Example sentences of "on [to-vb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 With only ninepence in their pockets , they founded an old boys ' association that went on to include a thriving club ( albeit minus clubhouse ) , a sports field and four football teams competing in the Zingari and Old Boys Associations ' leagues .
2 Only around 30 per cent of those who have been vaccinated go on to contract a mild dose of flu , and even then the risk of secondary infections is considerably reduced .
3 ‘ Hopeless , I know , ’ said Karelius , going on to relate a fictitious story of the difficulties encountered by one of his farmer patients in obtaining payment for fodder .
4 By the end of 1908 Picasso owned at least five tribal objects and he went on to amass a large collection , much of it of very doubtful quality , although after the war when his own work was commanding large prices he occasionally exchanged a painting for a choice piece .
5 Occasionally , this may be foreseen even at the start of your employment : for example , if your position is subject to funding from an outside source or if you are taken on to supervise a particular contract , as may happen in the engineering and construction fields amongst others .
6 But brave dad Brendan has vowed not to give up hope and a Europe-wide search is still on to find a suitable donor for Caolan .
7 He then went on to provide a long list , not of items that we could accept , but of items that we could not accept .
8 Bitterly disappointed , Harrison abandoned medical reform , but his ideas lived on to provide a solid basis for future important developments , which culminated in the Medical Act of 1858 .
9 The letters dated 25th May and 6th June were fully endorsed by the most recent meeting of the Forum which went on to pass a detailed resolution which is referred to in the press release .
10 The fresh and crispies went on to receive a great deal more acclaim than The Chorus who were hardly noticed , even within their hometown .
11 But even in relation to those who are ultimately convicted , the fact that many of them go on to receive a non-custodial sentence — in 1999 the figures were 19.4 per cent in the Crown Court and 25.9 per cent in the magistrates ' courts — calls into question the need and justification for pre-trial detention on the present scale , particularly in view of the deplorable conditions in which most remand prisoners are held .
12 The following day Mobuto intended to tour the African-American Institute on East 47th Street then go on to visit a high-school deep in the heart of Harlem .
13 ‘ But she is an adaptable and intelligent girl and will survive this episode and hopefully go on to lead a trouble-free life . ’
14 She came to the house in response to a card Miss Matlock had placed in a local newsagent 's window and Miss Matlock took her on to replace a cleaning woman who had recently left . ’
15 THE Border Golfers ' Association , which began with the amalgamation of seven clubs in 1893 and went on to play a major role in the development of the Scottish Golf Union , will launch a season of centenary celebrations at Kelso on Sunday .
16 After The Strutters , he had gone on to play a leading part in another sitcom .
17 Gardiner took up rowing on the Isis and after last year 's event went on to play a valuable part in the Scottish senior men 's winning of the Home International Regatta .
18 He went on to play a starring role for Northern Ireland in that year 's World Cup , being voted the world 's No 1 keeper .
19 Bobby Neill , who won a British featherweight title in the 1950s and went on to play a significant role in the development of such top-class boxers as Alan Rudkin and Alan Minter , has said : ‘ … hungry fighters ?
20 But the Hornets deservedly held on to win a fourth-round trip to Blackburn , leaving the FA Cup as Leeds 's only realistic hope of silverware this season .
21 But there is a solution — otherwise Helen would not have gone on to experience a triumphant life .
22 She went on to catalogue a long history of disasters : from her mother dying when she was six years old , through to the latest traumas of seeing her cat killed by a car and being made redundant .
23 We went on to do a good matinée performance and came off to thunderous applause and whistles of appreciation .
24 After all , amongst the girls who do not obtain the top 16+ grades , or who do not go on to do A level mathematics , are some very able pupils .
25 Later Tappert went on to use a loose segmentation method to cut script into sub-strokes in regions identified as possible ligatures ( Tappert , 1988 ) .
26 The text pronounces that so far as the words are concerned no trust is created , but then goes on to give a moral reason for holding one to have been created ; it ends by referring to a similar decision of Marcus Aurelius .
27 After a five day course on reach truck driving Derek scored an outstanding 85 per cent in the written test before going on to give a perfect display of driving for the examiners .
28 He goes on to give a splendid example of the thing he has in mind , when an old Muslim tribesman went on urging a drug-addicted English hippy to ‘ pray to Jesus the Messiah ’ , until he was converted and delivered .
29 He went on to give a detailed account of the finances of the infirmary .
30 The first multiparty general election since 1959 was held on May 12 , 1991 , and resulted in a victory for the Nepali Congress Party which went on to form a new government under Girija Prasad Koirala .
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