Example sentences of "[verb] on to [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , a graphical function is generated and inserted on to an appropriately scaled graph . |
| 2 | The revenue obtained a huge sum of money which they had no right to demand and they are now hanging on to a very large amount of interest which they have no moral right to retain . |
| 3 | In fact , ’ said Owen , his mind beginning to stray on to a quite different tack , ‘ you 're altogether extraordinary — ’ |
| 4 | There are few examples of their being scattered extensively and repeatedly used within a single text ; where this does happen , as for instance in Les quatre Souhais Saint Martin , the practice can readily be justified by its thematic significance ( on which see further below ) , as again can be seen to be the case with the cornucopia of excrement that Robin drops on to the deservedly victimized Jouglet . |
| 5 | Satisfied with this flimsy explanation for the time being , she moved on to a more intimate subject : herself . |
| 6 | However , as soon as they moved on to a more public and active presentation of their demands then councillors condemned this activity , the demands themselves were ignored , and the groups were held up to public ridicule as a threat to democracy and the general interest . |
| 7 | After an initial success in 1964 over ‘ royalty expensing ’ , an element in the intricate mechanics of computing concessionaires ' tax liability which gained OPEC members some extra cents of revenue per bbl , they moved on to the earnestly disputed negotiating rounds in Tripoli and Tehran in 1971 . |
| 8 | But she always insisted on taking her turn when hounds moved on to the most unlikely draw of the day . |
| 9 | Smiling as she surveyed the posters on the walls of the twins ' bedroom — obviously Peter Rabbit was still popular here in New York ! — she moved on to the much larger main bedroom . |
| 10 | Instead of the old concept of teaching , according to which the teacher , possessed of superior powers and superior knowledge , attempted to pass on to the more able of his pupils that non-practical culture which would most benefit them personally , a new class-room communication should be envisaged . |
| 11 | Before my right hon. Friend passes on to a specifically Scottish aspect , I wish to raise a general point . |
| 12 | Frequently a Georgian house which I had always seen from the road and considered to be all of one date , was revealed , when I came to knock on its door , to be purely a façade built on to a much earlier building . |
| 13 | The pull was made on to a slightly uphill gradient and into the wind , in spite of this a record breaking 100 metres was reached in 40.8 seconds at a speed of 4.5 mph . |
| 14 | There 's also Bob 's ‘ Songs Of Freedom ’ , a force worldwide , but out of fashion in Jamaica , a country that has moved on to the more bodily delights of raggamuffin . |
| 15 | The couple have now moved on to the more complicated use of silks , and subjects have varied from masterpieces such as The Old Mill and The Haywain to a girl skating on a lake and a Victorian winter scene . |
| 16 | But it is important to be aware of the limitations of the statistical concept of style before going on to a more realistic assessment of its value . |
| 17 | It has n't been a disastrous trip for me , but I got in a few times without going on to a really big score . ’ |
| 18 | Payton raced on to a well weighted pass from Wdowczyk , held off Bain , and then drilled the ball low past Mathers . |
| 19 | It is when you get on to the more high tech aspects of English Hops ' work that small and muted alarm bells begin to ring . |
| 20 | Oh now we get on to the really difficult stuff . |
| 21 | Before moving on to the more advanced aspects of wave riding let us consider what should happen in the first attempts . |
| 22 | We might feel tempted to say that Wittgenstein 's account may be true of sensations ; but that there is no such thing as a sensation of blue , and so there is no reason why a private linguist could not start by naming the way things look to him before moving on to the more difficult talk of the way things actually are . |
| 23 | Once you can carve gybe and water start with ease , you can move on to the more advanced funboard skills . |
| 24 | For the last couple of weeks , I had two posters in my windows , facing on to a fairly busy street . |
| 25 | By 1912 , however , the influence of Matisse and the Fauves , which the Brücke had grafted on to a more purely native form of Expressionism , was definitely on the wane , and German painters were feeling the influence of both Cubism and Futurism . |
| 26 | He was shrewd enough to realize that western-style government could not easily be grafted on to a chiefly structure profoundly resistant to rapid and uneven modernization . |
| 27 | From a steep ascent you emerge on to a surprisingly large plateau the size of a football field , covered with cairns , memorial plaques , the ruined observatory , and of course the people you left behind on the tourist path . |
| 28 | The evidence from elsewhere in America and Britain is that exhibitors increasingly took the masses for granted and were always investing in better and better cinemas so as to hang on to the more respectable lower middle-class audience . |
| 29 | Young Rawlins went on to the most arduous part of the game — attempting to memorise the host of gifts on a conveyor belt , ranging from a cuddly toy to a microwave . |
| 30 | Having got his attention-grabbers out of the way , Mr Beckman went on to the more serious stuff . |