 ‘ I was going on about the relative merits of casseroling and roasting .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 Both processes are going on in the two locales , sometimes with a single agency carrying out both simultaneously .
25 She could imagine what was going on in the lugubrious depths of Baikal .
26 Two minor ‘ quakes shook Yokohama during our conference — as if there were not enough earth-moving activity going on in the plenary sessions !
27 Before going down to the northern ramparts where the brunt of the attack was expected to fall , he took a last look round the room and saw Hari 's phrenology book lying on the floor .
28 Beyond the car park , the road contours the hillside , two branches going down to the coastal dwellings of Inver Alligin , and then turns sharply uphill to force a narrow passage across a bare and rocky headland on the last stage of its journey .
29 ‘ If you can do that , then you have in your mind what the strong target notes are and you can start going in with the other notes of the scale .
30 There was a flourish of the saxophone , a twirl and a curtsy from Rose , a rise and a bow from Bernie and a scatter of faint applause from what seemed a very distant audience , and then there were Rose and Bernie almost on top of her , snarling at each other about something , going off into the darkened wings arguing at the top of their voices .
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