Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very activity is also an expression of faith in the tradition , of a willingness to understand oneself and the world in its terms and to carry on the argument , which in the area with which we are concerned is inescapably a normative argument , within the general framework defining the tradition . |
| 2 | One day the hospital rang Mrs Britton to say he had died , and to pass on the news to me . |
| 3 | Finally , the whole of the Gospel leads to the commission of the Church , to go out and baptise , to teach , and to pass on the new law of Christianity ( Matt. |
| 4 | ‘ It will be good to see the England lads again and to put on the international shirt , ’ says Gazza . |
| 5 | She rose to draw the curtains and to switch on the lamp . |
| 6 | In theory , each of these has the capacity to know to be a medium and even large scale business , and to take on the corporate giants in the course of time . |
| 7 | Their limited aim was to support the efforts of the law against Communism and to take on the job themselves where those efforts were inadequate . |
| 8 | On Jan. 8 he had attempted to bolster his support amongst other LDP factions by persuading Shin Kanemaru , 77 , the leader of the largest faction and arguably the most influential figure within the LDP , to become vice-president of the party and to take on the responsibility of co-ordinating its internal affairs . |
| 9 | parents should always arrange if possible for their children to see old people of marked interest in their lives , so as to carry on the links of tradition … |
| 10 | If new proteins are to be made , the DNA must be activated in some way , so as to switch on the relevant genes . |