Example sentences of "[v-ing] on [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of ignoring the Alamo and its small garrison , and pressing on to fight the main Texan army , Santa Anna decided to take the Alamo by storm . |
| 2 | We were not far below the hanging glacier bivouac , where we stopped for two hours before pushing on to make the most of the night . |
| 3 | By careful selection of topics from the content of the module , the student can be provided with the opportunity of exploring the usefulness and limitations of selected strategies to different types of problem before going on to tackle the formal investigation . |
| 4 | But I recall Lord Darlington opening the discussions by formally welcoming the guests , before going on to outline the strong moral case for a relaxing of various aspects of the Versailles treaty , emphasizing the great suffering he had himself witnessed in Germany . |
| 5 | Before going on to examine the Franco-German relationship and the German Question in the next chapter , however , it is worth asking what it is about Britain that makes it so sensitive over national sovereignty . |
| 6 | Before going on to describe the basic features of these techniques , a few words are necessary about the general field of quantitative techniques . |
| 7 | I swooped it so that on each pass it caught the top of the dam wall with one corner , gradually producing a nick in the sand barrier which the water was able to flow through , quickly going on to overwhelm the whole dam and the sand-house village beneath . |
| 8 | It is not possible here to attempt to unravel the many strands of thought and practice that have historically influenced the contemporary curriculum in this way , but it may be useful to refer briefly to some of them before going on to consider the current pattern . |
| 9 | The United States and New Zealand , the reigning world champions , will make especially strong challenges , the latter including Blyth Tait and Messiah , Badminton runners-up in 1990 before going on to win the individual world title . |
| 10 | Before going on to discuss the stylistic changes in the Cubism of Picasso and Braque during 1910 , it is necessary to interject a word about Picasso 's bronze Head , the most important early Cubist sculpture . |
| 11 | The principles for establishing lists of goals for fat reduction are similar to those for sugar reduction , namely , do the things that are easiest first ; use lots of small , easy steps ; spend about a week trying to behave according to that week 's goal ( and with all preceding ones being maintained ) before going on to add the next goal to your repertoire . |
| 12 | Before moving on to tackle the other types of gybe , you should aim to perfect the standard carve gybe with a success rate of nine out of ten . |
| 13 | Erm and we are now moving on to fill the senior customer services post . |
| 14 | Before moving on to consider the different variables , the question of timing should not be overlooked . |
| 15 | He answered with a minute shake of his head and she obeyed , sitting on to watch the fantastic skill with which they wove and rewove their patterns , each keeping the strings taut and symmetrical even as they transformed them into a completely new shape . |