Example sentences of "[verb] on [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing in soft conventionalism guarantees , or even promotes , the ideal of protected expectations , that past decisions will be relied on to justify collective force only so far as their authority and their terms are made uncontroversial by widely accepted conventions . |
| 2 | His brothers aged 8 and 10 , whose school was a long walk in the opposite direction , had to be relied on to take this responsibility when their father could not . |
| 3 | From time to time the Tanganyika government proposed excision of parts of Masailand for the use of other tribes , and Masai District Officers could be relied on to oppose these proposals . |
| 4 | But where there 's a will a bet ca n't be far behind and the local bookmakers can be relied on to provide ante-post prices the day before . |
| 5 | While direct participation in government by personnel from big business has characteristically declined in modern liberal democracies ( except in the USA ) , the state apparatus remains staffed overwhelmingly by strata of society who can be relied on to adopt pro-capitalist stances on economic and industrial issues — for example , members of professions , lawyers , accountants and farmers . |
| 6 | Queen Victoria lived on to see these tremendous changes and in June 1897 , when the British Empire was probably at its peak , she celebrated her Diamond Jubilee with great pomp and ceremony . |
| 7 | The brochure goes on to plead that prostitution is just a natural part of Thailand 's culture : ‘ You have to pay from women in Bangkok — for one night , for one week or for your whole life . |
| 8 | He goes on to support this with an appeal to the testator 's intention , but it is a relatively modest one . |
| 9 | In a sideswipe at some earlier Soviet historiography , Umanskii writes that ‘ history does not need embellishments ’ , and goes on to state that |
| 10 | The debtor goes on to borrow more money , and the question is whether that is taken to be included in the legacy too . |
| 11 | Having reached the high-water mark in his claim for the nature and purpose of the birth of Jesus , Matthew goes on to cause all sorts of problems for the modern reader . |
| 12 | I appreciate that the number of cases in which the taker and driver away is not the driver who goes on to cause personal injury or damage will be comparatively few , but I ask my right hon. Friend whether it is necessary to make such a draconian change in the traditional principles of British law , or to do it by reversing the normal burden of proof . |
| 13 | And he goes on to ask some similarly pertinent questions : ‘ To whom does a person 's body belong ? |
| 14 | Clarke goes on to argue that Industrial Democracy as currently envisaged would actually tend to suppress industrial militancy and weaken entrenched working class resistance to capitalist control , thereby reducing the chances of ‘ genuine ’ workers ' control over production at some future date . |
| 15 | Starting with a chapter which describes the observational characteristics of stars , The Physics of Stars goes on to explain these characteristics by describing the structure of main sequence stars , dwarfs , neutron stars and black holes : Two chapters not usually found in textbooks on stellar structure , one on variable and non-stationary stars and the other on protostars , make good reading and help the student to understand cepheid variables and the origin of stars . |
| 16 | When Mr Royalton-Kisch goes on to describe this joint session of study as a ‘ known feature of the Rembrandt workshop ’ , I am delighted because it is the very foundation of my own very different view of Rembrandt and his school . |
| 17 | Act One opens with three trios for the men , followed by a duet for the sisters , and goes on to include two quintets ( one of which is the heavenly ‘ Di scrivermi ogni giorno ’ , during which the lovers bid farewell while Don Alfonso comments cynically in the background , and the exquisitely beautiful trio for the two girls and Don Alfonso , ‘ Soave sia il vento ’ ( featured in the film Sunday , Bloody Sunday ) . |
| 18 | This describes the property , usually by reference to an address , and goes on to include any easements or other matters that the property has the benefit of and will also mention any declaration , exception or reservation . |
| 19 | He then goes on to outline some examples for the primary school curriculum . |
| 20 | He then goes on to outline some of the gifts of the ascended Christ . |
| 21 | The decree goes on to allow Eastern Christians , separated from the Catholic Church , to receive Catholic sacraments in some circumstances . |
| 22 | Burnard goes on to mention some of the skills involved : the ability to listen ( to the words but also noting volume , pitch , eye movements and related body language ) ; ability to offer free attention ( to note and accept , not analyse and interpret ) ; to suspend judgement ( to refrain from categorising as good/bad , right/wrong ) ; and to control what is said in reply and how it is said , with a facial expression which is genuine , not mechanical . |
| 23 | He then goes on to criticise Labour for suggesting that priority spending on education and training can help overcome the difficulties of the balance of payments deficit — because such investment programmes take generations to work through the system . |
| 24 | He asserts cautiously that there is a ‘ possibility that both genetic and environmental influences , and interactions between them , may be important in the causation of mental processes , including awareness ’ and goes on to say that awareness probably has survival value because it enables animals to respond to the complexities of the world in which they behave . |
| 25 | Liam Hudson suggests that ‘ it may be that a single system of values embraces the individual 's perceptions of academic institutions ; his perception of himself and his demonstrable behaviour ’ , and goes on to say that , |
| 26 | Now it also goes on to say that 's going to affect electricity prices which will rise , now how will that compensate with , with nuclear electricity ? |
| 27 | The motion goes on to say that sponsored MPs should not pair with erm Conservatives . |
| 28 | Roberts goes on to link educational achievement with the level of economic development of the region of out-migration . |
| 29 | Ohmann goes on to apply this technique to passages regard ed as characteristic of other authors : Hemingway , James , and Lawrence . |
| 30 | Consultative paper 66 , Draft Guidance on Proper Trades and Proper Markets in Relation to On-exchange Derivatives , price £5 , identifies what , in the SIB 's view , is a proper trade and goes on to consider proper markets . |