Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] on to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This leads on to politics . |
| 2 | Some go on to postgraduate courses aimed at giving their degree a particular vocational emphasis , but a degree in Italian can lead to a very wide variety of careers . |
| 3 | I got virtually equal marks across arts and sciences for O levels , so making a choice at A level was difficult , but I felt a bit swayed by the fact that people said it 's best to do science subjects as far as jobs and university places go ; it 's difficult to get on to arts courses , but it 's easier to get on to science courses … that 's really why I chose science , ultimately . |
| 4 | Their problem is that they — and their clients — find it quite difficult to recognize , and almost impossible to turn on to order . |
| 5 | You 're supposed to come on to parade with clean boots , Jones ! ( condition 3 ) |
| 6 | There is again some anecdotal evidence that such degrees are less likely to lead on to postgraduate research , and some of the figures in Table 3.2 suggest this ; but such assertions need to be tested empirically . |
| 7 | Where such clauses are included at the wish of the parties it is always as well to go on to spell out the consequences of the failure to agree . |
| 8 | After these general guidelines , it may be helpful to go on to review some of the most popular cuisines and eating places . |
| 9 | Billy Connolly socialist people all switched on to watch that programme because they like Billy Connolly it . |
| 10 | Once we had worked together to help him regain his faith , he was able to go on to play just as well as he had done before ; indeed , now that he had remembered the feeling of success , he was able to play even better . |
| 11 | What information were you able to pass on to Superintendent ? |
| 12 | On the first issue of political liberalism vs bureaucratic-authoritarianism , the popular dogma of the 1960s and 1970s — in Latin America especially — held that in poor countries , the ruling elites were mainly concerned to hang on to power and also to increase their own wealth , if necessary at the expense of the peasants and the urban proletariat . |
| 13 | Their tangle gave Dare Say the advantage he needed and , despite jumping a path only 100 yards before the line , the nine-year-old held on to win by half a length . |
| 14 | As Lorenz wrote , ‘ one of them may be inclined to go on to mouth-pulling a few seconds before the other one . |
| 15 | A more adventurous statesman , or one less determined to hang on to power , might have acted more quickly or taken more radical steps to achieve the same goal . |
| 16 | Here are all my colleagues rushing upstairs with great enthusiasm , diving into the committee room , anxious to get on to curb the ever growing number of rules and regulations and whilst they 're upstairs merrily getting on with it , here we are downstairs passing more things which we say we do n't want to do . |
| 17 | The meeting closed with the presentation of floral arrangements to two Kent teachers , Hilda Lodge and Eleanor Pitman who had both started Medau in the early 50's as members of Dr. Anni Noll 's post-natal class and having enjoyed that introduction Medau became a way of life and they both went on to quality as Medau teachers and have both taught continuously in the Kent area ever since . |
| 18 | And Wharton , 25 , is convinced he is ready to move on to European and world title glory thanks to a new exercise — the sedate game of golf ! |