Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] on to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As might be expected from data reported earlier , positive attitudes as measured by all five factors were significantly associated with willingness to go on to a second round of review and reporting . |
| 2 | This is one of the Enemy 's favourite tricks : nothing is more convincing than a half-truth joined on to a lie . |
| 3 | Whether or not this pilot study leads on to a larger project depends upon first , whether or not the aid project goes ahead , and second , whether or not the pilot study indicates that a more ambitious study is feasible . |
| 4 | Well away from the motorway now , each new place quickly gave way to further forest and , just as Jenna was beginning to be lulled into a strange peace by the dappled sunlight of the place , the soothing green of nature , the car turned on to a narrow road and began to climb steadily . |
| 5 | If the stimulus conditions start with a spectrally pure red light shining on to a red area the cell will fire even though the area looks like a washed-out red to a human observer . |
| 6 | Far Eastern reports of imminent bid terms from Hongkong & Shanghai Bank caused some early excitement in Midland Bank and , despite a denial , the stock held on to a 10 point rise to 345p . |
| 7 | If the subsidiaries of the Scottish Bus Group are released into the private sector , with all the rhetoric about freedom and competition , one of the rights that will be established is the right of a buyer to sell on to a new owner Whatever safeguards the Minister may tell us , to salve his conscience , are built into the legislation , the truth is that they will disappear immediately further sales take place . |
| 8 | But not going when you need to causes water absorption and hardening , and the longer the child holds on to a movement , the harder it will be — making the problem worse . |
| 9 | Artist Janet Margrave has created a window opening on to a scene of flowers , ivy-clad trellis , a rush fringed pool and trees . |
| 10 | The lobby opened on to a bar area where men in dark suits and ladies in cocktail dresses sipped before-dinner drinks . |
| 11 | The bar opens on to a terrace and , during the high season , music is provided by a pianist or trio . |
| 12 | SECURITY lapses at Frankfurt airport that let a hijacker walk on to a jet with a gun hidden under his hat will be tracked down , the German government pledged yesterday . |
| 13 | The window gave on to a small lead roof beyond whose parapet I could see the topmost branches of the elm tree , the ornate brick chimneys of my own House — School House . |
| 14 | She had a vague impression of a small room , of stone walls and light from a narrow window falling on to a table . |
| 15 | He had been in a pub in Hammersmith when a hypnotist jumped on to a low podium and put on a show . |
| 16 | Schmidt tapped on the glass and the chauffeur ran the nearside wheels on to a broad stretch of grass fifty feet from the fringe of a beechwood . |
| 17 | Such children should not be working in conditions where there is glare , such as bright light from an unshaded window streaming on to a child 's face . |
| 18 | Sew a ring in the centre of the band to slip on to a cup hook . |
| 19 | This point leads on to a further problem in sampling — which is non-response . |
| 20 | The last point leads on to a discussion of how staff , volunteers and students are ‘ selected ’ for the scheme . |
| 21 | Erm , Chair , on the general financial position , it 's , it 's what I referred to earlier , as moving from somewhere where there were a direct employer or where we were grant-aiding a voluntary body to get on to a more , ultimately a more commercial footing , where we relate the money that we 're paying to the services that are being provided . |
| 22 | It was simply grey water in a steady stream falling on to a sea the colour of metal , on to a grey town . |
| 23 | Nomad moves on to a larger site |
| 24 | The lorry rolled on to a car after its rear wheels were hit by another car which had lost control . |
| 25 | Before my right hon. Friend passes on to a specifically Scottish aspect , I wish to raise a general point . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Beyond it , the west wall opened on to a wide balcony shaded by deep eaves supported on slender lotus-columns , which gave a view down across the city to the broad grey sweep of the river , sluggish and low at this time of year , but sacrificing none of its dignity . |
| 28 | Their tests were cheaper and apparently fairer than local ‘ home-made ’ ones and they conveniently transferred the odium that selection incurred on to a distant , impartial public body . |
| 29 | Since one usually needs to measure emission from only a small area of the viewing field rather than the whole field , a fibre-optic probe inserted in the light path would probably be the best method , with the light-pipe output directed on to a highly sensitive photoelectric cell or photomultiplier , whose output would also have to be calibrated against some standard phosphor . |
| 30 | Although IBM , Apple and Motorola have a forged an agreement for the duration of their project , there remain obvious legal implications for a vendor who might want to stick say Sun Sparc and MIPS RISC instruction sets on to a single piece of silicon . |