Example sentences of "on to the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether the world could continue to support its present ‘ uncontrolled economic growth ’ in the face of diminishing resources and pollution was a question on which all the candidates latched on to the latter issue . |
| 2 | Forest manager Brian Clough is poised to challenge Middlesbrough 's resolve to hold on to the former England Under-21 international after having had Ripley watched during an impressive promotion season . |
| 3 | Thanks also to those people who enjoyed this way of raising money , please pass the message on to the many class members who took part . |
| 4 | Thanks also to those people who enjoyed this way of raising money , please pass the message on to the many class members who took part . |
| 5 | At my first event in Fort Worth , I had held on to the few people I knew as though for dear life , terrified at the thought of being stranded in this great wilderness . |
| 6 | The advantage of superimposing from within the colour section is that you are able to superimpose more than one garment piece on to the same colour pattern at the same time , providing there is enough room on the screen . |
| 7 | For the user it is as if everyone were signed on to the same LAN . |
| 8 | It was an easy matter to buy my way on to the same flight . |
| 9 | The midwife rolled up her sleeves and toiled all night by the light of candles stuck in turnips , and just before dawn the baby was delivered on to the same straw mattress on which she had been conceived . |
| 10 | Thus far The Buddha of Suburbia is autobiographical : thereafter Karim and Hanif go their separate ways , only getting back on to the same tracks when they both flee north of the river to west London . |
| 11 | In the Middle Ages it was generally accepted that women 's ears turned men on to the same extent as the more obvious feminine attributes ; that is why so may medieval headdresses ensured that women 's ears were discreetly covered . |
| 12 | Accountants logging on in London see their own set of accounts , but all of the data is put on to the same database that New York and Hong Kong are using . ’ |