Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] on [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A director would instruct dealers to tell their clients that an announcement was pending " in order to persuade them to buy more or to hold on to stock they wished to sell . |
| 2 | But , the morality a and to go on about Christianity and again , tha I feel ashamed sometimes when I think of myself you know , a Christian , that 's not Christianity ! |
| 3 | And to go on in government to succeed , for a chastened Tory party , industrial establishment and media will have no counter-argument . |
| 4 | They decided that it was very strange and exciting , and a very good reason to gallop around , and to snort and buck , and to carry on like madmen . |
| 5 | Flu can spread very rapidly , so it is easy to catch and to pass on to others . |
| 6 | Flu can spread very rapidly , so it is easy to catch and to pass on to others . |
| 7 | At the start only 14 per cent of our panel reported Labour stressing these issues , but the figure rose to 20 per cent in the fourth week and 32 per cent in the fifth as Labour sought to divert attention away from defence and to move on from unemployment , which directly affected only a small minority , to education and especially the National Health Service , which directly affected the vast majority of the electorate . |
| 8 | Young people who have completed GCSEs at 16 can choose whether to stay on at school or college , or come out into the labour market and , possibly , take an entitlement to YT . |