Example sentences of "on to the high [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was no super-sixth-form with teachers guiding me smoothly on to the higher reaches of learning . |
| 2 | It sounded an ideal way to explore some of the remoter parts of this region , but our time was limited and we wanted to move on to the higher mountains . |
| 3 | Neither of them spoke as Dalgliesh negotiated the track and finally turned on to the higher road . |
| 4 | It was also alleged for instance that women were too docile to make really good workers , too lacking in spirit and ambition : " Boys [ i.e. apprentices ] would claim to be shifted on to the higher branches of the trade " . |
| 5 | There is no way out of the Upper Kirk other than scrambling to the left or right on to the higher ground . |
| 6 | It was a fine summer morning when they left and , avoiding the roads as much as possible , made their way up on to the high muirs on the Lanarkshire/Ayrshire boundary , intending to travel direct towards Priesthill and hoping to take John Browne by surprise . |
| 7 | But this has not stopped some librarians latching on to the high cost of conservation as a reason for dispersing valuable books . |
| 8 | He climbed on to the high stool , acutely conscious of the heat of the stove and the growling dogs behind him . |
| 9 | Gaily heaved and hitched himself up on to the high stool , shoving the bag of laundry between his feet once more . |
| 10 | He had moved in and taken the stuffiness out of the business , slaughtering its ‘ professional ’ pretensions , and bringing it on to the High Street long before the present new wave of trendy estate agents . |
| 11 | The fact of the matter is , if we had not got on to the High Street , it would have been very difficult to justify our coming to Stockton . |
| 12 | Therefore , on balance he thought , reluctantly , it would be better to push forward on to the high ground on the line Thiaumont-Fleury . |
| 13 | Three of them heaved the bulk over on to the high rocks and after a few more buckets of water , they stood back to inspect it further . |