Example sentences of "move [adv prt] to the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | With that behind us we moved on to the interaction of language and context which defines language function ; to the possibility of establishing overall structures of discourse related to particular discourse types ; and to conversational mechanisms ( although they might also be regarded , like cohesion , as formal devices linking smaller units ) . |
| 2 | The producer , who was himself about to take the reins of the tour as it moved on to the regions of Britain as the Coca Cola Hit Man roadshow with Sinitta , Sonia and others from his stable below Kylie on the bill , said plans to take her to a major stadia like Wembley had been quickly dismissed . |
| 3 | After taking us through his life and times , he moved on to the matter of his death which he hoped would be quick and peaceful . |
| 4 | The situation was made worse by the fact that the officers who had originally been blocking Simpson 's Brae moved down to the rear of the march and then , unaware that their colleagues were dispersing the head of the demonstration , were confronted by protesters running towards them . |
| 5 | He moved over to the window of his office and looked out . |
| 6 | He moved back to the chest of drawers and took down the photograph of Tatyana Nowak and her husband on Westminster Bridge . |
| 7 | We moved back to the strip of shingle and sat on a large baulk of timber that had been dragged up away from the water . |
| 8 | He moved around to the back of the house , and then ducked in to the laneway that ran behind it . |
| 9 | He moved round to the front of the stall , pulling McAllister with him . |
| 10 | Laura moved round to the side of the kiln — it was a roughly built cube of fire-bricks the colour of pale sand , with a bricked-up Norman door-arch on one side and a narrow throat at the rear which led to a tall , cast-iron stovepipe wired for support to the studio wall and a bough of a late-flowering cherry tree across the yard . |
| 11 | Satisfied that his aim was correct he moved round to the side of the golf-bag . |
| 12 | The interview then moved on to the consideration of the Head of Department 's departmental work , but kept drifting back to his ambition for wider experience . |
| 13 | Moving on to the subject of domestic competition , may I draw your attention to a missing tournament . |
| 14 | Moving on to the problem of unemployment throughout the European Community , the Chancellor said : ‘ Last year unemployment in the community rose by 1.25 million and it is projected to rise further this year to some 11 per cent of the work force . |
| 15 | Moving on to the question of defenders stopping the try by not standing on the goal-line , Law 27(e) is clear about what the offending team must do : ‘ The opposing team must run without delay ( and continue to do so while the kick is being taken and while the ball is being played by the kicker 's team ) to or behind the line parallel to the goal-lines and 10 metres from the mark , or to their own goal-line if nearer to the mark . |
| 16 | The teacher could begin with the child 's own brief life history , moving on to the history of their family . |
| 17 | The current development of CAD procedures has so far been directed towards providing a complete geometric description of an object initially , and then moving on to the generation of manufacturing instructions ( see Figure 1.8 ) . |
| 18 | Why did it feel so right to have Luke stroke his hand along the curve of her thigh , to feel it slide up over her hip and dip into the hollow of her waist before moving on to the fullness of her breast ? |
| 19 | Moving on to the use of conjunctions , here is an initial breakdown of the ones used in each text . |
| 20 | By the inter-war years such Sikh artisans had a number of Kenyan assistants adopting their skills ; by the 1950s the Sikhs were moving on to the role of investor and entrepreneur in both construction and industry , leaving the way clear for their former assistants to take on the role of artisan . |
| 21 | Planning should begin with an analysis of the present position taking account of both internal and external factors and a forecast of future developments , moving on to the definition of broad aims . |
| 22 | Having discussed the construction of a melody 's smallest essential part — the initial phrase — we can move on to the building of complete themes . |
| 23 | Well okay this morning what I 'd like to do in the half hour or so that we 've got before lunch is to talk about the skills we need when we actually come up here to deliver then this afternoon we 'll look at that feedback from the video and what you did and then we 'll move on to the skills of design , the preparation skills . |
| 24 | Perhaps we could now move on to the question of Sir Conrad 's recent involvement in the club 's affairs ? ’ |
| 25 | There are other sums of money that you might be entitled to , too , before we can move on to the business of budgeting . |
| 26 | Having discussed coloured water and clear water briefly let us move on to the reality of the situation as we find it when we arrive for a session . |
| 27 | Since moving in to the heart of the city last year , has become the talk of the legal world . |
| 28 | Once noble land had been appropriated , the wealthier peasants would move over to the side of the bourgeoisie , and bourgeois rule would follow . |
| 29 | Maria lifted a hand to hit him , but he looked so grimly reluctant that her fingers had uncurled before they reached his chest , touching him lightly before moving up to the lock of black hair that had fallen over his tanned brow . |
| 30 | Moving back to the turn of the century and the pre-First World War period we seem little nearer to finding the traditional way of life based on a ‘ healthy respect for law and order ’ . |