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

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1 He went on to conduct epidemiological studies of the transmission and variation of several other epidemic diseases , which established his reputation as an authority in this area .
2 Act One opens with three trios for the men , followed by a duet for the sisters , and goes on to include two quintets ( one of which is the heavenly ‘ Di scrivermi ogni giorno ’ , during which the lovers bid farewell while Don Alfonso comments cynically in the background , and the exquisitely beautiful trio for the two girls and Don Alfonso , ‘ Soave sia il vento ’ ( featured in the film Sunday , Bloody Sunday ) .
3 This describes the property , usually by reference to an address , and goes on to include any easements or other matters that the property has the benefit of and will also mention any declaration , exception or reservation .
4 The debtor goes on to borrow more money , and the question is whether that is taken to be included in the legacy too .
5 He was an astute purchase , for he came to us as a proven goalscorer and immediately lived up to his reputation by netting upon his debut against Millwall here at Selhurst Park ( 5–0 ) and going on to hit 19 League goals from 27 outings for us in the remainder of that season .
6 And it went on to enjoy sporadic mail and fare-payers use before being put into regular use six years later to bolster lightly loaded services serving this most rural of communities .
7 At this point we go on to plant noumenal gardens that are not to be contemplated or comprehended by the understanding or conveyed in words .
8 They moved on to see some fellows working on a lovely Galway hooker raised on sleepers at the waterside , then crossed to a quiet little bar and had some Beamishes .
9 Then it was on to see another side of Craigmillar — a refurbished district council flat occupied by Sheila and Gerald Robinson .
10 Instead , around 35 employees decided to set up their own communications group , Citigate , which itself went on to acquire several subsidiaries encompassing advertising and design .
11 He went on to claim that tax changes on share dividends , company cars and the married couple 's allowance would hit the highest paid most .
12 These scum went on to kill 92 people in the King David Hotel on 22nd July 1946 .
13 ‘ She 's a beauty , ’ Baker said as Paula moved on to greet another guest .
14 ( a ) If during a break you are not allowed to leave your station and may be called on to perform some duties , you are entitled to be paid for that break .
15 But the pressure is on to re-create past glories , to think big like the extraordinary Grand Hotel in East Berlin , built just a few years ago .
16 Much actual sociology of culture presumes , in a way inevitably , the typical or dominant relations of the period with which it is concerned ; it goes on to adduce detailed evidence of these .
17 This book describes their course of training and goes on to relate personal recollections of their wartime service , bringing to the fore the relatively unknown part played in World War Two by the TAG .
18 He told him of his experience and was interested to know that the phenomenon is by no means unknown and the other went on to relate another incident involving footsteps that he heard outside the office , but when he opened the door to investigate no one was there .
19 It is felt that much of the progress students make whilst in college will be lost if they are not able to go on to meet fresh demands in new situations .
20 Lengthy research went on to find suitable precedents but the overriding consideration was the position of Lloyd George and the Liberals .
21 In the early days of " Darwinism " , when the race was on to find tangible evidence of the " missing link " between apes and men , it was again from Indonesia that , from a few molars and shreds of skull , Java Man and Gigantopithecus would briefly rise to claim the title .
22 Driesch went on to isolate other fragments of the sea-urchin embryo and he claimed that each fragment , or combination of fragments , no matter how they were arranged , gave rise to a small but normal embryo .
23 What we 're finding is that the discoveries in interstellar space are making us try new experiments and erm try and reproduce these conditions , perhaps in the laboratory , and then go on to discover new molecules in space and understand the processes that give rise to the molecules .
24 9 Jun 65 saw both French and United States certification , and in the same month the new aircraft went on to establish two world records .
25 In a speech which will be seen by some as marking a move to the Right , he went on to consolidate Labour leader John Smith 's recent dismissal of the clause four debate about public ownership .
26 Then you can go on to try other books in the series , at the regular price , all on the same free trial basis .
27 But where there 's a will a bet ca n't be far behind and the local bookmakers can be relied on to provide ante-post prices the day before .
28 Because of the now limited capacity of Purley depôt , West Norwood depôt was called on to provide two cars daily on the 16/18 short workings .
29 In the House of Commons he responded to Tony Benn 's comment that ‘ despair and a sense of social injustice have often lain at the roots of civil disturbance ’ , by suggesting that Mr Benn was selective about which laws people ought to obey and went on to provide another explanation :
30 She was spurred on to write 10 years ago when she appeared in The Gentle Touch , the TV series about a top woman cop .
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