Example sentences of "go on [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eliot goes on to envisage a future in which applied science replaces each theatre by a hundred cinemas , each musical instrument by one hundred gramophones , each horse by one hundred cheap motor cars , with the result that the population of the whole civilized world speedily follows the lot of the Melanesians . |
| 2 | Pugh goes on to paint a picture of an industry with a lot of technology on its hands and an unclear view of the future . |
| 3 | Leapor goes on to describe a woman married to a clergyman who is universally virtuous and ’ … |
| 4 | It then goes on to describe a scheme for representing appearance through logical structure . |
| 5 | The narrator goes on to describe a puddle of water that " lay across the trail " . |
| 6 | It then goes on to detail a number of joint initiatives covering the the country and all the G M B regions . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | These two paragraphs are quoted in his book Modern Fantasy by Dr C. N. Manlove , who then goes straight on as usual to spearhead the critical assault and declare : and Dr Manlove goes on to cite a well-known Ubi sunt passage from the Old English poem and to observe that ‘ This is real elegy , for it has something to be elegiac about ’ . |
| 10 | Opening with a tirade of four letter abuse from Roman footsoldiers to their ( absent ) leaders , the translation by David Johnston ( for The Gate Theatre ) goes on to incorporate a great many deliberate anachronisms which give the play a decidedly modern flavour . |
| 11 | But as the search goes on to find a replacement for peat scientists are optimistic . |
| 12 | Mrs. X goes on to list a number of complaints . |
| 13 | She goes on to make a new life in Hampshire with Harry still remaining ignorant of her great change and her children , of which she is extremely fond , remaining unaffected . |
| 14 | The chapter examines different theories of stratification and then goes on to present a full account of the facts of class inequality according to income , wealth , and so on . |
| 15 | She argues that they can constitute a new perspective for the social sciences and goes on to show a continuity with the anti-positivism and rejection of the knowing subject in structuralist and post-structuralist approaches to understanding . |
| 16 | It is this which produces Leonard 's startling use of juxtaposition , which goes on to become a disavowal technique . ) |
| 17 | The narrator ( of the Morgans ) is called Arthur and it is Arthur who survives the death of Philip and goes on to become a writer of some undefined kind on the model of David Copperfield and Great Expectations . |
| 18 | Starting with the creation of the German night fighter force the author makes good use of eyewitness accounts from former Luftwaffe pilots , and goes on to portray a vivid account of what life was like serving on a night fighter unit . |
| 19 | Cole adds that what actually happened when the Pioneers engaged in production was not what they had intended when they started their co-operative ; and goes on to offer a more detailed explanation : The Rochdale Manufacturing Society was set up in 1854 , Supposing that , as an expression of democracy , Co-operative principles are as valid for the producer working in the factory producing goods for sale in the Co-operative store as they are for the consumer buying them there , a newcomer to the story might find it surprising that the Pioneers ' belief is presented , if not itself as a matter for surprise , then certainly one for explanation . |
| 20 | He goes on to develop a theory of communicative action which focuses on the exchange of ideas and meanings in contrast to the exchange of goods . |
| 21 | He then goes on to develop a more detailed schema : |
| 22 | It goes on to specify a duty to take action ‘ necessary or expedient … for the purpose of conserving , redistributing or otherwise augmenting water resources ’ and ‘ securing proper use of water resources ’ ( s.10 ) . |
| 23 | Chanan has questioned the basic analysis of national needs employed by the DES , as we have already mentioned ; he goes on to propose a curriculum based on personal values . |
| 24 | For instance , interactionists point to the evidence in the Kinsey report on sexual behaviour that over one-third of male adults have had a homosexual experience to the point of orgasm , and that only one in twenty goes on to adopt a continuing homosexual role . |
| 25 | Reporters like Terry Lewis needed so little to go on to formulate a story ; he would n't even have to name Luke Calder , just make some veiled references to his identity that could be enough to discredit him . |
| 26 | Since Lewis was to go on to become a faithful and devoted Christian , he writes rather as if the ‘ conversion ’ were a fait accompli , after which nothing could be the same . |
| 27 | I hasten to add however , that in my view that would not have materially altered her ability to go on to get a qualification and succeed in her chosen career . |
| 28 | Vengsarkar was to go on to complete a successful series , scoring 320 runs in the five Tests at an average of 35.56 . |
| 29 | Mr Crompton , awarded the OBE in 1962 , joined the RAF in 1942 and flew in India and Burma before going on to hold a number of RAF training positions . |
| 30 | 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 . |