Example sentences of "the [noun] [to-vb] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we could be certain ( as we ought ) that every person of 16 had the opportunity to go on to further education or practical , examinable work , then we could drop the 16+ examination without loss , and with a possible simplification of the school curriculum up to that point . |
| 2 | And literacy is not the end of the road : there is the added incentive that those adults who can read and write now have the opportunity to go on to higher education through a special rural matriculation scheme . |
| 3 | They must naturally be pursued , but always giving counsellees the opportunity to move on to other , more crucial issues . |
| 4 | Introducing change , however , calls for patience , sensitivity and consideration for others who may not have had the opportunity to move on in their thinking . |
| 5 | The horse that forgot about the tiger that lived in its lair at the bottom of the hill , or at any time disregarded the danger , would very soon become the tiger 's dinner , and so lack the opportunity to pass on to future generations its genes for a poor memory and a low threshold of fear . |
| 6 | ‘ Instead , we should keep out of things and allow the experts to get on with running The Arts Centre . |
| 7 | Well erm David said that he did n't think the strike would have gone on or they would n't have the heart to go on without the women ? |
| 8 | ‘ I dare say he wo n't have the heart to push on with any changes , ’ said Fishbane . |
| 9 | My feet were sore , I was roasted like Sunday pork , and I did n't even have the money to leap on to one of the buses that flashed past me . |
| 10 | It is very rarely sufficient just to put the product on the table and expect the photographer to get on with photographing it . |
| 11 | The contract required the buyer to pass on to the seller all the buyer 's rights under the sub-sales contracts . |
| 12 | Boys should go to school because they need the skills to get on in the world , because they will spend their lives moving between household and family and the institutions of state and nation . |
| 13 | I immediately gestured to the Hurricanes to carry on to Malta by themselves as we were ditching and we turned for the coast ourselves , losing height all the way . |
| 14 | Although the policy review will be endorsed by the conference , giving Neil Kinnock the freedom to go on to the offensive against the Conservatives in the run-up to the next general election , there are a number of areas of potential conflict . |
| 15 | It appointed Patrick Le Quement , one of the world 's most free-thinking car designers , and gave him the freedom to get on with it . |
| 16 | It is arousing controversy within both LWT and ITV as independent television companies prepare for the fight to hold on to their franchises . |
| 17 | The overlap with the districts needs to be eradicated , it 's a black hole at the moment , every district can pass a its surplus on to another district , and indeed it would be the last district to prepare a district wide local plan that has to meet the residue of the Greater York requirement , it may maybe a good stimulus for the districts to get on with their local plans , but that 's not an planning way . |
| 18 | I know I do have the confidence of the backbenchers to carry on with this particular job as well as the confidence of the leader and the shadow Chancellor . |
| 19 | Much of policy-implementation today requires positive action by government officials — it is no longer a case of making rules and leaving the citizen to get on with observing them , subject only to policing . |
| 20 | A large proportion of the available Scottish medieval material has been published and these printed sources will allow much of the work to go on in Oxford , but subsequent work on manuscript sources , especially in London , Durham , Edinburgh and Aberdeen is envisaged . |
| 21 | As I 've already said , I would wish the Committee to hold on to those specific ones relating to community care at this stage , until we have a more certain picture . |
| 22 | Threatened with the loss of the field , it found a local landowner who was willing to give land just outside the village to build on in a ‘ land swap ’ and approached the council . |
| 23 | Turning away to avoid eye contact , not talking or commenting on the behaviour , and not touching or allowing the child to climb on to their lap are essential characteristics . |
| 24 | The convention which it produced was signed by 119 delegations but the problems which caused the conference to drag on for so long are anything but solved . |
| 25 | Without the pipeline , or with great delay in its completion , one could see that it would be difficult for the USSR to carry on with business as usual . |
| 26 | If the Tories lack the troops to hang on to office alone , the Queen will be awaiting Mr Major 's decision . |
| 27 | You know people who 's coming in from o the outside to come on to the flats , they 're the people at risk . |
| 28 | Directly underneath was the tempter to move on to the special four-page pull-out section with the banner headline SAVAGE IN MY BED . |
| 29 | It is important to set a figure for these advance payments which is realistic for the band to live on throughout the period of the contract . |
| 30 | Sew a ring in the centre of the band to slip on to a cup hook . |