Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [to-vb] on [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One therefore gets trapped into a situation where it appears much easier to carry on in the business than to divest , or move out . |
| 2 | Variously ascribed to Andrea di Lione , Pietro Testa and Mattia Preti , it is a fascinating art-historical curiosity , that in my opinion is sufficiently unusual to hang on to a while longer . |
| 3 | But evolution ploughed on remorselessly , enabling only the most adaptable to go on to the next stage . |
| 4 | Contestant , Fiona , says she 's just eager to get on with the game as soon as possible . |
| 5 | Contestant , Fiona , says she 's just eager to get on with the game as soon as possible . |
| 6 | It may have become apparent to the counsellor that counsellees are ‘ locked ’ into feelings which are affecting the way they are leading their lives , but are apparently more content to hold on to the feelings than to resolve the difficulties which arise from them . |
| 7 | They are much more likely to hold on to a degree of independence . |
| 8 | ‘ Rosie was still unable to latch on to the breast properly , and I was quite sure she was n't getting enough milk . ’ |
| 9 | In fact there was precious little to rely on in the unconscious unless the product was good enough to sell itself to the conscious senses , in which case the unconscious appeal was superfluous . |
| 10 | I am also inclined to hang on to the past . |
| 11 | Described by his owner-trainer as ‘ a long , leeky , plain-looking horse ’ , Norton 's Coin ambled along quietly while the fan club squeaked its excitement at the appearance of Desert Orchid , striding jauntily around the parade ring and clearly eager to get on with the business . |
| 12 | This will involve tone as much as doctrine , but he would be as ill-advised to go on about the Government 's intention of building a classless society , which it ca n't build anyway , as to adopt the easy belief that the climate of opinion can be left to look after itself while ministers get on with the practical business of government . |
| 13 | During this period of numbness , people are perfectly able to carry on with the practicalities of living . |
| 14 | No , no I know well ready to get on with the next bit . |
| 15 | Now going back to this handicraft , although I said I really did n't want to be committed to all the meetings , I 'm quite happy to carry on with the handicraft , providing you do n't expect me to turn up at every meeting . |
| 16 | As he waxed into an eloquent period , he would realize the absurdity of his situation or the humbug of his pleading and be overcome with internal laughter , a laughter so vast that on occasion it left him too weak to go on with the speech . |
| 17 | You are just too late to sign on for the one about Renaissance music , which will ‘ aim to understand the study of Renaissance occult mentalities as a case-in-point of the historiography of otherness ’ , with Gary Tomlinson of the University of Pennsylvania presiding . |
| 18 | And indeed it was very difficult to press on with the rehearsal . |
| 19 | BATTLE-WEARY British pilots too scared to fight on in the Gulf War were secretly replaced , Whitehall admitted last night . |