Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] on [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Were it to do so , literally hundreds of thousands of people would tonight not be sitting at home frightened about whether they might be dragged into the courts and on to prison .
2 ‘ Thompson at your service , ’ said the landlord coming to meet him with a welcoming smile which disappeared quickly as he saw Midnight — his glance sliding from the metal collar to the handcuffs and on to Jess 's flushed face .
3 Whilst it has been assumed that these charges were fabricated by Musgrave ( and perhaps by Thomas Cromwell , q.v. ) , there is evidence to suggest that Dacre did indeed have private arrangements with the Scots which served to divert their raids away from his estates and on to Bewcastle .
4 After reaching this stage there are still opportunities for movement from small houses to large houses and on to Travel Inns which are often attached to a Beefeater Restaurant .
5 I think communications has been the biggest change that I saw , erm er from a system which was called the DX system , which is really a very primitive way of calling people by means of generating electric current over some private wires , to fireman 's houses and on to fire station .
6 The inn was generally the largest of the three , providing accommodation as well as beverages , and was typically located in market places or on through routes .
7 This points to shifting the emphasis away from direct tax on people 's incomes and on to taxes on wealth or on spending .
8 Behaviour therapy , Gestalt therapy , Art Therapy , Music Therapy , Transactional Analysis , Psychotherapy , Psychosynthesis , Psycho Drama and any number of other techniques may help some people who have problems with the process of moving rationally from thoughts to feelings and on to actions , even though these techniques have nothing to offer to the specific recovery process from addictive disease itself .
9 There is no advantage in pricing lorries off the highways and on to by-ways .
10 ‘ The fastest part is the fourteen miles to Ilkley , then there is a quiet stretch along the river towards Otley , before a three mile climb to the Dyneley Arms and on to Yeadon Moor , where there can be strong cross-winds .
11 Back to the train for the spectators and on to Ilkley to see how the walkers were progressing .
12 The Calibra 16v gets from rest to 60mph in 8.1secs and on to 100mph in 22secs , but the Corrado G60 can manage only 8.9secs to 60mph and falls a disappointing two seconds behind by 100mph .
13 In spite of the 190bhp power output capable of taking the little car from standstill to 60mph in under seven seconds and on to double the UK speed limit , it is that smoothness and flexibility that impress rather than the muscle .
14 x Unix operating systems and on to Solaris 2. x and naturally does n't want to share all the goodies it has in 2. x with 1 .
15 Thus could pangenesis unify all Darwin 's generation theorizing from gemmules to organisms and on to species , and beyond them the whole tree of life .
16 They come in a great many varieties and can be mounted straight on to a ceiling , on to walls or on to tracks , and then pointed towards whatever needs special lighting .
17 The remains of the feast , which were considerable , were then packed into bowls and on to trays , covered with foil and distributed to another thirty or so houses .
18 From Brockdish to Weybridge the way runs through watermeadows and on to Harleston , Momersfield , Earsham and Ditchingham .
19 Follow it around , first to Old Harry Rocks and on to Ballard Down .
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