Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] on to the " in BNC.

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1 Also , the land which stretches back to Rockhill Farm from Swingswang on the opposite side of that road is all part and parcel of the County Council smallholdings , and only two fields away they sold off a piece of land a few years ago which has now been developed on to the frontage of the Banbury Road , which is in fact the Cromwell Business Park .
2 Two square escutcheon plates , each incised with a cross , have been riveted on to the surface above and below the keyhole .
3 But the press had already been tipped off : Mrs Simpson 's car had been booked on to the Channel steamer in her own name .
4 That is not the case when they are added on to the normal uprating statement , as has happened today .
5 ‘ It should be stressed that no debts arising from non–payment of the community Charge have been added on to the Council Tax bills . ’
6 Lateral and medial stabilisers are incorporated on to the outsole to prevent rollover while the design features a flex notch , which has been cut into the outsole to counter any restriction of movement .
7 Names of infant Mulverins had recently been scratched on to the wall .
8 Candidates from both the UK and overseas are accepted on to the full-time programme .
9 In some roofs tiles are hung on to the battens with only every third row nailed .
10 ‘ And those statistics are transferred on to the computer ? ’
11 Sunday night rounds the event off with a bizarre juxtaposing of gigs : downstairs in the main hall it 's Mayhem Central , where the venue 's somewhat implausible design means that unless you 're stuffed on to the raised dancefloor you can see bugger all of the bands .
12 In October 1626 he had been drafted on to the loan commission for Yorkshire , and was also a commissioner in June 1627 to finance shipbuilding using recusancy fines , which commissions were headed by Sir John Savile ( later first Baron Savile of Pontefract , q.v . ) .
13 When both trunks had been hauled on to the far bank they used the ropes to bind them together at various points along their length .
14 On July 14 Ghozali gave evidence to the court about the events of June 1991 , when the army had been called on to the streets of Algiers to combat FIS supporters [ see p. 38312 ] .
15 The super smooth 2.5-litre intercooled turbo-diesel , quite the best of the bunch , is pepped up 4bhp to 98bhp ; the 3-litre V-6 petrol has been breathed on to the tune of an extra 8bhp , at 147bhp .
16 Henry had been invited on to the chat show chiefly because the new snooker champion was the guest of honour .
17 Sexy blonde curls have been pinned on to the crown for this look from John Peers
18 The surprising thing about this debate is its relative neglect of the administrative dimension of corporatism ( Etzioni-Halevy 1983 , pp. 63–73 ) , especially since the relationships between state and economy which compel a corporatist interpretation of modern capitalism manifest themselves through institutions which are grafted on to the administrative system .
19 So it is all the more striking to see what happens when those known language experiences are translated on to the page of a book .
20 He had been brought on to the board of the Citizens Theatre , Glasgow , by its founder , the playwright James Bridie .
21 He was relying on the earlier case of Nichol v Martyn [ 1799 ] 2 Esp 732 , but in Wessex Dairies Ltd v Smith [ 1935 ] 2 KB 80 Maugham LJ cast doubt on both those judgments and so far as the modern law is concerned they should not be relied on to the extent that they indicate the employee can canvass or issue circulars to customers of his employer before he leaves .
22 My Working Group recommended that knowledge about language should be an integral part of work in English , not a separate body of knowledge to be added on to the traditional English curriculum .
23 Many of the returnees resisted , and had to be carried on to the aircraft by police amidst scuffles , but officials said that " minimum compulsion " had been used , in contrast to the violence which had marked the only previous forced repatriation attempt in December 1989 [ see p. 37121-22 ] .
24 An antechamber may be built on to the main egg-chamber .
25 However it ca n't just be bolted on to the tractor , and Mr Tomlinson had to spend further hours in the workshop matching it to the tractor 's backend and getting the gearing right .
26 Marr ( 1982 ) describes many processes that have yet to be mapped on to the nervous system .
27 ‘ It would lead inevitably to higher costs which would be transferred on to the customer as an increased cost of electricity , ’ he said .
28 The critical questions have to be turned on to the discipline and relevant examples furnished from within the discipline .
29 After a moment 's hesitation she sat in one of the large armchairs , half expecting to be pushed on to the settee , but he allowed her to sit alone , only raising an eyebrow as he lowered himself into the matching chair .
30 Campaigners are worried that infected milk could be sold on to the public and are also questioning whether there is a vicious circle in operation from sheep to cow to human .
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