Example sentences of "[adj] on to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You can pass that on to Control . ’
2 The bookies gave him the tightest odds of any of the outgoing MPs , but he was still two-to-one on to win .
3 True to their craft and their inspiration , they passed this on to mankind .
4 As the slabs had been laid direct on to earth , a layer of hardcore was needed .
5 The present project aims to speed up the process at both the collection and analysis stages , by the development of software which will operate with speed , simplicity and flexibility , while the use of a portable computer will make it possible to enter material direct on to disc .
6 Manchester Computing Centre is used to coping with multi-volume files , but a further problem arose when the file was too large to fit onto one of our backup cartridges ; as no one had ever needed to copy a file that large on to cartridge before , we had to devise a way of splitting it between two cartridges .
7 Erm , Charlie puts them on , they took his others out and put these on to balance it .
8 Having on hand someone as fast about the field as Back , so quick on to man and ball , could well prove an invaluable option .
9 Then he responded brilliantly late on to parry a point-blank shot from the ill-starred Simpson .
10 As a four-year-old she won all her four races , including the Coronation Cup , the Champion Stakes and the Jockey Club Cup ; in her other race she started at 55–1 on to defeat a solitary opponent .
11 And so to Ascot , where she started at 11–4 on to beat just four opponents for the two-and-a-half-mile marathon .
12 But in general , it was a place bereft of human activity , where a grey sea rolled unattended on to sand and shingle , and the only house was an abandoned shell ( whose ruins still survive ) .
13 Anton tells me I can have 20 minutes and then he 's sending the other two on to finish things off .
14 I like the two on to cover i things up , the jams one side and the pots the other .
15 Cross stitch one in front of stitch two by lifting stitch one on to single transfer tool , moving stitch two on to needle one and placing stitch one on to empty needle two .
16 ‘ I 'm afraid it 's going to be a bit sore , but as it 's such an impressive break we 'll put a garter strapping on to help immobilise it .
17 With four teams to qualify from six for the semi-finals , they are 100-1 on to finish last , but if any of the others has a bowling off-day against them , it could well be thank you and goodbye .
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