Example sentences of "[vb pp] on with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is in the interview that many of these aspects of the post are checked on with the candidate . |
| 2 | It is known that he wished to stay in the Government and would have liked to have pressed on with the reform of prisons . |
| 3 | However , as we have seen , central government , who through the SEC has boldly pressed on with the introduction of the GCSE , has even in doing so been subject to its own and its advisers ' demands that Standards should be preserved . |
| 4 | The chief inspector disliked his arrogant manner , his jocularity at her expense , particularly when the only weapon she had was bluff and she was vulnerable for having pressed on with the case against Spittals ' opposition . |
| 5 | He had pressed on with the work , permitting no more interruption than common courtesy required , and had joined in the prayer of thanksgiving with a truly heartfelt gratitude not occasioned only by the woman 's departure . |
| 6 | His modest apology for tardiness in producing this volume is unnecessary in any terms , considering the magnitude of his task , and when in addition one realises that he has pressed on with the completion of the work during his convalescence from a serious illness , it is clear that his apology should be replaced by the public 's commendation . |
| 7 | They would not have pressed on with the kind of arguments they actually did use , probing the statute , obsessed with the question whether one decision was more consistent with its text , or spirit , or the right relation between it and the rest of law . |
| 8 | They may only be carried on with the local authority 's consent , and |
| 9 | This hi-tech theme was carried on with the Starstream XII which featured a semi-acoustic Teardrop body , built in tuner , distortion , treble and bass boost , percussion and a hand operated wah-wah device . |
| 10 | He rang back again at once and mistakenly carried on with the Airds ' answering service , not realizing that the woman there had picked up by the time I got to the phone . |
| 11 | All this conversation was carried on with the greatest difficulty . |
| 12 | Work is always just carried on with the dust samples fiddled . |
| 13 | In particular the whole idea of a Prime Minister was looked on with the gravest suspicion . |
| 14 | [ 2 ] The outcome was compared in babies operated on with the traditional light general anaesthesia and in those who received analgesics before , during and after the operation . |
| 15 | There are plenty of ‘ success stories ’ where governments have not intervened , or where it has not even been acknowledged that farmers and pastoralists have quietly got on with the business of conservation for themselves , and frequently provided sustainable surpluses for the market as well . |
| 16 | It was amazing that someone who had won the British Open three times and come second once over the past four years should have to qualify , but the boss just got on with the job . |
| 17 | ‘ He 's got on with the job in a pleasant and professional manner . |
| 18 | Perhaps f just wanted to go back to find out why f had n't got on with the place when everyone else had ! |
| 19 | All but he wanted to know how Stephen had got on with the police . |
| 20 | It was the House of Commons , and the Cabinet and the Prime Minister that came from the Commons , that Bagehot saw as the efficient working parts of the Constitution as these got on with the job of actually running the show . |
| 21 | I asked him why he had n't got on with the other passengers . |
| 22 | Then she wonders why we have n't got on with the work . |
| 23 | By that time I 'd really stopped noticing whether people are male or female and just got on with the physics . |
| 24 | For example , he noted : ‘ There are certain of these streaks of pigment which appear licked on with the point of the tongue . ’ |
| 25 | Penelope Huntley , who would very much have liked to have gone on with the discussion , found herself swept out of the office , and walked slowly down the road , flushed with a mixture of disappointment and excitement . |
| 26 | Our next plan is to go for endowment to stop the roller coaster ride we 've gone on with the city ’ . |
| 27 | The Touring Guarantee is valid for four years from the date of purchase of a new Mercedes and is passed on with the car if it is sold during that period . |
| 28 | If she is lucky , the congaie and her mentis children are passed on with the furniture to the next occupant of the house . |
| 29 | The firm 's number of assignments has doubled since 1979 — from about 70 carried out by five consultants to around 150 handled by nine — and its annual fee income in London now exceeds £3m. profits are shared equally by the partners worldwide , and all new consultants are taken on with the view that they will ultimately become partners . |
| 30 | That was we were main one of the , my father seen er possibilities er when he attended the London show , he went er he , he was very much taken on with the Morris Cowley first of all . |