Example sentences of "[vb infin] on [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are always gon na be a a set of of people in any area who erm who will latch on to racist attitudes and racist acts if if someone comes in waving that as an you know , as an organized activity . |
| 2 | If the Conservatives are the largest single party , should he hang on as Prime Minister in the hope that he can do a deal with another party ? |
| 3 | When Catherine died , she was all I had left , but you ca n't hang on to young people … they 're not an insurance against loneliness in old age . |
| 4 | The wilfulness of human nature can be deceitful , and we can hang on to old ways like cherished thoughts or possessions . |
| 5 | Flupper would pretend to skid and go out of control : it was terrific — we 'd hang on like grim death to the rope . |
| 6 | The principle of interchangeable parts did not catch on in British industry as fast as it did in the American gun industry ; Colt 's revolvers were the great examples of what became known as the American system of manufacture . |
| 7 | Trained civil staff is much below the normal level and can not carry on without military help . |
| 8 | Do not carry on with large water changes , however , as these only perpetuate the problem . |
| 9 | They arrive on stage in strict order of precedence , the noblest usually arriving last so that the lesser characters can look on in suitable admiration , whilst the servants ( the corps de ballet ) keep their distance . |
| 10 | When Autocover was originally negotiated the objective was to establish a scheme to cover the widest spectrum of the membership possible but we had to accept that all Insurance Companies would insist on excluding certain categories . |
| 11 | After just a minute or so , especially if we were handling metal , we would need to stop and huff on to frozen fingers , standing around with pained expressions while circulation returned . |
| 12 | At this date schools still meant places where masters of repute might be found , but the masters might well move on to other cities taking their pupils with them . |
| 13 | If the result is as intended there has been no learning but equally none was needed because I understood the situation , I achieved my objective and I can move on to other problems . |
| 14 | She will move on to simple arithmetic , addition then subtraction . |
| 15 | They should then move on to inviting questions from the group to clarify understanding , posing questions to test that understanding , drawing implications for the practice and its clients , and developing an action plan to enhance client service in respect of those implications . |
| 16 | O K , let's move on to maximum benefit . |
| 17 | But with further tuition in the UK they can move on to full doctor status and for many students the chance to experience life in another country more than makes up for the extra years of study . |
| 18 | Psychological studies could provide some answers , but it is not obvious that the subprocesses of language , identified by the psychologist , will map on to individual brain areas , any more than the computational processes of a digital computer map on to individual parts of its hardware . |
| 19 | In the Profitboss 's team Hilda in Telephone Sales will not simply " take orders " but will sell on to interested customers . |
| 20 | If you wanted to shorten the circuit you could press on to Black Sail Hut . |
| 21 | Wyllie came under closer scrutiny by the NZRFU for a variety of reasons — his unwillingness to have John Hart as an influential coaching partner , his inability to keep to selection announcement timetables and then his rather desperate efforts to have Mike Brewer , the one on-field forward whom Wyllie could rely on for solid advice , put into the team even while suffering a painful foot injury . |
| 22 | I could go on at great length on all these topics ; it would be very pleasant for me to say what I think and relieve Monsieur Geoffrey Braithwaite 's feelings by means of such utterances . |
| 23 | So I could go on at great length , colleagues , to tell you that he 's on this committee and that committee well er and that would take me a good half hour because he 's , he 's on , he 's involved in everything in everything in the Party in the union erm , and his commitment is absolutely second to none . |
| 24 | Er I could go on at great length about it if you wish me to but I 'm sure you do n't . |
| 25 | From the fact that a mental process does not appear in introspection one can not infer that it does not go on at non-conscious levels of the mind . |
| 26 | The other Andeans say they will go on with free trade without Ecuador , if need be . |
| 27 | We 'll go on with routine procedure for now . ’ |
| 28 | Fortunately , the majority warm to it and do go on to fulfilled fatherhood . |
| 29 | Spend the immediate post-Smiths period saying how he was the talented one and would go on to great things . |
| 30 | Emboldened by his success , the being could go on to parallel transport the vector a along the closed path NABN in Fig. 3.8 . |