Example sentences of "[vb pp] on from generation to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The specific components of chromosomes in turn are called genes , that familiar word describing how detailed information about the whole organism is passed on from generation to generation . |
| 2 | It is passed on from generation to generation in a chain , and is very difficult to break . |
| 3 | Sometimes a trait gets passed on from generation to generation , and sometimes it can be missed out altogether . |
| 4 | But psychological violence stays with you , it festers , it can be passed on from generation to generation . ’ |
| 5 | This is one of the methods by which the history of the people is passed on from generation to generation . |
| 6 | The Row was a highly-traditional society where the skills of the trade were passed on from generation to generation . |
| 7 | That added to the bitterness which has lived on from generation to generation . |