Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [prep] the [num ord] generation " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to the Lamarckians it seemed much more natural to assume that the wasting away of an individual 's eyes when there was no light would be passed on to the next generation , resulting in a rapid loss of eyesight in the whole population . |
| 2 | Hence , governments interested in reducing these disparities have introduced various taxes on large wealth holders , directed in particular at reducing the extent to which large accumulations of wealth can be passed on to the next generation . |
| 3 | The particles themselves remain separate and discrete when it comes to being passed on to the next generation . |
| 4 | Then those same genes either get passed on to the next generation or they do n't . |
| 5 | This hatred builds up and is then passed on to the next generation . |